By the time Mr Kirk was in middle school, shootings like this were, if not common, then no longer surprising. The shooter in ...

The largest French companies, LVMH and Hermès, are purveyors of luxury to the global elites. Yet as the country enters ...

In recent years America has tried to convince Gulf states that they could find security by allying with Israel. The UAE and ...

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At that point, the world’s population will start to shrink, something it has not done since the 14th century, when the Black ...

Distinguishing madmen and militants is never simple, but the Prosecution Project, led by Michael Loadenthal of the University ...

Britain is not the only democracy where the centre is crumbling. On September 8th France’s centrist government fell over ...

Yet it has long caused rancour between Ethiopia and downstream Egypt and, to a lesser extent, Sudan (see map). Years of ...

Nowadays, platforms like Netflix and Disney+ have unlimited schedules and global reach, giving small sports room to grow.

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