There is an era in the history of many cities that is inextricably linked, in the public imagination, to crime and ...

The Economist’s forecast model suggests that the state—with its 19 electoral-college votes, the most of any swing state—is ...

Flood warnings had been ringing out across Nigeria’s north-east for weeks. Schools in Maiduguri were closed for a fortnight ...

I n June 2023 the Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions at American universities. Many supporters of the practice ...

Western Balkan arms-makers are booming. Serbian arms exports have quadrupled since 2020; some €800m ($890m)-worth of its ammo ...

The firm, which now goes by PwC rather than PricewaterhouseCoopers, at least spares Edwin’s memory the indignity of having ...

Pay is at the centre of the latest dispute. Boeing offered its employees a 25% rise over four years; its workers are ...

The future of money, in other words, is attracting attention. What of its past? In a new paper, Adam Brzezinski of the London ...

At the turn of the millennium the four largest firms in the average European industry claimed a market share of less than 26% ...

As well as deploying police, China hosts Pacific officers for training and is showering cash-strapped forces with equipment.

Republicans love to blame everything they consider wrong with America on an epidemic of “wokeness”, by which they tend to ...

Shanghai was hit by Typhoon Bebinca on September 16th. Hundreds of thousands of residents were evacuated in what state media ...