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T HE EXECUTIVE order banning travel from 12 countries, which comes into effect on June 9th, is more methodical than previous ...

A FTER WEEKS of nebulous ceasefire talks at the urging of a semi-engaged President Donald Trump, the war between Russia and ...

Siri’s overhaul has been indefinitely postponed, and Apple Intelligence is no match for other voice-activated AI assistants, ...

But sending in the National Guard without a governor’s consent is extremely rare. The most recent comparable example comes ...

Lessons from Thomas Cromwell and Niccolo Machiavelli about winning friends and influencing people in the White House ...

America’s lead here is narrower: it is ahead in chip design but East Asia remains the industrial centre of gravity. China, ...

E VER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age.

H is finger ink-stained from voting, Wagirin Tjokrosetiko, a 62-year-old driver of Javanese descent, has a simple reason for ...

Rio de Janeiro’s favela of Rocinha sees makeshift dwellings spiral down the mountain, all but crashing into the turquoise ...

The two major parties will choose their candidates in a primary election on June 10th. Mr Trump looms large; last November he ...

The bias in favour of boys is shrinking in developing countries even as a preference for girls emerges in the rich world ...