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America hires strongman: Donald Trump wins US presidential election

Unlike in 2016, when he scored a surprise electoral victory but lost the popular vote, Mr. Trump will go to Washington able to claim a broad mandate

In this biography, Mitch McConnell hates Trump but loves power more

The overall sense you get from this biography is that McConnell has prioritised little besides his own political survival

From-the-grave 'interview' with Nobel winner Szymborska exposes AI pitfalls

The terminated radio host, Lukasz Zaleski, said he would have invited Szymborska on his morning show himself, but never did for a simple reason: She died in 2012

AI meets art in McNeal: Akhtar's play challenges limits of creativity

In McNeal, Ayad Akhtar explores the way AI is disrupting the literary world and raising questions about creativity

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and the billions of ways to influence an election

Jeff Bezos, the reigning swashbuckler of the internet age until Musk came along, was playing a cooler game, content to let Musk take the headlines and the risk

Musk's SpaceX moves into spy game: A new era for defense contracting

Pentagon needs what the firm offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance, billionaire's global interests

'Davos in the desert' finds no mention of ongoing conflict in West Asia

Saudi Arabia, its Gulf neighbours seek to reassure investors that it's safe to do business amid turmoil in West Asia

Economic leaders face era of industrial policy threatening growth prospects

Policymakers brace for more protectionism and demise of 'neoliberalism' if Trump is re-elected in the US

Night of Power: Robert Fisk's war stories spotlight victims, perpetrators

Fisk's didactic fury may have kept him going, but it tainted his fidelity as a witness and narrowed his vision

Zumba teacher? 'Anti-woke' cleric? 38 candidates line up to head Oxford

For the first time, voters will cast ballots online. About 26,000 alumni of Oxford have registered to vote, with an additional 5,000 faculty and senior staff also eligible

Books give insights into possible role of Russia in the US elections

Steele's book, however, isn't a guide to election hacking in 2024. The picture of that campaign is only just emerging

Microsoft-OpenAI ties shows signs of fraying due to concerns over stability

Microsoft had already pumped $13 bn into OpenAI, and Nadella was initially willing to keep the cash spigot flowing. But after OpenAI's board of directors briefly ousted Altman, Microsoft reconsidered

Amazon, Google, Microsoft looking at N-power for emission-free electricity

Microsoft, Google and Amazon have recently struck deals with operators and developers of nuclear power plants to fuel the boom in data centres

Detroit's rebound driven by believers investing in the city's future

In 2013, the city hit its nadir: Burdened by $19 billion in debt, Detroit became the largest city in the United States to file for bankruptcy protection

Inside Joe Biden's 'war' room: Heads of state and heads of hair

In War, Biden's presidency is defined - at times threatened and, in Woodward's frankly stated opinion, ultimately vindicated - by how he handles Ukraine and West Asia

Google DeepMind's chemistry Nobel showcases AI's medical potential

The prize was also the second this week to involve artificial intelligence, highlighting the technology's growing significance in scientific research

Faced with a declining population, China pushing citizens to have babies

The central government has also recently pledged to reduce "medically unnecessary abortions," setting off worries that access to the procedure could be restricted

Melania Trump: Modelling, motherhood and a brazen whitewash of a presidency

If there's a plain truth in Melania, it's that she loves her son, Barron, and will protect him at all costs; and sincerely cares for imperilled children

US Presidential polls: Kamala Harris walking a tightrope few women survive

One of the clearest markers of her evolution as a candidate has been her ability to convey both strength and sympathy, and in ways that come across as authentic

Rapidly ageing population forces Japanese firms to lean on foreign workers

A shrinking and rapidly ageing population has forced Japan, which for centuries was mostly closed off to immigrants, to allow foreign workers to enter the country and potentially stay for good