This week’s summit has revived a 20-year-old idea of the ‘Group of Two’ superpowers working together with global benefits.

On the issue of contested island, both US and China appear happy to keep with the status quo. Meanwhile, the presence of US ...

Sawe might have been the first sub-two-hour marathon runner, but he’s certainly not the first to be powered by an energy gel.

In the US state park of Robbers Cave, Oklahoma, Carolyn Wood Sherif is standing squinting up at the sun. The two wooden ...

The mission, which aimed to open trade and establish a permanent British embassy in Beijing, involved great pomp – but it led ...

Eurovision voters are driven by identity, politics and national alliances – and the juries and public often don’t agree.

The Chinese foreign ministry reported that the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, told the US president, Donald Trump, that “the ...

Julius Malema’s skills at building a party and running a tight ship have been bolstered by his charisma and speech-making ...

Ellizabeth I’s refusal to go to bed was a deliberate final act, shaped by a lifetime of political strategy, emotional ...

What did Thucydides really say on this? And what’s Athens and Sparta got to do with the current state of US-China relations?

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But Keir Starmer won an election by a landslide and led his party to victory after 14 years out of power. So why is he ...