The Microsoft co-founder spent hours talking to lawmakers behind closed doors, where he also said Epstein used his marital infidelities to pressure him.
The revival of an old oil-export route from Iraq to the Mediterranean helps Syria’s new regime
Being rich helps, but being open to immigration works best of all
They hide in plain sight—and wield enormous power
A molecular signature can identify those most at risk
So has FIFA, the outfit that administers it
The Indian Ocean site is "far beyond anything we had imagined", one researcher says.
A night of disorder in Belfast saw people forced to flee their homes, in protests that followed a knife attack in the north of the city.
How the rules of both entertainment and soft power are being rewritten
A bad reputation and cultural ignorance are probably responsible
He must swallow his pride and accept a deal worse than the pre-war status quo
A dispatch from Long Beach, California