O n August 18th Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, will enter the White House to meet Donald Trump and discuss ending ...

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The results reveal a linguistic divide. Countries in the EU and Asia perform well. France, which also did well the last time ...

At the end of 2024 the Liberal Party had sunk in opinion polls, with the Conservatives holding a commanding 25-point lead.

Not far behind is Navy Yard, a nearby Washington, DC neighbourhood with a similar feel, though with a reputation for housing ...

IT COULD BE a giant archaeological dig. Bulldozers tear at the jungle to reclaim the history of the second world war and its dark finale: the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago ...

Vladimir Putin has been a mysterious exception. Mr Trump has blamed his travails over Russia’s interference in the 2016 ...

The rare earths are a group of 17 metallic elements that find their way into products and industries from smartphones to fighter jets. Powerful, compact motors sporting magnets made from rare ...

FROM THE moment he stepped off his plane onto the red-carpeted tarmac, the summit in Alaska was a triumph for Vladimir Putin.

And it will mean clarifying exactly what the Trump administration hopes to achieve with the process. The first challenge is ...