A victor of a different kind could be found in the diners’ wine glasses. In 2024 a blind tasting had pitted a dozen of Europe ...

Disney sued America’s Federal Communications Commission over the regulator’s treatment of ABC, its TV network. Brendan Carr, the FCC’s boss, insists that a review of ABC’s licences is linked to an ...

Mr Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of America’s talks with Iran about reopening the Strait of Hormuz, ...

Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of America’s talks with Iran about reopening the Strait of ...

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and one of his top envoys, met Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Israel’s prime ...

S TUDENTS AND SCHOOLCHILDREN are increasingly using artificial intelligence. A survey last year by Chegg, an ed-tech firm, found that 80% of rich-world undergraduates used it in their studies. More ...

Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman—a long-standing American ally—if it “gets in the way” of talks with Iran. The president made his threat during a phone call with a Fox News reporter. Oman and Iran ...

There has been some progress, but talks are expected to go right down to the final hours. Should Mr Trump carry out his ...

Jack Reed, the leading Democrat on the Senate’s armed-services committee, criticised the “inane, haphazard” decision by ...

Winding dirt tracks leading to Palestinian villages are blocked by rocks and piles of earth, cutting off access from olive ...

Two new books, one by a Nobel-prizewinning economist and one by a Pulitzer-garlanded historian, grapple with the question of ...

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