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A few years ago, Marc Provissiero, a movie producer approaching his mid-50s, started contemplating the next decades of his life. He joined a high-end longevity clinic for a few hundred dollars a month...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the United States intended to sign a trade deal with Britain that would bring the two nations closer and roll back some of the...

India and Pakistan appeared to be dangerously escalating their armed confrontation Thursday, as both countries said their military sites had come under attack, and heavy shelling and strikes were...

The Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration has fueled anxiety at airports, border crossings, and other U.S. ports of entry, with visa holders and tourists concerned that they may be...

ISLAMABAD — Until recently, Pakistan’s most powerful man preferred to stay behind the scenes, tightly controlling his public profile and limiting his pronouncements mostly to choreographed...

NEW DELHI — India’s government has ordered officials to carry out civil defense drills in much of the country on Wednesday as it prepares for a potential military conflict with Pakistan, its...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and pushed the country to the brink of chaos. Then a...

Warren Buffett, the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, said he would step down from that position by the end of the year. Buffett, 94, transformed Berkshire Hathaway, once a textile company,...

GUANGZHOU, China—For the past five years, Liu Miao has sold clothing on Amazon to wholesale buyers in the United States. That trade has come to an abrupt stop. Liu owns a small factory in...

Warren E. Buffett has been at the forefront of American capitalism for decades as the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate he built into a $1.1 trillion colossus. By the end of the year,...

LONDON — Oil prices are falling. Economists are cutting forecasts for global economic growth. Oil giants are reporting lower profits. But Saturday, eight countries that belong to the oil cartel...

Two hikers were strolling in the foothills of the Krkonose Mountains in the Czech Republic in early February when they noticed something shiny peeking out of a stone wall. They pulled out what turned...

LONDON — A dramatic victory in a parliamentary special election. Hundreds of seats were won in English municipalities—a first taste of power in the lower tiers of government. By making...

The Trump administration on Friday officially eliminated a loophole that had allowed American shoppers to buy cheap goods from China without paying tariffs. The move will help U.S. manufacturers that...

SRINAGAR, Kashmir — Kashmir is many things. It is a disputed borderland that India and Pakistan have fought over for more than three-quarters of a century, making it one of the world’s most...

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a soccer-loving nun from Brazil believed to be the oldest person in the world and whose longevity had been celebrated by Pope Francis, died Wednesday, her religious...

Mint gum is the only thing that gets me through the workday. Is all that chewing bad for my health? A: If you’re a regular gum chewer, you’re in good company. In one 2019 study of more than...

Resident Vladimir Putin of Russia ordered a three-day unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine next week, the Kremlin said Monday, soon after President Donald Trump reiterated his frustration with Russia’s...

WASHINGTON — On the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to convey an important message about the U.S....

KYIV, Ukraine — President Donald Trump’s standing among Ukrainians is practically on life support. But many cheered one statement he made Saturday after meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,...