E ACH YEAR a typical American worker can afford more than six times as many Big Macs at home as a worker in Mexico can. That ...

Among those who feared a sinister plot are several high-profile Republican politicians, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, a congresswoman from Georgia. In the aftermath of the floods Ms Greene ...

Developers, governments, startups and utilities around the world are turning former fossil-fuel power stations, and old oil ...

A lot more research needs to be done, says Dr Bennett. The gene variant highlighted by the study is common; it is found in 45% of people in Britain. For that reason, it is unlikely to be the only ...

Automation is also tricky: robots are good at putting together a specific item but struggle to recognise and take apart the thousands of different devices that end up in the rubbish. A new generation ...

Vladimir Putin, who met Mr Trump in Alaska on August 15th, wants Ukraine to hand over unoccupied land in the eastern Donbas ...

When J.D. Vance, America’s vice-president, visited Britain this summer, doyens of the British right recommended that Mr ...

The world’s biggest market is less central in global trade today than it once was. At the start of the century, America ...

CARRIE BRADSHAW has skipped across Manhattan in Manolo Blahniks for the last time. On August 14th “And Just Like That…” ...

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Democrats are searching for a positive vision to inspire voters, and leading the pack, at least among party elites, is the ...