China has recorded a $1 trillion trade surplus for the first 11 months of the year, despite the imposition of tariffs by US President Trump, but all is far from well in its internal economy. The ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it ...

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that the rising cost of living in the United States is a “fake narrative” that is being pushed by Democrats. Watch in the player above. “I inherited the worst ...

"Rage bait" edged out "biohack" and "aura farming" to become the word of the year. Take a deep breath and think of your happy place: “rage bait” is the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year. After three days ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

Conventional wisdom for those seeking capital is clear: Stay positive. When you’re pitching investors the safest path seems to be amplifying the upside and downplaying the downside. After all, who ...

President Macron’s reformist agenda has run out of steam. Pity French president Emmanuel Macron—and France, too. The nation suffers from an unsustainable economic model, and the president’s government ...

“Organic” might be the most abused word in the English language. Chemists, farmers, and marketers all use it—and none of them mean the same thing. The result is a label that can make Oreos, cigarettes ...

The BBC’s Michelle Fleury reports from Georgia on how the boom in data centers is raising environmental and sustainability concerns from the people who live near them. Beverly Morris bought a home in ...

Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students. But students often struggle when they see a combination of ...

Sven, a sales leader, received a call from a major customer who was furious. Their order arrived late, the product was damaged, and to top it off, their invoice didn’t reflect the volume discount ...