The 50 biggest contributors have poured $2.77bn into the race, led by Elon Musk’s $446m for Republican-aligned groups.

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The 50 biggest contributors have poured $2.77bn into the race, led by Elon Musk’s $446m for Republican-aligned groups.

Protests in Europe have highlighted debt squeeze, with France now paying more to borrow than Italy and Greece.

Three years of shortages and impossible choices: doctors who worked in Gaza compare its hospitals with what they need.

This World Food Day, 645 million people are going hungry, yet more than a billion tonnes of food is wasted annually.

Africa is rich in energy, yet hundreds of millions Africans still live without electricity, most of the world’s total.

Kordofan, between Darfur and central Sudan, has seen one in five recorded attacks in Sudan’s war since April 2023.

Some 750,000 settlers live across more than 500 illegal settlements and outposts, as Israeli pogroms hit record highs.
AI is spreading in classrooms, but its impact on learning depends less on the technology than on how students use it.

A crisis in one narrow passage has disrupted an industry that carries about 80 percent of the world’s trade.

Earthquakes can happen suddenly, but knowing what to do before, during and after one can reduce the risk of injury.