Layoffs and Unemployment Grow Among College Graduates
When Starbucks announced last month that it was laying off more than 1,000 corporate employees, it highlighted a disturbing...
How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s Steel Shield During the Ukraine War
Eric Schmieman worked for 15 years on the modern engineering equivalent of the Great Pyramid — building a giant protective sh...
A Journey on South Africa’s Blue Train
Chaos surrounded us. Informal porters rolling luggage carts zigzagged between cars. Commuters spilled from the bus terminal o...
In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Will Be a Rarer Sight
Two days after a coalition of conservatives won Germany’s federal election last month, the governor of Bavaria took to Instag...
Turkey’s anti-democratic crackdown is damaging its economy
IF YOUR ONLY source of information were market data, you might think a measure of calm had returned to Turkey this week, afte...
A visual guide to critical materials and rare earths
THE NORTH POLE is a polarising topic. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that he wants to acquire Greenland; he has n...
Catch up:Team Trump’s shambolic leak; more unrest in Turkey
Democratic lawmakers demanded an investigation after America’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, mistakenly added Jeffre...
U.S. Infrastructure Improves, but Cuts May Imperil Progress, Report Says
Increased federal spending in recent years has helped to improve U.S. ports, roads, parks, public transit and levees, accordi...
What Makes Sydney’s Pondi Beach Different? It’s 50 Miles Inland.
Kristine Carroll plopped herself down in the only shade on the beach — a triangle cast by the makeshift lifeguard station — a...
China Releases Mintz Employees After 2-Year Detention
China has released five employees of an American corporate investigations firm, the Mintz Group, two years after they were de...