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Norwegian triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt may have recorded the highest VO2 max score ever, as fitness influencers promote ...

P étion-Ville is the last place in Haiti where life looks normal. In this breezy hilltop suburb of the capital, ...

The journey from Shanghai to Rotterdam takes a container ship a month. Setting out at night, the vessel—a shadow amid glowing pleasure boats—begins by sliding past the Chinese city’s banks. Over the ...

Peer into The Economist’s decision-making processes with Tom Standage, our deputy editor, who explains how we select and design our front cover. Cover Story shares preliminary sketches and documents ...

The Senate passed a bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security. It funds everything except Immigration and Customs ...

Artemis II will send four astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, the opening mission of a ...

Iran has been hit thousands of times and struck back against neighbours with drones and missiles. The conflict now spans at ...

Oil prices have surged to $100 per barrel amid conflict with Iran, creating winners and losers across American businesses as ...

Federal prosecutors charged Supermicro's co-founder with smuggling $2.5bn-worth of AI servers containing advanced Nvidia ...

Burmese refugees in Thailand face legal limbo and xenophobic rhetoric despite filling labour shortages and bringing skills ...

The Kottayam hoard and others unearthed in India since have given economists plenty to chew on. The sites date back to the ...