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The scale of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa is emerging, with dozens of people known to have died in Haiti and ...

In this extract from her new book Sink or Swim, Susannah Fisher unpacks ten reasons why efforts to adapt are proving so ...

Whichever side of an issue you’re on, it’s likely that at the root of what gets you fired up are deep, fundamental human ...

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From VistaVision to 70mm, the release strategy for Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film offers a plethora of options for discerning cinephiles, but which is the best? We watched them all to find out.

Every October, 100,000 visitors descend on Fayetteville, West Virginia, a small town of less than 3,000, for a single-day event unlike anything else. Bridge Day, held annually on the third Saturday in ...

But the slow-moving nature of Melissa, known as a stalling, was what made it especially hazardous. “Moving at around 5km per ...

Oh, come on,” Brandi Carlile says, motioning me into a booth and pointing to three pizzas on the table between her and her wife, Catherine. “You can’t not have a slice. It’s so good.” It’s ...

The Price Is Right‘s “Come on down!” tradition began in the 1972 edition of The Price Is Right with then-announcer Johnny Olson (hosted by Bob Barker). It was then carried on by Rod Roddy, beginning ...

Land appears to be a simple matter — just location and dirt. But below the surface, it’s the most dangerous asset in the modern economy, determining the trajectory of modern wealth inequality. As the ...