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The Gemini 7 mission was a reminder that for all the glamour of space flight, it’s important to get the small things right – and that includes the plumbing.

Angélique Kidjo takes back the African sounds borrowed by western artists – and makes better records from them

Only 34 people alive are in the most exclusive club on the planet. One photographer set out to track them down

Its name comes from an indigenous North American language that requires a trick of the throat

Every year, in the Faroe Islands, pods of whales are trapped and hacked to pieces in the water. Just because it has been done for centuries does not mean it has to continue

A man fell on a mountain trail and needed an emergency airlift to hospital. The guide made all the arrangements – but then something happened that just didn’t feel right

A thaw between Xi and Trump is worrying residents of the independent island

You’ve just purchased a new electric vehicle? Congratulations – you are now the proud owner of a surveillance machine on wheels, in which all the sensors are pointing directly at you

The Intelligence and Security Committee demanded a full inquiry into Russian meddling in British politics. It never happened. A new report makes clear that it needs to happen – now

He is trying to absorb the Taiwanese computer chip industry into the US economy. If he does, it would give America one less reason to defend the island against China

Decisions taken by the department he led to reduce aid to Africa have made the current Ebola outbreak worse. The total effect of what he did will be catastrophic

The fighting in Mali is forcing the anti-government forces into some difficult alliances. And when the fighting stops, what then?

Vice president Sarah Duterte of the Philippines, daughter of the deposed strongman Rodrigo, might be on the verge of following her father into political history – and infamy

If the president did betray Taiwan, other US-aligned countries in the region will start making other plans. And Trump might not like the new alliances that emerge

After the assault on Gaza and the huge number of settlements being built in the West Bank, the idea of two people living side by side, each with their own state, is over. There is now only one state – and it is in total control

He’s about to list his rocket company on the US stock market, which will make him even richer. With that money in hand, Musk will launch his most audacious plan yet

Successful countries need alliances, but not to be shackled to old obligations. They need to be open to partners, but to push hard in their own interests. They need, in other words, to be more like India

African governments always knew western aid came with strings attached. When the US, UK and France cut their aid budgets, the time had come for a change. The results could transform the continent

Despite Trump’s enthusiasm, the president has returned home with little more than a hint that if he avoids displeasing Xi, it could turn into something more substantial

One of Bashar al Assad’s henchmen is charged by a Syrian court of horrific crimes. When senior members of a deposed regime are put on trial, is justice ever possible?

Visit the place where Joan Baez and Jane Fonda heard the Vietnam war bombs fall

Scientists predict that, during the next century, entire regions of the earth will run out of water. And the day that a tap is turned on and nothing comes out, it will all be too late

It could be a show about travel mishaps and family spats. Instead, it shows humanity at its finest

Prices were so high for tickets that the tournament risked becoming a festival of pure greed. But fans simply weren’t buying it – and so Trump and FIFA have had to think again.

A company in China now creates digital avatars of dead people. And now it seems Mark Zuckerberg is looking at how to keep users glued to his platforms, even after they’re gone. Are we heading for eternal digital life?

Whenever something bad happens, it always has to happen to us. Haven’t we been picked on enough already?

As Trump has discovered with Iran and Putin in Ukraine, a new, cheap method of warfare has come along to make those ultra-high-tech, ultra-expensive, weapons redundant

It has been six months since Trump announced a ceasefire in the Gaza war. But the killing continues, food and water are scarce, and children are being attacked by rats. Where is the international response?

In one of the largest mass trials in the country’s history, 486 alleged gang members are being tried together in a single proceeding in El Salvador

A capital built and rebuilt by dreamers, schemers and evildoers has gone from squalor to a hollowed-out paradise

The problems faced by Indigenous Australians have been overlooked for too long. It has taken a horrific murder to force Australians to confront the intense bigotry that persists across society