What was meant to be a harmless joke spirals out of control when a bully’s cruel stunt backfires. As the crowd gathers, the “quiet kid” shows a side no one expected, and the entire mood shifts in ...

On 13 April 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass safely at a distance of about 32,000 kilometers above Earth's surface, within the geostationary orbit, posing no threat to the planet. This ...

President Donald Trump is snubbed by Nobel Peace Prize committee. The coveted award went to Maria Corina Machado for her 'extraordinary courage' as a unifying force in Venezuela and her efforts to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Every time I read a Thomas Pynchon novel, I think of Tristram Shandy. Laurence Sterne’s 18th-century novel ends ...

The Dutch-flagged cargo ship Minervagracht sustained substantial damage and two of its crew have suffered injuries after it was hit by an explosive device in the Gulf of Aden, the vessel's operator ...