US President Donald Trump’s intensifying economic campaign against Iran is testing the limits of the security group Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have spent years expanding as a c…
Thanks in part to social media, the number of English-language books read in the Netherlands is increasing, and with it, the number of shops catering those bookworms. One in five …
European leaders gave a reserved response after Iceland voted against resuming accession talks, a result welcomed by far-right Euroskeptic parties.
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Kurt Vonnegut describes the train arriving in Dresden at five o’clock that afternoon: “The boxcar doors were opened, and the doorways framed the loveliest city that most of the Am…
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From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux. Manus Cranny, The National's geo-economics editor, cuts through …
The country’s ‘stability’ hides a host of problems. Compared with Donald Trump’s chaotic, divided, and violent America, China is a bastion of steady progress and serene order. Thi…
A trilateral meeting of the U.S., Russian, and Ukrainian presidents is possible only to formalize agreements, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
A tribute concert was held at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on Saturday Dolly Parton has been laid to rest, the music legend's great-niece has said. The singer had a private family f…
September is here, and with it comes a bevy of new books. Below, you’ll find twenty-five delightful reads to consider, each in a fresh paperback edition, including debuts, sophomo…
Does loss cancel out the life happening around it, or can life and loss coexist? James’s books are explicit and sensational, full of graphic depictions of sex and violence. There’…