D uring the first Gulf war in 1991, Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait deliberately opened the taps of oil tankers, terminals and ...

Effective as it is, however, some mosquitoes seem capable of getting over their revulsion. This has led to the speculation ...

S ome refugees flee from wars and end up in squalid tented camps. Others defy this stereotype. Consider the white HR ...

In China’s worst mining accident since 2009, a gas explosion ripped through a coalmine in Shanxi province on May 22nd.

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Net migration to Britain last year amounted to 171,000—the lowest level since 2012, if the pandemic years are excluded. The ...

F ortune has smiled on Abiy Ahmed. When Ethiopia’s prime minister was a boy his mother prophesied that he would become a king ...

One of the most important books on war and technology in years. A fascinating exposé of “kidfluencing”. As parents broadcast ...

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The kerfuffle provides an instructive case study in a problem now faced by almost every manager: how to talk about the effect ...