There were no loud cheers when, on the afternoon of November 29th, the Speaker of the House of Commons announced that MPs had ...

Then the feta cheese, caviar, cottage cheese and cucumbers. In some countries, these ingredients even sold out: Iceland ...

Today Notre Dame has been rebuilt. The archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, will ceremonially open its doors for the first ...

The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s victory and the fallout from the US election in 2024.

A T FIRST the mood in Lebanon was jubilant. Thousands of people jumped into their cars and drove south on the morning of ...

The race for technological advantage makes it hard for China and America to reach agreement on shared AI safety protocols.

Israel’s political leadership is strategically paralysed, unable to translate military successes into transformative post-war ...

Another check on the administration could be the fear of tariff-induced inflation. Americans’ experience of the highest price ...

But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...

In 1897 most of Benin City, then the capital of an extensive kingdom, was razed by the British. Their trove of looted plaques ...

A Lebanese-american magnate makes a most unlikely buddy for Donald Trump. But in battered Beirut and elsewhere in the Arab world many are looking at Massad Boulos (pictured) as they try to puzzle out ...

On November 8th, less than three weeks into the top job, Mr Prabowo jetted off on a six-country world tour. The outing ...