mankind

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Slavery was the "most horrendous crime that took place in the history of mankind", Ghana's foreign minister has told the BBC ahead of a landmark vote at the UN General Assembly.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

It will contrast contemporary and historical pieces to profile the impact of technology on mankind.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

One platform’s founder claimed the prediction market represents “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now,” while another’s leader asserted the platform is “replacing debate, subjectivity, and talk with markets, accuracy, and truth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

This should not unduly worry us: by that time, unless we have colonized beyond the Solar System, mankind will long since have died out, extinguished along with our sun!

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking