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Tax systems across the rich world are broken. They are unwieldy, unfair and riddled with perverse incentives. Governments ...

I n the 20 months since Donald Trump returned to the White House, right-wing candidates have won all seven presidential ...

Jack Smith, a former special counsel who led criminal cases against Donald Trump, appeared before the Senate Judiciary ...

A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia after it plunged nearly 20,000 feet and issued a ...

Hamas is struggling to work out a future for itself. Donald Trump’s ceasefire, now almost a year old, has failed to shield it ...

Micron Technology, an American maker of memory chips, reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday. The company trails its South ...

Women’s tennis is lighting up courts. The last eight grand slams have been won by seven different players, creating a deep ...

This week France’s minority government will unveil its budget for 2027. Sébastien Lecornu, the prime minister, has promised ...

American troops have been in Iraq for most of this century. America’s invasion in 2003 turned into an eight-year occupation.

Jack Smith, a former special counsel who led criminal cases against Donald Trump, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in an ill-tempered hearing. Republican senators said Mr Smith had ...

Iran wants a deal because it is “losing so badly,” said the president. Mr Trump and many of his advisers reckon America has ...