Here are 10 wonderfully strange places in Britain that are worth visiting and admiring.
One thing unites the British more than anything else. It’s right there in plain sight, but rarely talked about. We…
A group of former world leaders is practicing how to save the world—using hard hats, artificial intelligence, and a simulated pandemic.
Last Thursday, about a dozen people sat around a boardroom table at the World Health Organization’s emergency hub just outside…
The Devil's Child": The Rise and Fall of the Only Female Yakuza
For nearly 40 years, Mako Nishimura never lost a fight. She told me this as if it were as obvious…
Lithuanian leaders quickly moved to bunkers after a drone entered the country's airspace.
Lithuania’s president and prime minister were rushed to underground bunkers, and residents of the capital, Vilnius, were told to take…
Xi says the world is at risk of falling into a "law of the jungle" as he praises China-Russia ties.
Xi Jinping warned that the world risks slipping back into the “law of the jungle” and praised the China-Russia relationship…
Germany has been told to stop admiring Beijing and instead wake up to what some are calling 'China Shock 2.0'.
A leading Brussels thinktank has warned that Germany must stop admiring China’s success within the EU, or it risks sleepwalking…
He had a unique ability to be human’: late-night TV says goodbye to Stephen Colbert
Hugh Jackman sang a parody of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline.” Bette Midler performed a satirical version of “Wind Beneath My…
The outcome isn't set in stone: France is feeling pessimistic, but it's not destined to fall under far-right control.
One reassuring thing about France is how consistent it has been over the years: trains still mostly run on time,…
A moment that changed me: When I was diagnosed, it felt like a death sentence. So how have I managed to survive another 40 years?
On February 21, 1986, I was diagnosed HIV positive. I was 22 years old. It was also my sister’s 21st…