Heat-related deaths now make up more than 3% of mortalities in 26 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East. In ...

That looks likely to be the case for Jamaica, where Hurricane Melissa, the worst storm ever to hit the Caribbean island, made ...

After almost four years of war, the cost of fighting is huge. By the end of 2025, Ukraine’s military effort, defined as its ...

S ome fifty years ago a young lawyer representing a bank dropped by the office of New York City’s assistant comptroller with ...

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After months of haggling, bluffing and fist-shaking, America and China appear to have a trade deal. Meeting in a pokey room ...

Whereas many parts of the world that once hosted humming factories gripe about deindustrialisation, New York faces a ...

“H ISTORY TEACHES that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap,” argued President Ronald Reagan ...

So grids need to shuffle huge amounts of current all over Europe, shutting down overloaded nodes or using batteries to store ...

Iván Cepeda must win the support of centrists in order to lead the left into next year’s presidential elections ...

The shaky peace is holding, once again, largely because of American pressure. America has established a “Civil-Military ...

At America’s urging, Israel and Turkey have found an uneasy balance, each hoping the other will avoid its red lines. A ...