Many countries use exit bans to prevent people accused of crimes from escaping justice, but the bar is usually high. In China ...

China’s innovation chains often start with grants for researchers, who find a placement in state-backed labs. These in turn ...

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The global ai race is defined by competing approaches, led by America and China. On one side is a nimble ecosystem of tech ...

Such projections, though, now have been foiled by India’s government. On August 21st India’s parliament passed a bill banning ...

This month’s summits between America, Russia and Europe haves produced no concrete agreements on ending Ukraine’s war. On ...

L ike many politicians running for office, Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old New York Democratic mayoral candidate, is partly a ...

As is well known to the 5m radio listeners who followed the harvest over several days in early August, the background to this ...

H olidaymakers, including American vice-presidents, are drawn to rural Britain partly because it seems to change so little.

F inland is the undisputed sauna capital of the world, with approximately one sauna for every 1.6 people. But voluntary ...

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The Taliban were supposed to remain in the diplomatic doghouse until they abandoned their abhorrent treatment of women and ...