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British artists Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were friends for decades before a bitter falling out. Now a new exhibition explores the pair’s friendship with two other influential painters with whom they shared models, rivalries and a belief in portraiture

Gunmen on motorcycles in Iran killed nine people, including two children, in mysterious attacks as protests over Mahsa Amini’s death intensified on the anniversary of a bloody 2019 crackdown. A protester was killed in Bukan on Thursday, the Oslo-based Hengaw

The country is cutting back on its domestic energy use so it can sell more gas and help tackle its economic crisis.

Visitors to the bustling Lego store in midtown Manhattan this holiday season may be surprised by what greets them upon their entrance. After waiting in a line so long that it requires a bouncer, they will find not only sections

Grand historical inflection points rarely take the form of long bureaucratic documents, but sometimes they do. On October 7th the Department of Commerce issued its revised policy on AI and semiconductor technology exports to China. The 139 pages of new

Mark Cuban, the tech titan, Dallas Mavericks owner, and star of ABC’s Shark Tank, moves through the world like a friendly great white, all teeth and eyes and relentless motion. When we meet on an October morning at his office

Dion Lee/Vox Biden wants to reevaluate Saudi Arabia policy. Here are four questions to guide the review. President Joe Biden wants a re-evaluation of the United States’s policy toward Saudi Arabia. In early October, the kingdom announced that, together with

Western leaders moved to calm fears of a dangerous escalation in Russia’s war in Ukraine on Wednesday, saying a missile blast in Poland was likely an accident, while Kyiv pushed back hard at the idea that its anti-aircraft fire was

A barrage of missiles targeting the capital Kyiv and other cities killed at least eight people, days after the Kremlin’s military carried out some of the heaviest bombing of the war.

North Korea has fired an “unidentified ballistic missile”, Seoul’s military said Thursday, the latest in a record-breaking blitz of launches as Pyongyang warned of a “fiercer” military response to the US and its regional allies. “North Korea fires an unidentified