Representatives of repressive regimes from around the world are flying to Washington for the inaugural meeting of the body ...

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences ...

Dangerous days have nearly tripled in past 45 years – and increase largely driven by human-made warming ...

Check out the best images from day 12 of the Games, from alpine skiing to a four-legged “com-pet-itor” ...

Mikaela Shiffrin has produced a stunning run in the women’s slalom to take her third Olympic gold and her first since 2018 ...

Demand is rising at unsustainable rate and could cost £3.4bn by 2030-31, local authorities warn ...

Report says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy diets ...

People like me were targets of the Islamophobia that gripped the west after the US-led ‘war on terror’. Now I fear a chilling sequel is on the way, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU ...

BRC survey finds finance bosses expect technology to improve productivity, with 69% pessimistic about the economy ...

Anthony Albanese links Pauline Hanson’s comments on Muslims to heightened risk of violence as the holy month of Ramadan begins ...

Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat ...

Banned from education, a clandestine reading circle meets every week to pour over novels by Abbas Maroufi, Zoya Pirzad and Ernest Hemingway ...