Ian Birrell is a freelance foreign correspondent and political columnist, and is former deputy editor of the Independent.

Women have exerted historic levels of influence over technology policy in the past four years, holding prominent roles across ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has undergone a procedure to stop persistent bleeding on the surface of his ...

Elizabeth Wurtzel’s memoir, published 30 years ago, changed the way we think about depression and mental health, for better ...

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speak ...

Peter R. Orszag is chief executive officer of the global financial firm Lazard. He previously served as director of the ...

The Great Lakes area has seen above-normal snow as other regions have had little to none. More lake-effect snow will fly ...

Ex-Formula 1 team owner and media personality Eddie Jordan says he has been treated for “quite aggressive” cancer ...

President Joe Biden announced he will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 people on home confinement and will pardon 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes.

Seven NFL teams have been eliminated from playoff consideration, the most at this point in the season since 2005, when nine ...

Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in ...

Americans are growing suspicious of experts, and many of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks reflect that. So will ...