"We're seeing extraordinarily severe headwinds for democracy now, intensified by the political fallout from the economic crisis that started with the pandemic and the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine", International IDEA secretary-general...

Preliminary data from a trial of lecanemab was released in September and found it slowed cognitive decline by 27 percent across an 18-month period. The complete trial data, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, fleshes out those finding...

The Risoud Forest, covering the border between France and Switzerland some 1,200 metres (3,900 feet) up in the Jura mountains, is filled with spruce trees which are hundreds of years old. Their wood is perfect for crafting acoustic guitars, violins...

Instead, the truck drives itself, and veteran driver Roger Nordqvist is at the ready only in case of unexpected problems. Swedish truck maker Scania is not the only auto manufacturer developing autonomous vehicles, but it recently became the first ...

China's top security body warned late on Tuesday night that authorities would "crack down" on the protests, which are the most widespread since pro-democracy rallies in 1989 that were crushed with deadly force. The protests erupted over the weekend...

The city is the main port of entry into Europe for Latin American cocaine, a business controlled by transnational cartels with an increasing reputation for the most extreme violence. This week investigators working off a database of criminal messag...

Sky ECC was a secure messaging app once prized by underworld drug barons. But, after it was cracked by investigators in 2021, it has brought some to their downfall. Police from Belgium, France and the Netherlands are now sifting through a vast trov...

Dallas' Slovenian star added 12 rebounds and 12 assists in the victory -- his 51st career triple-double and his fifth this season. "It's getting boring," joked Mavericks coach Jason Kidd. "I mean, let's see something different. Maybe do it with his...

Macron and his wife Brigitte arrived late Tuesday for a two-day stay in Washington, before finishing up Friday with a trip to the once-French city of New Orleans in Louisiana. Largely due to Covid disruptions, this is the first formal state visit t...

The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) -- a key gauge of manufacturing in the world's second-biggest economy -- came in at 48.0, down from October's 49.2 and well below the 50-point mark separating growth from contraction, according to data from the N...

A watchful Khawaja, who has been a rock at the top of the order this year, was unbeaten on 36 with Labuschagne not out 26 on a hot day at Perth Stadium, with their stand reaching 63. The West Indies are without a win on Australian soil for 25 years...

But only four of the 18 will be physically present for the long-awaited proceedings in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's economic hub. The others are either on the run or being held in Mali, said Aude Rimailho, a lawyer for civilian plaintiffs. On March 13, ...

"I could not sit on the sidelines, so I went to the front as a volunteer," says Palych, the nom de guerre for the 35-year-old medic working near the frontline in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Day after day, he and his team skirt the front,...

Traders were also nervously awaiting a key policy speech by Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell later in the day that could outline the bank's strategy for tackling inflation in light of a recent slowdown in price gains. A spectacular rally in Hong...

Gestures in support of the local LGBTQ community have unleashed a torrent of homophobia, activists and community members say, creating new risks for people who have long relied on discretion to survive. "It's not great to live in the shadow, but it...