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Having navigated a government crackdown on billionaires, tech tycoon Pony Ma is once again the richest person in China. Could spring be coming for the country’s private sector?

The attributes that make many athletes great, like risk-taking and aggression, are a reason why some turn to illegal drugs.

We are accustomed to regarding history as linear, punctuated by moments, events and personages. What if this is not what is happening?

Thanks to dynamic pricing, tickets for Green Day reached $500. Is this the new normal for live music?

Afghan women are turning to social media, singing in protest against new Taliban laws banning their voices in public. They sing to prove they still exist.

Whether it’s electric two-wheelers or trucks, buses or bicycles, electric vehicles in India are hard to miss.

One clue is the nature of pain and its powerful effect on our thoughts and behaviours.

A string of recent deals by the cutting-edge AI company suggest an interest in large amounts of behavioural, health and biometric data.

Ads for the Hell Pizza chain regularly invite complaints on religious grounds. But none have been upheld, reflecting more tolerant standards in an increasingly less Christian country.

Like a lot of words used to describe women, ‘granny’ has taken on negative connotations - and it’s time to reclaim the word.

In a sample of people who regularly use ecstasy and other illicit stimulants, 54% reported using pharmaceutical stimulants without a prescription in the previous six months.

The leaders of the US, Japan, India and Autralia will again meet this weekend, but it remains to be seen if the grouping can move beyond rhetoric and into action.

Global action is urgently needed to tackle microplastic – and the problem has never been more pressing.

Organising to stop gasfields or coal mines sounds like a similar challenge. But one environmental group has endured, while the other ran out of energy. Here’s why

In September, many universities are making early offers to Year 12 students. This is a contentious practice but research shows it can provide much-needed support to young people.

The shadow of Ayn Rand (beloved by Donald Trump and Elon Musk) looms large over new novels by Lexi Freiman and Lionel Shriver, which satirise cancel culture. One of them is a useful critique of our age.

A study of parent-child pairs from Montréal’s Vietnamese diaspora found different paths to preserving language shaped by political and economic experiences.

New research has found there is a concerning trend in Canadian political discourse: the tendency to treat politics as little more than sensational entertainment.

Jesse Jackson proved in the 1980s that white working-class voters will support racialized candidates if their message is right. This could bode well for Kamala Harris.

Our expert analysis of the attacks on Hezbollah this week.

Abating methane emissions and enhancing atmospheric removal offers an opportunity to rapidly mitigate warming.

The money will fund a greener way of making steel but won’t save the capability the UK has now.

MIddle East expert addressed four key questions about the recent attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon.

As Hezbollah reels from the communication device blasts, the scene has been set for an all-out war with Israel.

‘Skibidee’ is no odder than ‘confess the corn’.

A group of economists wants Reeves to raise public investment – but her plans so far point to a tight squeeze on spending.

Scotland’s geographical position gave the country strategic importance during this period, and meant it would play a vital role in Nato’s defences.

The new COVID variant XEC may be spreading faster than other variants, but it is not a radically different variant.

While crime has fallen since the 1990s, this is not reflected in the prison population, which has doubled in the same period.

The UN faces a crisis because of its failure to address the world’s biggest conflicts.