Iranian President MAsoud Pezeshkian landed in New Delhi, India on Friday to participate in the 18th BRICS summit being held on September 12 and 13.
SHANGHAI—Chinese biotech companies, rapidly evolving from manufacturers of low-end generic drugs to serious competitors to American pharma giants, are training their sights on one of the most lucrative medicines: GLP-1s.
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the share of people with no direct recollection of the attacks is rising; just over 100m Americans, roughly a third of the population, were not alive at the time. Yet the counter-terror apparatus that President George W. Bush and Congress enacted in ...
Oman is seeking to bring together the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Iran on Monday in Salalah, a city in southern Oman.
All 19 hijackers were al-Qaeda members, divided among the four planes. Here's a look at who they were and who else was involved in planning the attacks.
The terrorist attacks 25 years ago consumed U.S. resources and attention, and left the country unable to address the bigger threats to its economy
Schools in RICH countries are failing. The latest scores on PISA tests of reading, maths and science, released on September 8th, are the worst since the tests, administered by the OECD, began in 2000. Educators can no longer blame it all on covid-19 lockdowns, which badly messed ...
When Jair Bolsonaro plotted a coup after losing his bid for re-election in 2022, it was Brazil’s Supreme Court that held him to account. In the face of constant threats, including from Donald Trump, the justices proceeded calmly with prosecuting the populist former president, han...
The energy watchdog further cut its outlook for global oil demand, now expecting consumption to fall by 2.5 million barrels a day in 2026
McDonald’s and Burger King are boosting training to improve hospitality; ‘Our restaurants seem rushed, impersonal, sterile.’
After 9/11, US airports tightened security, restricted sharp objects and gate access, reinforced cockpit doors and saw passenger demand fall sharply.
Fred Ehrsam, a Trump administration ally and co-founder of Coinbase, lived for months in a luxury Caracas hotel pursuing investments in Venezuela.
Swedish politics is seldom thrilling. Yet in recent weeks the general election scheduled for September 13th has become as gripping as a Stieg Larsson mystery. The polls have been tightening relentlessly. Then, last week, the race was shaken by reports that an official in the anti...
As the afternoon draws to a close, the 2,000 or so migrants living in tents or makeshift lean-tos on Trampolín beach make their way to its eastern end. Police form them into groups of 30 or so, squatting on the ground, as they wait for a daily meal provided by the Red Cross. It i...
President Trump has a special talent for exposing the cynicism of modern politics, and he knows it. A Trumpian classic is his promise Wednesday night of a $5,000 “dividend” for every U.S. adult citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress in November.
To feel a change underfoot in American politics, go to Texas. Not to the jumbo-rally in Dallas, where this week Donald Trump tried to marshal Republicans ahead of the midterms. Look instead at the other guys: the Democrats, and in particular their 36-year-old state-party chair. L...
The figures exclude any vessels that might have crossed the strait with their Automatic Identification System transponders turned off to avoid detection.
Andrew James Wimsatt was identified as the 62-year-old victim stabbed to death in Round Rock, Texas, as Benedict Ogbodiegwu was arrested over the crime.