Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox.

But some colleagues and admirers in Israel suggest another reason for the muted reaction is that Mr Mokyr is based in America ...

After the gold price hit $4,380 an ounce, a record, on October 20th, it fell by more than 10%—only to recover some of its ...

A provisional decision is expected within days. In early October Mr Trump ordered about 700 National Guard members—300 from ...

So please take my prediction for next year in this spirit. It is not really even a prediction, more a provocation. If your ...

Although commonly thought of as a “male” hormone, testosterone is essential for women too—it contributes to libido, sexual ...

A version of this scene repeated itself all day in Kyoto last month as 300 wrestlers went at it in bout after bout. This was ...

Taiwan’s vast surpluses have been years in the making. For decades its central bank, known as the cbc, has kept the currency ...

Universal free child care is a popular policy on the American left these days. Zohran Mamdani, New York’s Democratic ...

Mobsters are exploiting the social-media app to normalise their image, mythologise their culture and even to launder money, ...

For years quantum technology seemed exciting in theory but not much good in practice. Now the ability to combine qubits—bits ...

That morning the prisoners heard that Francisco Franco, Spain’s dictator since his victory in the 1936-39 civil war against ...