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Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman—a long-standing American ally—if it “gets in the way” of talks with Iran. The president made his threat during a phone call with a Fox News reporter. Oman and Iran ...

On Tuesday voters in Florida will pick the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor in one of the country’s final primary elections before midterms in November. Byron Donalds, a congressman, ...

Jared Kushner, Mr Trump’s son-in-law and senior envoy, met Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, a day after meeting Hamas leaders ...

And earlier this year courts in Los Angeles and New Mexico found Meta and Google negligent for designing platforms harmful to young people. With these latest charges, the plaintiffs are reportedly ...

There has been some progress, but talks are expected to go right down to the final hours. Should Mr Trump carry out his ...

Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman—a long-standing American ally—if it “gets in the way” of talks with Iran. The president made his threat during a phone call with a Fox News reporter. Oman and Iran ...

For months, Tata, an Indian conglomerate that sells everything from salt to software, has been consumed by boardroom drama. The most recent twist came last week, when the board’s chair, Natarajan ...

Gloomy German spirits may be lifting. In July, the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment, which measures investor confidence, ...

While Republicans remain captive to the president’s whim, Democratic fundraising is decentralised. Individual candidates are ...

Republican party officials insist that Democratic candidates’ cash advantage is temporary, and that the money sitting in ...

Two new books, one by a Nobel-prizewinning economist and one by a Pulitzer-garlanded historian, grapple with the question of ...