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For four extraordinary years, a senator from Wisconsin held Washington in his grip. Joseph McCarthy accused officials, diplomats, soldiers and...

Will AI make politicians obsolete? The coming battle over who – or what – should govern us Artificial intelligence is...

A new contest for Africa is under way, but this time the strategic assets are not gold, diamonds or oil....

The world’s wealthiest actors did not build their fortunes simply by collecting large fees in front of the camera. At...

Russia and Europe could stop confronting each other — and start building together What if the war in Ukraine is...

Wars, wildfires and a failing planet now equal nearly two billion cars While governments argue over electric vehicles, household energy...

The fear is no longer irrational. The United States and Iran are again exchanging military blows. Russia’s war against Ukraine...

One hundred years ago today, on 1 June 1926, a child named Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in Los Angeles....

Why cash infrastructure may become the most valuable business in emerging markets For years, the global financial industry has promoted...

For most of human history, population growth was fragile, unpredictable and often brutally interrupted by war, famine or disease. Yet...