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Amid the spectacle of elite and age-group racing at the World Triathlon Grand Finals in Australia, another endurance event was unfolding in the city: hours of congress sessions in which the sport’s go

“The failure of economists to forecast recessions is virtually unblemished,” notes Prakash Loungani, assistant director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This includes the economists at the IM

We are in a real-life game of Risk. In 2019, Fiona Hill, an official at the US National Security Council during Donald Trump’s first term, said the Russians had informally proposed a plan whereby they

Christopher Lockyear, the secretary general of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) directs teams of medical staff around the world as they carry out lifesaving interventions in horrific circumstances. In 2

It was the year that Donald Trump caused chaos with tariffs, Elon Musk took a chainsaw to the US government, Angela Rayner was forced to resign, and Gary Lineker left the BBC. Here we take a look at some of the people who made the headlines in 2025

Saint Paul, Minnesota Walz bows out: Tim Walz, ...