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If Iran were to capture an American airman alive, that could trigger another round of escalation in a war that shows no sign ...

Russian soldiers must also buy officers alcohol. “They have four korporativy [office parties] a week,” says Sergei, who ...

Almost all of them see the war as a grave American error. China has stood aside, they say, because its leaders understand the ...

And so his weaponisation of the law has been a bust, though the pressure to keep trying will bedevil Ms Bondi’s successor.

I n fanciful MOMENTS Elon Musk speculates about artificial intelligence (AI) finding a way to allow travel at nearly the ...

This week Mr Trump’s net approval hit -23 percentage points among all Americans and -19 among registered voters. That is ...

Donald Trump suspends the Jones Act to ease fuel and food shortages in Hawaii caused by Iran's closure of the Strait of ...

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The war in the Persian Gulf disrupts energy supplies to Asia, where 80% of oil and 90% of gas from the Strait of Hormuz flows ...

Peer into The Economist’s decision-making processes with Ed Carr, our deputy editor, who explains how we select and design ...

Xi Jinping faces a massive leadership reshuffle across China's Communist Party and state apparatus, with hundreds of ...