Michael Weissenstein

Brentley Joyce, 8, and Hunter Kimbel, 7, look at a souvenir penny from a penny press machine at the American Dream mall, Sunday, March 2, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

U.S. pennies cost almost 4 cents to make but ditching them is an existential threat for one business kids love

By Michael Weissenstein, Joseph B. Frederick, and others

Shantanu Mukherjee, Chief of the Integrated Policy Analysis Branch DESA'

World GDP will only grow 2.8% in 2025 after it resisted battering by conflicts and inflation last year, UN predicts

By Michael Weissenstein and The Associated Press

Argentina water activists

UN urges world to ‘take water seriously’ after report finds billions are ‘water-insecure’

By Michael Weissenstein and The Associated Press