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The Games are supposed to bring people from around the globe together, but there’s no escaping politics.

By playing pretend with an ape, scientists found a human hallmark in our closest living relative: the capacity for make-believe.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced several measures Thursday aimed at making Canada a global leader in electric vehicles and rescuing an industry ravaged by U.S. trade policy.

A recent production of “Othello” proves that small creative flowers can grow between the dreary slabs of cultural concrete laid by the Communist Party.

The report blamed people smugglers and “systemic failure” on the part of the authorities after about 30 people drowned as they tried to reach Britain from France in 2021.

Beijing, Moscow and shaken American allies are seeking new warheads as President Trump ends more than a half century of nuclear arms control with Russia.

The rights activist Narges Mohammadi is protesting her continued detention, her family said. She was arrested again in December after being given leave from prison for medical treatment.

Newly released documents detailed connections between the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson, who was picked to be the U.S. envoy by the British prime minister, Keir Starmer.

American negotiators trumpeted plans for a prisoner swap, but that was small recompense for months of diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration.