ROME (AP) — U.N. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain announced on Thursday that she will step down as the head of the humanitarian organization in three months to focus on her health.

Cindy McCain announced Thursday that she is stepping down as head of the World Food Program, citing health issues and saluting the work as "the honor of a lifetime." "I had truly hoped I could finish ...

The World Bank has slashed by almost two thirds the amount of money it planned to help Kenya mobilize from commercial lenders for the nation’s housing and land reform programs. Commercial lenders will ...

Marshall University has made the decision to cut its women’s swimming an diving program after the 2025-26 season. The Thundering Herd are currently in the American Conference and are heading to the ...

The Mamdani administration is pushing for a free bus pilot program to be conducted over five weeks this summer as New York hosts this year’s FIFA World Cup, a source familiar with the matter told the ...

Houston's host committee for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has launched a school program that will give out microgrants to support students who create sustainability projects. Impact Houston 26’s ...

Leveraging tools from seismology — the study of earthquakes and the inside of our planet — the Earth Rover Program aims to provide critical data on the health of soil. Humans, and terrestrial life in ...

In the AI industry, there's always a hot new thing. First it was ChatGPT. Then it was the image generators. There was the DeepSeek moment. In the latter half of last year, everyone was excited about ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Minerva University, with major support from the Nippon Foundation, today announced the launch of its World Wise Executive Leadership Development Program, a ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Friday began enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country for more than 80 years and marking a major ...