With the economic outlook so bleak, time is not on Russia’s side. So far Mr Putin has prioritised his war against Ukraine ...

Other fires erupted here and there across the foothills and valleys of greater Los Angeles. Pasadena, a city in the northeast ...

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The Gulf’s rulers want to do better than that. Beset with the rising urgency to diversify their economies away from fossil ...

In a poll on January 5th of the 50 favourite French public figures, the only politicians who featured were Ms Le Pen and ...

Chinese stockmarkets experienced their worst first day of trading since 2016 as the CSI 300, a benchmark index, fell by 2.9% ...

For all that, it is just possible that some messages will get through. Mr Trump’s chosen national security adviser, Mike Waltz, has been talking intensively to the incumbent, Jake Sullivan. Mr Trump ...

The scheme is modelled partly on that of London, where since 2003 a daily charge (currently £15, or $19) has reduced the number of cars, improved air quality and funded transit upgrades. New York’s ...

It is not young kids driving the demand but “kidults” (those aged 12 and above). Kidults now account for over a quarter of ...

Climate change is here to stay…We don’t need to debate that any more,” he says. Using new technology can prevent shocks in ...

D ry January is under way. After the excesses of the festive period, nearly one-third of Americans are expected to give up, ...

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