The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. By Tim Alberta. Harper; 512 pages; $35 ...

The country’s roads are nearly twice as dangerous as the rich-world average. It doesn’t have to be that way ...

After the election of 2020, but before Congress had certified the outcome, Mr Raffensperger received a now-infamous phone call from Donald Trump, who was president at the time, asking for help to ...

Planting in other regions may help, but suitable areas lack water access and are too far away from juice plants, which means ...

The question now is whether bonds can keep up their rare winning streak. Should share prices start plunging once more, the answer will be “yes”. During a crash, bonds are less vulnerable than stocks: ...

IMF officials now face a dilemma. Do they allow politicians to roll back unpopular policies, in line with their recent more conciliatory approach, or do they hold firm and demand reform? There was a ...

Dominance of India’s economy by a few families is an outcome its post-independence government overtly sought to avoid. Various laws passed between 1947 and 1969 sought to curtail the growth of large ...

Bangladesh stopped exporting the fish to India between 2012 and 2022 over a water-sharing dispute. But it usually made an ...

In recent months, though, the industry has been fraying at the seams. A months-long crackdown on student-led protests, which included a brutally imposed curfew, curtailed economic activity. Even after ...

The latest news in US politics, with coverage of President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democrats, Donald Trump and the Republicans plus daily updates about the 2024 US election.

The two-month gap between voting and election certification in Congress is the most drawn-out anywhere. Complexity invites legal challenges, which add to the complexity. For all those reasons, ...

Found: a new prime minister. Wanted: a new government. President Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of Michel Barnier as France’s ...