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Australia’s tragedy and the global rise of antisemitism

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16.12.2025 8

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How the EU can make the single market work better

Brussels has more power to apply and enforce the rules than it is currently using

15.12.2025 10

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The twilight of the physical letter

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13.12.2025 10

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Warner battle offers two different plotlines for Hollywood

Whether Netflix or Paramount wins, creatives are likely to lose

12.12.2025 8

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America’s unfortunate backward step on vaccines

2025 has been a good year for immunisation science, but not in the US

11.12.2025 10

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The White House’s rupture with the western alliance

Trump’s security strategy is a wake-up call for Europe on defence and growth

09.12.2025 10

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America’s affordability crunch is real — and worse under Trump

The president may pretend it’s a hoax but his policy agenda has added to the squeeze

08.12.2025 20

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How science can phase out animal testing

New technologies could replace many procedures though some will still be needed

06.12.2025 8

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Pete Hegseth is unfit to lead the Pentagon

Defence secretary faces serious questions over strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats

05.12.2025 10

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Britain’s big experiment with taxing EVs

Governments have to offset falling fuel duties without slowing electric car sales

04.12.2025 10

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Britain must improve how it uses its fiscal watchdog

Weak buffers and poor support undermine the Office for Budget Responsibility

03.12.2025 5

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India’s blockbuster labour reforms

The government’s changes promise to liberalise the country’s vast jobs market

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The EU should play its Russian assets card

There are ways to overcome a Belgian block and provide game-changing support to Kyiv

30.11.2025 20

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Trial by jury is a right that needs protecting

Beware of restricting it to tackle England’s huge backlog of criminal cases

29.11.2025 10

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Walmart reinvents itself as a growth stock

Nasdaq listing is testament to retailer’s transformation under Doug McMillon

28.11.2025 9

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Nigeria’s problem is bigger than Trump thinks

Its government is failing to protect everyone, not only Christians

27.11.2025 6

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A tax-raising British Budget with no long-term solutions

The chancellor’s failure to drive growth and cut spending leaves future levy rises on the cards

27.11.2025 10

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A COP of clumsy compromises

It is left to a coalition of the willing to start the hard work of phasing out fossil fuels

26.11.2025 5

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What the UK Budget needs to get right

Reeves must deliver credible savings, calibrated tax rises and a pro-growth signal

25.11.2025 20

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Should we ban ransom payments to cyber attackers?

A legal bar, even for critical infrastructure, could have unintended consequences

24.11.2025 7

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Trump’s world view: cynical, self-interested and money-grabbing

Latest Ukraine peace plan presented by the US would be a capitulation to Moscow

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China and Japan’s unnecessary dispute

Beijing and Tokyo should both reflect on lessons from their recent row

21.11.2025 10

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Zelenskyy needs to change the way he governs

Ukraine’s president must act decisively to repair trust lost over corruption scandal

20.11.2025 20

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Denmark is a flawed model for UK asylum policy

Britain’s ‘pull’ factors may make hardline policies less of a deterrent

19.11.2025 10

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Labour’s hotchpotch Budget plan

Relying on a jumble of tax rises will only make Reeves’ task more difficult

18.11.2025 10

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Jihadism and Russia: a toxic mix in the Sahel

West needs a strategy to counter southern spread of instability into coastal states

17.11.2025 20

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Labour has shredded its claim to competence

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The curious rise of Pakistan’s military strongman

Asim Munir is strutting the world stage but has much to prove at home

14.11.2025 30

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The EU needs to rethink its AI rules

Overly onerous regulation could leave Europe as an also-ran after the US and China

13.11.2025 10

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Investors and regulators should sharpen scrutiny of risky lending practices and interlinkages

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The new nuclear arms race

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UK welfare reform is unavoidable

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A welcome revival of the Dutch political centre

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A temporary truce in US-China trade tensions

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Germany’s fading economic opportunity

Merz should focus his agenda on raising the country’s industrial competitiveness

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Britain needs a bold Budget, not just another balancing act

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China doubles down on industrial policy

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The US throws sand in Russia’s war machine

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