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NEW YORK, July 15 — Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the retired US Airways captain who pulled off the most…

MOSCOW, July 15 — Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022,…

WASHINGTON, July 15 — The rivalry between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, two of the most prominent figures…

KYIV, July 15 — Against the backdrop of a war that has reshaped European security, Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains…

MOSCOW, July 15 — The legacy of a Soviet engineer who dreamed of lighting the night sky from…

KYIV, July 15 — Against the backdrop of a war that has reshaped European security, Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains…

HAWTHORNE, Calif., July 15 — Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, has built a…

MOSCOW, July 15 — Sergei Shoigu has served as Russia’s Minister of Defense since November 2012, making him…

PLAINS, Ga., July 15 — Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, turns 100 years old…

SACRAMENTO, July 14 — $50 million. That is the figure that matters when assessing the legacy of Leland…

SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 — A figure from the foundational era of American railroading, Charles Crocker, left a…

CAPE CANAVERAL, July 13 — Fifty-seven years after Neil Armstrong first set foot on another world, the technical…

LOS ANGELES, July 13 — Elon Musk, the billionaire behind Tesla, SpaceX, and the social media platform X,…

CARACAS, July 13 — Juan Guaidó’s political arc is a study in rapid ascent and grinding decline. The…

TEHRAN, July 12 — Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps since April 21, 2019,…

CHICAGO, July 11 — Phillip C. Yeager, the founder of Hub Group and a figure who fundamentally reshaped…

SAN JOSE, July 11 — The man they called the “Mayor of Silicon Valley” never held elected office.…

SANTA CLARA, July 11 — The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has crossed the $5 billion mark in…

MOSCOW, July 11 — Vladimir Putin, the former KGB officer who has ruled Russia for over a quarter-century,…

NEW YORK, July 11 — The scene inside Kirby McInerney LLP’s New York offices is one of focused…

KYIV, July 11 — Against this backdrop of grinding war and diplomatic manoeuvring, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not…

ISLAMABAD, July 11 — Brian Hook, the former U.S. Special Representative for Iran, remains a figure of quiet…

KYIV, July 10 — The mechanics of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s political career have always defied the usual script. A…

HOUSTON, July 10 — The man who took humanity’s first step onto another world spent his final years…