Rio de Janeiro's interim governor Francisco Dornelles admitted that the Olympic Games could be a "big failure" if there are no appropriate measures taken in regards to security and transport during the Games.

Some companies are learning the hard way that sustainability is increasingly critical to the corporate bottom line — and that advanced technologies are making unsustainable and illegal practices easier to detect.

Professors at Juniata College struggled to talk about race in class and worried about saying the wrong thing.

When it comes to the effect of the Supreme Court's immigration decision on the millions of young “Dreamers” who were brought illegally to the United States as kids, President Barack Obama is hoping that saying something often enough wills it to be true.

China moved closer on Monday to adopting a controversial cybersecurity law, after parliament held a second reading of the draft rules, which carry significant consequences for domestic and foreign business and threaten greater censorship.

New advances in technology are sparking efforts to use virtual reality to help people gain a deeper appreciation of environmental challenges.

Farmers put ducks in a rice field in Zhuangxing village of Taiping town, Mishan city, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province

Colleges adopted policies to stop the tenure clock to help professors who are new parents, especially mothers. Study suggests fathers may be the real beneficiaries.

For the first time in more than 20 years, some inmates in West Virginia will soon be able to use money from the federal Pell grant to earn a degree behind bars.

The number of European Union students enrolling in UK universities could decline significantly in the wake of Brexit, vice-chancellors fear.