Metamorphoses. By Karolina Watroba. Franz Kafka’s fame is not only the product of literary excellence. He also got lucky, as this biography of the writer’s afterlife reveals. It traces his ...

The world’s richest man was shaped by science fiction ...

The ICC is meant to be a court of last resort that steps in when a country’s own courts fail to prosecute abuses. Israel’s ...

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Bob Casey, a three-term Democratic ...

MATT GAETZ, Donald Trump’s choice for America’s attorney-general, spent November 20th meeting senators and telling reporters it had been “a great day of momentum”. The next day, however, Mr Gaetz ...

Y OU WOULD have thought Elon Musk was busy enough building brain implants, electric cars, grid-scale batteries, robots, ...

Nearly a third of the lorries entering Gaza are hijacked, reckons an Israeli officer. On November 18th, only 11 lorries in a ...

OWNERS OF ELECTRIC vehicles (EVs) have a lot to brag about. Their cars are quieter, smoother and nippier than petrol ...

Master’s degrees lasting one or two years are the biggest draw. These courses are necessary for jobs, such as teaching in ...

Mr Trump’s threat of a new trade war puts China’s leaders in a tricky spot. America’s president-elect has talked of imposing ...

T he species of bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis produces proteins that some caterpillars find toxic. Insert the underlying ...

Most outside powers, including the un, reckon the saf has more legitimacy in the eyes of most Sudanese. Yet the army’s dogged ...