Because this evening, as I write this column, I will be speaking at a pop-up event in Bergen, Norway, on the subject of 'Betrayal' in Literature, which will be the theme of Litfest Bergen in February ...

From duels to broken friendships, these seven American political feuds show how ambition and personal grudges shaped the ...

The Hindu profiles on Francesca Orsini, a prominent literary historian, was deported from India, sparking shock in academia over her contributions to Hindi and Urdu studies.

A political thriller that doubles as an extended lesson in comparative politics, “Borgen” is the rare show that takes both politics and plot seriously. In season one, Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett ...

A trader works, as a screen broadcasts a press conference by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the Fed rate cut announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New ...

The assassination of one Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife at their homes, is just the latest addition to a long and unsettling ...

When chatting with friends these days, there's a good chance Americans are talking about politics, and they're more likely to ...

But two people familiar with discussions in the Chinese market said they were skeptical that Beijing would quickly change its ...

The university’s debt has grown rapidly in recent years. It stands today at around $6 billion, roughly 60 percent of its ...

October 25 and 26 have been dates marked by pivotal moments across centuries.One of the most impactful events in global ...

Our Capitol Hill team explores how Democratic senators are receiving the already contentious Maine primary between newcomer ...

The B-list novels of Mary Shelley; I’m in the early stages of drafting a new book about Mary Shelley, so I have to read ...