In the sense that Mr Trump can cause Ukraine harm that it cannot protect itself against, America’s president is even more dangerous to Mr Zelensky than Mr Putin. Many feared that at Monday’s meeting ...

W hen President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, America’s labour statistician, he achieved something supposedly rare: he ...

An unholy combination of disease, climate change and poor farming practices in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where about 70% of ...

Despite unease over his Islamist past, most Syrians rallied behind Ahmed al-Sharaa, their new leader. Over the summer, ...

Immediately after taking the oath of office Mr Merz embarked on a series of trips, first across Europe (Paris, Warsaw, ...

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An obvious plot offers itself to the deft diplomat: could Europe, the continental home of the Nobel prizes, dangle the ...

China regulates accountancy, law, retail and even estate agents more tightly than the average member of the OECD, a club of ...

The answer lies in the lawless borderlands between Pakistan and Afghanistan. That is now the stamping ground of the Islamic ...

For its part, Ethiopia’s ban on internal-combustion engines was not a green measure—it was designed to cut spending on fossil ...

The Taliban were supposed to remain in the diplomatic doghouse until they abandoned their abhorrent treatment of women and ...

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