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From the moment Hannibal Lecter appeared in “Red Dragon”, a psychological-horror novel of 1981, readers were captivated by the character. Since then, the psychiatrist-turned-cannibal has featured in ...

His argument then was simple: Edgar Lungu, the president at the time, was corrupt, had abused civil rights and had caused the ...

Today more than 2.5trn PDFs float in the ether. But will the format survive the ai revolution? PDFs still have drawbacks.

So did Mr Trump’s growing confidence in the power of his polarising politics. After all, he dutifully read that first speech to Congress off the teleprompter, and it lasted just an hour. This time, he ...

But some fear that the Trump administration will use litigation to try to block or delay refunds through the CBP. That is why over the past year some 1,800 companies—including Goodyear, a tyre-maker, ...

This matters because right-wing candidates are expected to sweep the Senate in Brazil’s general election in October. They may gain enough seats to impeach Supreme Court judges. The right holds special ...

The showdown took place during a meeting at the Pentagon between Mr Hegseth and Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s boss, whose credo ...

The showdown took place during a meeting at the Pentagon between Mr Hegseth and Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s boss, whose credo is “Responsible AI ”. Mr Amodei was summoned to the Department of War ( DOW) ...

Sonny Loughran, our Britain intern, explains why it will be hard to convict Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ...

Inaction on the third runway threatens Heathrow’s status as a global hub. Any serious growth policy would seek to address this. But HS2 is also a cautionary tale for what can go wrong with ...