Karate joins surfing, skateboarding, climbing and baseball-softball as new sports included for the 2020 edition

In today’s media-saturated world, nearly every parent has handed a kid a smartphone or a tablet for learning or play. And nearly every parent has wondered if it’s OK.

Like many baby boomers, I plan to continue working after I retire.

To reduce the risk of sudden death, babies should sleep in the same room as their parents but in their own crib or bassinet for the first year of life, US doctors said yesterday.

A virus that infects your brain, makes you want to bite things, and is almost always fatal after symptoms appear probably sounds like something from a zombie movie.

Whether cheating on taxes or one’s lover, the little lies we tell can quickly escalate into big ones, according to a study released yesterday that describes dishonesty as a “slippery slope”.

The relationship between politics and economics is changing. Advanced-country politicians are locked in bizarre, often toxic, conflicts, instead of acting on a growing economic consensus about how to escape a protracted period of low and unequal growth.

The various stages of Jose Mourinho’s association with Chelsea can be categorised according to the moniker pinned to him at the time.

Eradicating polio is expensive, but it would cost tens of billions of dollars more to fight the disease in perpetuity

Aged just 17 and still living with her family, Rina Fukushi has seen more of the world than most Japanese schoolgirls.

Do you keep hoping and praying annoying people will change for the better? If so, you are likely dreaming. That annoying whiner in your civic group or that family member who lives in a tailspin will likely stay the same forever.

Record numbers of Latinos have registered to vote this year, giving them unprecedented power to influence the US presidential election on November 8. But will they actually vote?