As players vomit and boil, even John McEnroe reckons “it is not humane”

And why governments want to wrest back control

Polarisation makes it harder to adapt to climate change

A booming middle class, budget flights and Bollywood

In a dangerous world, cutting-edge missile defence is all the rage

Sugar taxes and obesity drugs will not be enough

The games will test the success of new solutions to old bugbears

The speed and intensity of prospective conflicts could test the laws of war

The undersea cables that connect the world are becoming military targets

Threats to Western alliances lie both within and without the club

Deadly heat is increasingly the norm, not an exception to it

Big powers are preparing for wartime sabotage

Too often politicians tout awful solutions for helping tenants

The world’s atomic watchdog fears a terrifying regional arms race

Human-rights lawyers are trying to save laws meant to tame violent rulers

They are using the war in Gaza to radicalise a new generation

America, China and the battle for supremacy

Military conscription is on the agenda in the rich world

In a dog-eat-dog world, competition is fierce

Mass killings are at their highest level in two decades

Migrants help campaign for the prime minister at home and lobby for the country abroad

Diverging worldviews could affect politics, families and more

An opportunity to join our editorial staff in London

To keep its competitive edge the Ivy League will have to change

African leaders need to balance vast opportunities against dire risks

The Kremlin’s intelligence agencies have learned from their mistakes in recent years

A warning from election results so far—and what follows in America, Europe and India

Inside America’s celestial struggle against China and Russia

He could split countries into users, bruisers and losers

Aharon Barak led the controversial “constitutional revolution”

But there are still grave doubts over its adherence to the laws of war

Naval might is back at the heart of competition—and conflict

Experts think 2023 was a record year for digital attacks

Global shipping firms are suspending voyages in the Red Sea

The historic agreement emerged only through bitter compromise

Simply put, their goal is staving off annihilation

In properly weighted opinion polls, support for the Palestinians is much less marked

Democracy is under threat from graft, stagnation and violence

As shortcuts to elite universities, American schools work better than British ones

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are in the firing line

War, tech woes and cock-ups have pummelled certain plutocrats

Of the many dark gifts Showtime's eerie hit series "Yellowjackets" serves up for us, the juiciest this season is by far the music.

At some middle and high schools in the United States, 1 in 4 teens report they've abused prescription stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during the year prior, a new study found.

It has transformed crime not only in Russia and Ukraine, but around the world

The Fulton County District Attorney's office said some fake electors for Donald Trump have implicated each other in potential criminal activity and is seeking to disqualify their lawyer, according to a new court filing.

A 13-year-old in Ohio has died after "he took a bunch of Benadryl," trying a dangerous TikTok challenge that's circulating online, according to a CNN affiliate and a GoFundMe account from his family.

The US has sensitive nuclear technology at a nuclear power plant inside Ukraine and is warning Russia not to touch it, according to a letter the US Department of Energy sent to Russia's state-owned nuclear energy firm Rosatom last month.

The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.

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High speed trains have proved their worth across the world over the past 50 years.

Maine authorities have detained a person of interest and continue to investigate after two shooting incidents that appear to be connected left at least four people dead and three others injured, state police said.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who has been cleared to resume football activities, said Tuesday his cardiac arrest during an NFL game in January was caused by commotio cordis.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.