President Trump has been unusually solemn and introspective following the US Democrats’ midterm victory. But with no one ...

Historically a check on the executive’s muscle, midterm elections are a chance for the US electorate to vocalise how it feels ...

Anti-autocrat electoral wins in Serbia, Hungary and Brazil are being celebrated as a democratic resurgence but a closer look ...

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The high-speed collision near Toledo follows a similar incident in January. Where do Spain’s rail operators go from here?

Now that Democrats have won both the Senate and the House of Representatives, what power does that actually give ...

We join Emirati commuters on the UAE rail network’s expanded passenger service. The new line, which links Dubai to ...

Hit hard by Donald Trump’s policies, Maine should be a guaranteed midterm win for the Democrats. But the state ...

An offhand remark about Mao Zedong has landed Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappé in hot water with Beijing. Why ...

If you were asked to list the things that might improve the lives of homeless men and women living in a Paris shelter, it ...

Singapore’s ministers are already among the world’s highest-paid officeholders but their salaries have just been increased even further. Lawrence ...

As blue voters celebrate across the US, we discuss the midterms’ impact. Then: is the Aukus submarine deal bad ...