I n February, Politico asked Lindsey Graham, a senator from South Carolina, what he wanted his political legacy to be. “That ...

N O METROPOLIS IN India and few big cities anywhere receive as much rain in as little time as Mumbai. Even by the city’s own ...

L AST MONTH Jamieson Greer, America’s top trade official, complained that Pix, a Brazilian instant-payments system, unfairly ...

Stories such as Mr Bulabantu’s are common across Ituri, the main province affected by the Ebola epidemic. When the Congolese ...

T o get a flavour of how some university-educated male influencers in China think, log on to Zhihu, a social-media platform, ...

A NOTHER WEEK, another cocky claim from Elon Musk: he now envisions SpaceX becoming “worth more than the rest of Earth” if it ...

Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, held talks with his Omani counterpart about the future of the Strait of Hormuz.

America launched strikes on Iran, claiming that the Islamic Republic’s forces had “blatantly attacked” a ship passing through ...

This is the introduction to Plot Twist, our weekly culture newsletter, in which correspondents spotlight important authors ...

Researchers who scaled some dipterocarp trees—which can grow to over 100 metres—discovered some clever evolutionary ...

The Westies” is set in gritty 1980s New York, replete with gangsters and bent police officers. Its premise is intriguing, and ...

Mr Zverev’s rise is awkward for the sport’s authorities. He has been accused of domestic abuse by two former partners. The ...