It says more than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population, depend on the mining sector for income. Artisanal gold mining is estimated to produce around 30 tons of gold a year and ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. It is characterised by ...

Night - Clear. Winds SW at 15 mph (24.1 kph). The overnight low will be 57 °F (13.9 °C). Sunny with a high of 58 °F (14.4 °C) and a 56% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 to 14 mph ...

Barrick Gold Corp. and Mali are set to resume talks on resolving a monthslong dispute over the distribution of revenue from one of the world’s biggest gold mines. Negotiations between ...

On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as soon as the U.S. government updated its official maps. “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes ...

Sunny with a high of 100 °F (37.8 °C). Winds from ESE to SE at 7 to 11 mph (11.3 to 17.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 68 °F (20 ...

This fact sheet relies on people self-identifying their race and ethnicity in the Census Bureau’s 2023 ACS to describe the nation’s Black population. The racial and ethnic categories used in census ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. ADDING DATES AND LOCATION This photo taken Jan. 21, 2025, shows Spanish hostage Navarro Giane Gilbert posing ...

Canada’s population could grow to more than 59 million people by 2074, a Statistics Canada report released Tuesday projects. The agency shared updated population projections for the period ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...