W hat makes a good NATO ally? Debates over burden-sharing have “moved and shaken” the alliance ever since its foundation in ...

The English have long been big consumers of wine. Britain is the world’s second-largest wine importer by value and volume.

Israel’s use of aid as a weapon of war has provoked outrage. It has prevented essential supplies from entering Gaza. And yet ...

If China were to invade Taiwan, no one is certain how different countries would line up. A new paper by the Centre for a New ...

Ireland in recent years has seen its GDP balloon for reasons unrelated to what its workforce is up to. The unexpected fortune ...

F OR DECADES America’s fastest-growing religious affiliation was no religion at all. In 1990 just 5% of Americans said they ...

Arctic Passages. By Kieran Mulvaney. Island Press; 240 pages; $30 and £24. Ends of the Earth. By Neil Shubin. Dutton; 288 ...

The listing is designed to allow JBS, already the world’s biggest food company by revenue, to gobble up even more market ...

Mr Landini, who heads Italy’s biggest trade union federation, was the leading sponsor of four referendums held on June 8th ...

Illegal immigration, the problem that has always made Mr Trump beloved by his base and at least acceptable to enough other ...

Málaga has natural advantages, says Francisco de la Torre, its mayor. They start with a benign climate and its site on the ...

In some parts of the country bride prices are an endowment passed by the groom’s parents to the newlyweds. In others, it is a ...