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Getty ImagesTravellers wait in a long line at a security checkpoint at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on 6 NovemberMore than 1,400 flights to, from, or…

Two dozen states sue Trump administration as 42 million Americans face food stamp cutsMore than two dozen states and Washington DC have filed an emergency lawsuit…

Many academic departments at US universities are planning to cut the size of graduate-student cohorts.Credit: Sophie Park/Bloomberg/GettyPhoenix-Avery Sarían has been interested in astronomy ever since her…

With very little in the way of government economic statistics, comments from Fed speakers have taken on greater import, and Bank of America found little in…

The Taliban government in Afghanistan have imposed a nationwide shutdown of telecommunications, weeks after they began severing fibre-optic internet connections to prevent what they call immorality.The…

Yogita LimayeSouth Asia and Afghanistan correspondentAakriti Thapar / BBCWhen Shahnaz went into labour, her husband Abdul called a taxi to take them to the only medical…

An exciting discovery on Mars is being overshadowed by turmoil at NASA, with budget cuts threatening to destroy a scientific legacy that has been built over…

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThe price of ether smashed through its 2021 record on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at upcoming…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The international aid system is under pressure, beset…

Carys Herbert inspects a telescope used in citizen-science projects at the University of Kent’s Beacon Observatory in Canterbury, UK — while she also scans the horizon…