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Little is clear about the power dynamics that will govern Israel and the United States in the coming months after pivotal elections in both countries. But Iran’s leaders are watching the contests...

The staggering digital hack at Binance, where criminals made off with $6.3 billion in digital coins in a breach that the company revealed on Thursday, is a reminder that putting money into...

ARENI, Armenia — For years, a leopard roamed the high mountain ridges and deep gorges in the sparsely populated region of southern Armenia. The animal had lost part of its left leg on a land mine...

 Rail traffic controllers gave the green light to a train racing at about 100 mph toward a stopped train this week, precipitating the crash that killed at least 69 people and shook Spain’s...

In advance of Israel’s pivotal election Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought for weeks to orchestrate a new airstrike on Iran but ran into resistance from the military’s chief of...

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil surged to reelection on Sunday, according to official preliminary results, ending a string of conservative wins in Latin America cheered on by President...

When it comes to artificial intelligence, CEOs and their workforces aren’t seeing eye to eye. Corporate leaders, increasingly in earnings calls and interviews, tout productivity gains and say they...

Many Iranians living in the country looked ahead on Saturday with anxiety and dread, closely following reports that the United States and Israel have drawn up plans for another wave of attacks on Iran...

Governments and companies around the world are racing to patch their websites — or taking them offline until they can be fixed — after the discovery of major security flaws in PHP, a piece of...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Friday that it will shuffle its tariffs on Canadian products, exempting some items and applying new tariffs to others, in what appeared to be a...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has put employees on heightened alert across the Middle East and moved to reduce personnel levels at embassies and consulates because of intelligence showing Iran is...

MUMBAI, India — Who actually controls India’s biggest company? A bitter power struggle over the Tata Group, a 158-year-old conglomerate with more than 1 million employees worldwide and $180...

The primates known as humans, after ages of unawareness, managed to unveil the hidden dynamics of the universe in little more than a century. It happened between 1543 and 1687, when Nicolaus...

Doctors have an excellent tool for catching lung cancer in the early stages, when it’s most treatable: low-dose CT scans. But only about 1 in 5 people who are eligible for lung cancer screening in...

Ellen Hendriksen, a clinical psychologist in Boston, often speaks with clients who feel anxious about their path in life. Some went to medical school because their parents expected them to, “and...

Decorated correspondent Christiane Amanpour, a preeminent voice on international affairs in television news, said on Monday that she would depart CNN next year, exiting the network she has called home...

With two-tone paint featuring Sunshine Yellow body panels, the electric Volkswagen Type 2 (colloquially known as the Microbus) was not built for introverts. This vintage bus, newly fitted out with...

The French government ordered Monday night curfews for parts of several cities, including Paris, Nice and Lille, as it tried to reassure citizens after the worst riots in decades erupted across the...

Today’s artificial intelligence systems are more capable than ever — thanks to the mind-boggling amount of math it takes to train them. The training mainly amounts to doing surprisingly simple...

LATUR, India — Conflict. Climate change. A withering El Nino. All are conspiring to spoil the world’s sweet tooth. Global sugar prices have soared, as a hot, dry summer scorched much of the...