In 1964, LIFE magazine undertook a project of epic proportions: for the 50th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, it published a multi-week series telling the story of what had happened, using ...

The term 'First World' now refers to nations with advanced economies and high living standards. This list ranks countries based on UN Human Development and Quality of Life indices. The top nations for ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

As one entry on Urban Dictionary reads, First World Problems are the “problems [of] living in a wealthy, industrialized nation that third worlders would probably roll their eyes at.” Woe is we. First, ...

High GDP and diversified economies mark first-world countries. First-world countries rank high on UN's Human Development Index. Label "first world" has evolved due to its problematic connotations.

It’s one of the best-known stories about the First World War: the Christmas truce of 1914, when soldiers from both sides spontaneously laid down their guns and, for a few hours at least, acted as if ...

In 1905 prosperity and progress boosted the mood in the U.S. and much of western Europe. The treaty concluding the war by the victorious Japanese against the hapless Russians led to this sentiment by ...