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The ship’s U-turn is a metaphor for the dramatic reversal in the fortunes of Russia’s energy industry since the start of the Iran war. The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped around ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide are being used off-label by healthy people hoping to slow ageing, despite limited evidence and unknown long-term risks.

So it was striking when, on March 10th, Ukraine’s defence ministry said that in the first three days of the war with Iran, Gulf countries had fired 800 American-made Patriot interceptor missiles at ...

A decade of greening leaves the capital less congested but more divided ...

Post-war Iran would begin a programme with a head start. Roughly 400kg of highly enriched uranium is buried inside the ...

Mr Dickson’s plan for Gap involves more than splashy marketing. He has been fixing up its property portfolio, continuing to ...

Performance-enhancing peptides are increasingly popular among fitness enthusiasts and biohackers, despite limited human ...

Lloyd Blankfein’s memoir “Streetwise” recounts his rise to become the chief of executive of Goldman Sachs and his leadership ...

America’s war with Iran has given him more scope. Turkey has opposed the war from the start. It threatens to disrupt trade ...

All this gives Haiti its best chance in years to restore something resembling calm. But reviving a minimally functional state ...

The Bank of England will put animals on its next banknotes instead of divisive historical figures, with the hedgehog emerging ...