How many countries are there in the world? It sounds like a straightforward question, but the answer depends on who you ask and how you define a “country.” The most widely accepted source, the U.S, ...

The innovation of Mr. Trump was to reject the choice between these two camps. He ran to the right of his party on immigration (proposing mass deportation and a border wall) and to the left of his ...

David French is an Opinion columnist, writing about law, culture, religion and armed conflict. He is a veteran of Operation ...

Rebel Wilson goes all John McClane at her best friend’s wedding in director Simon West’s boring, directionless hack job ...

A coalition for a quiet ocean, launched at the third United Nations Ocean Conference this week, aims to curb noise pollution ...

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Off the Caribbean island of Dominica, Cecilia Vega dove into efforts to create a preserve to protect sperm whales and ...

Sharp divergences between Trump-friendly pollsters and others make his standing a bit of a mystery. Beware any hype about spikes in his popularity.

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While players will battle a variety of monsters and creatures in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, there is no encounter more infamous than the one against Simon. Buried deep below the world in an optional ...

As more students take the plunge as the weather warms, Lili Fairclough talks to those who brave the water, and those fighting ...