The NextGen high-speed trains feel more like those in China, Japan or France. But topping out at 160 m.p.h., they’re st…

Around 150 people boarded a boat in Gambia that was thought to have been headed for Europe. The boat capsized after tra…

The capsule was opened early because of a construction project. It revealed a Kylie Minogue CD, a pocket television and…

She won three Grand Slam singles championships, including one at Wimbledon, in a career that earned her election to the…

Joe Gebbia wants to make government services more “satisfying.” Some peers in the design industry are skeptical.

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Israel is well on its way to making itself a pariah state — to the point that Israelis will think twice about speaking …