But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...

In 1897 most of Benin City, then the capital of an extensive kingdom, was razed by the British. Their trove of looted plaques ...

A Lebanese-american magnate makes a most unlikely buddy for Donald Trump. But in battered Beirut and elsewhere in the Arab world many are looking at Massad Boulos (pictured) as they try to puzzle out ...

This year, though, many consumers will shop not in stores or on e-commerce sites, but via social-media apps. Social ...

The Lobito corridor is “one of the few bright spots the new president will be inheriting on the African continent” amid “an ...

Big chunks of this agenda do remain. Most notably Sir Keir Starmer’s government seeks greater self-sufficiency in energy, ...

The other, Ursula von der Leyen, stands alone in having secured her place at future G 7 confabs until 2029: on November 27th the European Parliament endorsed her for a second five-year term as ...

On November 8th, less than three weeks into the top job, Mr Prabowo jetted off on a six-country world tour. The outing revealed a man desperate for the approval of his counterparts, over-confident in ...

The leaders of Mexico and Canada responded quickly, and in different ways. Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, jumped on ...

These men nevertheless managed to keep hold of one of the British scientific establishment’s highest baubles—fellowship of ...

E VERYONE THOUGHT a new hotel would revitalise the downtown area. Nearly two decades ago city leaders in Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, negotiated a $10m loan to fund developers to build on ...

Yet this rural-urban divide aligns with the state’s politics. Just 14 of 102 counties voted for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, but statewide almost 55% of the voters did. Democrats have a ...