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An unholy combination of disease, climate change and poor farming practices in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where about 70% of ...

Immediately after taking the oath of office Mr Merz embarked on a series of trips, first across Europe (Paris, Warsaw, ...

Despite unease over his Islamist past, most Syrians rallied behind Ahmed al-Sharaa, their new leader. Over the summer, ...

Commercial skiing in South America goes back decades. The first resort to open was Portillo, in Chile, in 1949, and the ...

But physiological changes in pregnancy—such as a faster metabolism, greater heat production, and heavier demands on the heart ...

The Taliban were supposed to remain in the diplomatic doghouse until they abandoned their abhorrent treatment of women and ...

An obvious plot offers itself to the deft diplomat: could Europe, the continental home of the Nobel prizes, dangle the ...

That marks the end of nearly 20 years of MAS rule, and assures a rightward tilt for the country’s politics in October. ■ Sign ...

CLOSING ARGUMENTS are under way in the trial of Hong Kong’s most famous media mogul. Jimmy Lai’s publications cheered the ...

When Agather Atuhaire, a Ugandan lawyer and journalist, was arrested in Tanzania in May, she says she was held incommunicado, ...

FROM THE examination table, Sagobai chats as her doctor moves the ultrasound wand across the dome of her belly. Aged 20, she ...