We’re on the march and we’ve got the next general election very firmly in our sights!” Sir Keir Starmer, then the opposition ...

A cupuncture, a Chinese practice thought to be around 3,000 years old, involves sticking needles into certain points on the ...

America’s Congress passed a bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security. It has been shut for 76 days—the longest ...

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Cai Qi may be the second-most powerful person in China. As Mr Xi’s right-hand man, in functional terms as well as seating ...

S ome 1,200 kilometres north of Egypt’s Suez Canal lies the Port of Piraeus on the coast of Greece. The country possesses ...

The Economist is loth to second-guess those who have the facts to hand and billions of dollars at stake. However, markets ...

India’s currency lost around a tenth of its value against the dollar in the fiscal year to the end of March. The GDP rankings ...

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Last, the UAE is showing it is willing to further alienate the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council, and most obviously Saudi ...

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