Scarce not long ago, smartphones are becoming ubiquitous. Ownership remains skewed towards men, but devices are shared and ...

Mr Trump signed two executive orders aimed at expanding America’s capabilities in quantum computing. One called on government ...

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Outdated regulation could be as big a threat as the technologies it is supposed to govern, write Gus O’Donnell and Sharon ...

One person connecting several competitive primaries is Zohran Mamdani. The leftist new mayor has upended races in the Bronx, ...

Andy Burnham was sworn in as an MP. The former mayor of Greater Manchester is the most probable successor to Sir Keir Starmer ...

Last week, officials in Mumbai restricted water access after the reservoirs around India’s financial capital dwindled to just ...

Sir Keir Starmer resigned as Britain’s prime minister and leader of the Labour Party. Sir Keir said he had “heard the answer” ...

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B EFORE HE BECAME prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer’s favourite weapon was disgust. He was disgusted by the lies of Boris ...

It is true that this resilience owes a lot to Russia’s heavy fiscal stimulus. Last year the government spent the equivalent ...

Investors in European stock markets breathed a sigh of relief when America and Iran agreed to end hostilities. Their truce ...