Hemingway became famous in the same way one of his characters described going bankrupt: “gradually and then suddenly”. Eight other novels and novellas followed, as did Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. He ...

At his golf course in Scotland the president and Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, unveiled the ...

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Who pays for these tariffs? Most economists reckon that ordinary Americans will lose out, as prices in shops rise. Mr Trump ...

Four decades of dealmaking have turned LVMH into a luxury colossus. The group is made up of 75 independent maisons, from ...

Spain’s political fragmentation since the great recession means that Mr Sánchez has governed in a minority ever since he came ...

For a while missiles looked like potential prey. They have thin skins and are packed with fuel and explosives. Merely damaging the shell of a supersonic missile can create drag, causing it to tumble ...

Others with a stake in Ukraine’s security and relations with Russia must stay engaged too, argues the Nobel Peace Prize ...

Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s foreign minister, will formally present his country’s intention to recognise a Palestinian state ...

Desensitisation is possible. A family of treatments known as immunotherapies work by repeatedly exposing the body to tiny and ...

For Mr Medinsky, spreading that message comes naturally. He has spent decades peddling a nationalist ideology that casts ...