The astronauts will fly a “free-return” trajectory, which will send them looping round the Moon in a figure of eight before ...

China’s leverage rests on its near-monopoly of rare-earth supply chains. It accounts for 70% of the ores dug up, over 90% of ...

In the tropics, the border between troposphere and stratosphere—the tropopause—sits at around 20km, far above any normal ...

Mr Viall has said the programme will set aside cultural biases about age to focus on compatibility. It is a romantic idea ...

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If he doesn’t need you, he’ll throw you out with the trash,” said one rival. Reid tried to get Mr Ralston fired several times ...

The Arctic has no clear definition, Mr Rosen writes. Some define it as anything above the Arctic Circle. Others see it as ...

The EU missed the turn to hard power largely because of a factor that is still shaping Europe to this day: the legacy of ...

Mr Magyar is inspiring Hungarians, especially young ones, like no other politician since Mr Orban returned to power in 2010. ...

Although the majority were council housing, others were sold or rented to low-income tenants. The redevelopment has been a ...

For nearly a decade they existed in legal limbo. The Kurds could not try them, nor would they free them. Most Western ...

TAKAICHI SANAE, Japan’s prime minister, models herself on the Iron Lady. Like Margaret Thatcher, she carries a signature bag, ...