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“Hercules, ” chants a Waffle House server to a Swedish tourist in the United States as he takes on 15 waffles. Soon, the whole diner is chanting along

This weekend, Southern Europe entered the wildfire season head-on, as tens of thousands of hectares are on fire in Spain, Portugal, Greece, and France

Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401 plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage less-regulated — and often riskier — investments.

Pervasive plastic contamination and flawed analytical techniques have clouded the science on microplastics in the human body. In an interview, Australian scientist Cassandra Rauert, who built a plastic-free lab to study human exposure, explores the challenges for researchers.

In the case of Mark Mulholland, who was repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct, the board waited six weeks to announce that it had filed charges. He was allowed to keep seeing patients during that time, and one alleges he abused her in the interim.

From India to Peru to California, the powerful weather phenomenon is creating winners and losers across the fishing industry.

Thousands still lacked power from April's storm when Super Typhoon Bavi slammed into the Marianas this week.

NextGenerationEU exposed an awkward truth: governments reform faster when Brussels offers cash than when it threatens punishment.

A pall of cynicism hangs over proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.

What happened: Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right National Rally party, announced she's running for office after all. Yesterday, an

Company board members are influential: they set business strategy, oversee how a firm is managed, and appoint or replace the chief executive and other

In June, Dutch prime minister Rob Jetten apologised for the Netherlands' treatment of the Moluccan community – a reckoning with one of the first migra

Democratic strategist Adam Carlson backed Platner through all his other scandals. He says he shares the blame – but people are learning the wrong lessons.

France remains committed to bolstering cooperation with Syria.

The United States has recast a small industry as a national security threat.

Alliance members tout defense investments to try to head off Trump’s complaints.

The coalition of voters who helped elect Trump to clean up America's food system is growing more disenchanted with the president.

During the raid, federal agents asked about links between the woman and Prairieland — suggesting a sprawling conspiracy that fits with Trump’s attacks on antifa.

On the field, every World Cup is a contest of idioms: between the Spanish-influenced juego de posición and post-German Gegenpressing, between philosophies that rely on holding the ball and those that assert themselves by working without it, between the set piece-heavy structuralism now fashionable in the English Premier League and the crashing unpredictability of the South American game.

The language of the “new era” leaves real reform behind.