This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The world’s next country?” ...

With eight billion people, we use a lot of the Earth's resources in ways that are likely unsustainable. Klaus Hubacek, ...

Democrat Cleo Fields has won Louisiana’s congressional race in a recently redrawn second majority-Black district, flipping a ...

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Donald Trump has won the race for the presidency of the United States, gaining a historic second term. He passed the critical ...