Four hundred years ago, John Rolfe used tobacco seeds pilfered from the West Indies to develop Virginia’s first profitable export, undermining the tobacco trade of Spain’s Caribbean colonies.

When Indonesian President Joko Widodo came to power two years ago after a closely fought election, he faced an opposition majority in the legislature bent on obstructing him. Today the tables have turned.

Killer satellites, blinding lasers, sophisticated jammers: the world’s military powers are quietly readying for a war in outer space – at the risk of fuelling a dangerous new arms race. US military officials have in recent years sounded growing alarm about the potential vulnerabilities of their sate

With greater scope for longer-term thinking, executives would make decisions that have a long-term payoff, even if they are costly today

A new study suggests a significant relationship between caffeine and dementia prevention, though it stops short of establishing cause and effect.

“I don’t need to floss” is a sentence my dentist never used to hear – not until recently, when the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans stopped recommending it. Now, lots of his patients are telling him they’ve stopped.

China and Pakistan see CPEC snowballing into a major multilayered enterprise with potential international investment likely to reach $150bn

Samsung Electronics has gone for a $5.3bn sacrifice to save the company. The decision, for sure, is not just about the doomed Note 7 – originally estimated to ship 13mn – itself, but about the brand and its years-long relationship with its

The decision by FIFA’s World Cup Organising Committee to award Qatar the World Cup in 2022 continues to attract scrutiny and enquiry from both the world’s media and a host of international governmental and not for profit organisations amid concerns regarding the safety,

People who advocate “having more fun” in life are, generally speaking, the kind of people you (all right, I) want to punch. They’re the David Brent-like bosses who make everyone do excruciating icebreaker exercises on office awaydays;

A major summit on cities taking place in Ecuador this week must consider setting targets to measure the success of pledges outlined in an ambitious 20-year plan for urban development, the United Nations’ environment chief said yesterday.

Andy Murray has never been the most fashionable member of tennis’ ‘Big Four’, but he finally looks the part as he zeroes in on the world number one spot.