Pensions are, in other words, a huge economic liability for the EU. At the same time, however, they are a gigantic wasted ...

In an age of blood-soaked realpolitik, Europe stands out. Yes, it is meek, a vegetarian in a world of omnivorous geopolitical rivals. Certainly, it is often muddled, its power dissipated among dozens ...

T he American-Israeli campaign against Iran is not abating. Since February 28th the two countries have bombed a range of targets, including Iran’s leadership, military infrastru ...

A survey conducted in 1977 by researchers at Temple University found that 42% of four-year universities still mandated a swim test for graduation. In 1997 researchers at North Carolina State ...

Add the much smaller health-care operation and the three heirs are worth $600bn, five times GE ’s value before the split was ...

The lopsided encounter embodies the American and Israeli campaign as a whole. At the political level, American officials have ...

Over thousands of years of domestication, humans have moulded fruit to their liking. Today’s peaches are 16 times the size of their ancient ancestors. The 1,200 varieties of watermelon bear little ...

E ver since turning communist, China has set top-down targets for its economy. Mao Zedong wanted to double steel output in a ...

Should AI labs unquestioningly obey the Pentagon? Donald Trump’s administration seems to think so. Last week it banned ...

America continued negotiating with Iran until 36 hours before the strike, with further talks planned. Before the war in June, the Israel Defence Forces ( IDF) had evacuated key bases. They took no ...

The record of Mr Theodore Roosevelt, who under the Constitution becomes President until March, 1905, as politician, as soldier in the Spanish War, and as Governor of New York, is acknowledged to be ...

Ken Paxton, Texas’s populist attorney-general, and John Cornyn, the four-term incumbent, advanced to a run-off on May 26th to ...