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For this report, we grouped countries into high-income and middle-income categories based on definitions from the World Bank. The post Appendix A: Economic categorization of high- and middle-income countries appeared first on Pew Research Center.

For this analysis, we grouped people into two political categories: those who support the governing political party (or parties) in their country, and those who do not. These categories were coded based on the party or parties in power at

Across the nations we surveyed, people are generally pessimistic about the financial future of the next generation in their country. A median of 57% say children will grow up to be financially worse off than their parents, compared with a

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Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the church’s religious orders.

Israel’s military says troops have recovered the body of an additional hostage from Gaza.

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction.

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