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One of the perks of my job as a Boeing 787 pilot for British Airways is the opportunity to explore the cities I fly to around the world. The challenge is to make the most of my frequent short layovers...

It makes sense in principle: You exercise your muscles to make them stronger and prevent frailty and decline; shouldn’t your brain work the same way? That premise is behind brain training...

I was recently prescribed antibiotics, and I’m worried that it might kill the “good” bacteria in my gut. What can I do to minimize the damage? A: Since penicillin was discovered in 1928,...

When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York City for dinner Sept. 26, it was part of a British charm offensive to nurture a relationship between a left-wing...

In his improbable journey to the apex of American power, President-elect Donald Trump has always adapted to the media tool of the moment. As a young mogul on the make, he made himself a fixture of...

After President Joe Biden stepped aside and Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race in late July, I wrote about Democrats’ hopes that the short timeframe of her presidential campaign—just 15...

The first signs came in the suburbs. It was not yet 9 p.m. Voters in key battleground states were still at the polls. There was even a marching band regaling voters at a polling site in Bethlehem,...

Stock markets in Asia edged higher, the dollar rose against major currencies and U.S. treasury yields climbed as investors reacted to the early returns in the presidential election. The results...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, on Tuesday over differences on the prosecution of the war in the Gaza Strip — at a moment when Israel is fighting on two...

Donald Trump has captured Pennsylvania, the biggest prize of the seven battleground states in one of the most consequential presidential elections in modern American history. It all but seals his...

Members of Boeing’s largest union approved a new contract Monday, ending a weekslong strike that was one of the country’s most financially damaging work stoppages in decades. The contract was...

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris closed out their campaigns Monday in starkly different moods: The former president, appearing drained at arenas that were not filled, claimed that the country was on the...

TEHRAN, Iran — The last time Donald Trump was in office, the consequences for Iran were disastrous. As president, Trump pulled out of a nuclear deal that had begun to reduce sanctions in exchange...

Saudi Arabia and seven other oil-producing countries said Sunday that they would postpone plans to gradually increase oil output until the end of December, according to a release on the OPEC website. ...

Days before the presidential election, Elon Musk’s centrality to his social media platform, X, has become more pronounced. Musk has posted more than 3,000 times on the site in the past month,...

Boeing’s largest union said Thursday that it would hold a vote on a new contract offer after workers rejected two earlier proposals. The union’s 33,000 members have been on strike since Sept. 13,...

Two weeks before world leaders meet to debate the climate crisis, a report released Thursday shows the 10 deadliest extreme weather events in the past two decades were made worse by burning fossil...

PAIPORTA, Spain — Plates with half-eaten dinners were still sitting on the white tablecloths in the nursing home’s dining hall Thursday, amid muddy and overturned wheelchairs and walkers. Six...

It’s been clear since the early days of the pandemic: People with mental illness are more likely to have severe outcomes from COVID. Compared with the general population, they’re at higher risk of...

Online and off, many people have credited supplements with helping them overcome hair loss. Videos abound on TikTok of people saying that brands such as Nutrafol and Viviscal made their hair thicker,...