At least 15 dead as a truck rams a New Year’s crowd in New Orleans

Two Israel soldiers killed in West Bank shooting as Netanyahu to meet Trump

Rashid Khalidi, America’s foremost scholar on Palestine, best described the sorry state of higher education in the United States today in a recent interview. Explaining his decision to retire from his position as Edward Said chair of modern Arab history at Columbia University, he said, “I didn’t want to be a cog in that machine…

United States Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy has reignited a public health debate by proposing cancer warning labels on alcoholic beverages. Murthy’s proposal accompanied a new advisory (PDF) highlighting growing evidence linking alcohol consumption to several types of cancer. Why is this call for warning labels significant, and what does the science say about the…

An explosion set off by fireworks has killed at least three people in a residential neighbourhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, marking a tragic start to the new year on the island of Oahu. Two were pronounced dead on the scene. The blast happened just after midnight local time (10:00 GMT) on Wednesday, as revellers celebrated the…

This is Donald Trump’s latest lie: He is a student of history. A few days ago, an emboldened US president shared this cryptic message with his gullible followers and, by depressing extension, a world already exhausted only weeks after his jarring return to the Oval Office. “He who saves his Country does not violate any…

During his inauguration speech, United States President Donald Trump said the “proudest legacy” of his presidency would be that of “peacemaker and unifier”. “We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end,” he said on Monday before referencing the release of the first Israeli…