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Mention the Orient Express to most people, and you’re likely to conjure up visions of the private five-star luxury train — Belmond’s Venice Simplon-Orient-Express — whose meticulously restored coaches feature...

It will go down as the moment that capped the worst of all election nights for one of the world’s oldest — and most successful — political parties.  As Britain’s...

There’s an unforgettable moment in Yuan Yang’s new book, when an idealistic university student is tasked with conducting a survey by going door-to-door to random addresses in Shenzhen, China’s manufacturing...

When the gymnastics superstar Simone Biles tumbles and dances her way through her third Olympics this month, the choreography she performs in her floor routine will be seen on hundreds...

Two new picture books consider the playground, where so many children first figure out their place in the world, and where a kid named Ryan made me swallow a rock...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming...

President Joe Biden‘s performance in a radio interview has attracted scrutiny after he made a slip about his race and gender. The 81-year-old was interviewed on Philadelphia’s Wurd radio station...

The United Kingdom’s general election has resulted in a landslide victory for Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, which has won 411 seats of a total of 650 seats (65 percent) in...

Labour is deploying activists in seats with large Muslim populations in an attempt to stave off challenges by pro-Palestine candidates. The party is telling volunteers to stay and campaign in...

Hurricane Beryl was moving toward Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula early Friday as a Category 3 storm, after spending the last week tearing through the eastern Caribbean, where it left islands flattened...