Keir Starmer became Prime Minister there was one appointment above all that was not in doubt – that of Rachel Reeves as ...

The Japanese writer and nationalist, a darling of the US far right, was haunted by the aesthetics of self-destruction.

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Lawmakers are trying to launder controversial issues through endless commissions and reports – but it doesn't work.

Donald Trump’s second term will hasten American decline, at a time when Russia and China are also in crisis.

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Act, intensive care doctor Matt Morgan collects stories from patients who returned from death. Can they teach us how to live?

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Labour starts 2025 as that rare thing: a stable centre-left government. Look elsewhere: the US Democrats have been routed and ...

The arrogant economic prophecies of the late 1990s have turned to ashes.

Announcing Jean-Marie Le Pen’s death at age 96 on 7 January, Jordan Bardella expressed only respect: “In the French army ...