Richard Heys is deputy chief economist in the Office for National Statistics, Newport, UK. For decades, economists have known that using gross domestic product (GDP) alone to guide policy is ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A U.S. blockade on oil shipments to Cuba has plunged the island into its worst energy crisis in modern history.

Despite claims to the contrary, dilapidated minesweepers are not the answer. Sea mines in naval warfare are “both obscure and controversial,” as Weapons That Wait, a 1991 treatise on mine warfare, put ...

After the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, killing some of the government’s top leaders — including its supreme leader, Ali Khamenei — some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s most loyal ...

From morning routines to late-night TV, Americans move from task to task throughout their day. How they use their time looks different for older and younger adults. And across age groups, it differs ...

President Donald Trump claimed that Iran essentially shutting down the Strait of Hormuz “doesn’t really affect” the United States the way it does “other countries.” It’s true that a small share of U.S ...

The American and Israeli attacks on Iran and the confusion within the United States over the war’s objectives are making headlines. The current phase of the Russia-Ukraine war is entering its fifth ...

Multiple times during Donald Trump's second presidency, Congress has debated his military authority, first in Latin America and now the Middle East. The latest test will come in the GOP-controlled ...

In the early hours of February 28, the United States, alongside Israel, launched a large-scale strike on Iran, aimed at weakening the regime’s military and strategic capabilities. The operation was ...

The U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran could disrupt crude oil supplies and push prices for gasoline higher. It takes six weeks for crude oil to be processed and turned into gasoline for delivery so the ...

Teachers across the country are facing tough questions from students about events in the Middle East that unfolded on Feb. 28. The United States and Israel launched targeted attacks against Iran’s ...

The security breach at Conduent, which provides printing, payment, and document processing services for some of the country’s largest health insurance providers, keeps getting bigger. While the ...