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Robert Jenrick, viral star of the Tory right

The shadow justice secretary’s social media videos on migrant camps and fare dodgers have found a large audience

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Person In The News

The US tourism slump that never happened

Despite fears of a sharp downturn amid foreign visitor boycotts, the sector has had a decent summer. But some predict the problems have only been...

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The Big Read

The twilight of the central banking elite

After several decades in which economic technocrats enjoyed a large degree of autonomy, they are under intense pressure from the Trump administration

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The Big Read

The lamentable decline of reading

Childhood encouragement, libraries and government support can reverse the trend

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The Editorial Board

Britain’s statistics scandal means it cannot answer its most pressing questions

More and more of the numbers needed to guide policy are going dark

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John Burn-Murdoch

Corporate egg freezing won’t break the glass ceiling

At its most cynical, the perk feels like yet another way of trying to control women’s bodies

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Camilla Cavendish

Has the UK now found its role in the world?

As Trump’s America steps back from the global stage, there are openings for post-Brexit Britain to lead

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Alec Russell

Trump must not reward Putin for his aggression in Ukraine

Accepting Russia’s illegal land grab in Donetsk and Luhansk would signal to dictators everywhere that violence pays

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Mike Pompeo

Sen Genshitsu, grandmaster of the tea ceremony, 1923-2025

Global ambassador of Japanese culture who taught the peace, harmony and equality of ritual

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Sen Genshitsu

Why a commodities boom is not lifting Indonesia’s economy

As investment pours into mining projects, the country’s once-mighty manufacturing sector is stagnating and shedding jobs

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The Big Read

The world should prepare for the looming quantum era

New breakthroughs underscore the technology’s potential and perils

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The Editorial Board

Trump’s roving banditry will undermine the US economy

On tariffs and tax the president acts like a mafia boss, but not a very good one

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Alan Beattie

Brace for a crash before the golden age of AI

History teaches that tech revolutions follow a predictable cycle of installation followed by creative destruction

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John Thornhill

Trees are a quieter way to cool our cities

Urban forestry used with precision can reduce the temperature several degrees without straining the power grid

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Carlo Ratti

The US needs a return to realism

Washington should dial down its global military involvement but must not retreat on trade at the same time

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Emma Ashford

Hizbollah is not the IRA

There is no peace deal on the table and those who expected the militant group to capitulate were deluded

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Kim Ghattas

How the Fed should deal with US stagflation risks

Caution should continue to be the watchword in Jackson Hole until the impact of Trump’s policies are better understood

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Chris Giles

Beware America’s AI colonialism

It is easy to see how tech can become an even greater bargaining chip in US foreign policy

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Marietje Schaake

Trump’s ambiguity is the worst of all worlds

He supports Europe enough to make it complacent but not enough to make it safe

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Janan Ganesh

The Iranian connection: how China is importing oil from Russia

Networks of brokers and shipowners from Panama to Switzerland are becoming expert at circumventing international sanctions

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The Big Read

What central bankers must tackle at Jackson Hole

Monetary policymakers are on divergent paths, but face common threats

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The Editorial Board

Let’s not forget the young people without GCSEs

We should realise that training alongside decent work is a better next step for some 16-year-olds

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Gavin Kelly

Warding off the evil eye in rural Italy

Belief that envy can bring about an inadvertent curse has endured for thousands of years across the Mediterranean

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Marianna Giusti

Living in remote areas shouldn’t be a death sentence

Mobile phone usage patterns can help to predict poverty and target service delivery in hard to reach places

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Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Why Trump is really targeting India

Washington is singling out New Delhi in an effort to extract concessions in trade negotiations

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Ashok Malik

No, Trump is not ushering in a new global trading order

The US is simply denying itself the benefits of the system that already exists

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Inu Manak

The inexorable rise of Latin America’s drug cartels

With the global cocaine business booming as never before, organised crime groups are diversifying into a swath of other illicit activities

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The Big Read

Ukraine talks expose Trump’s dreadful attention to detail

Zelenskyy and allies contain White House’s tilt towards Moscow for now

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The Editorial Board

In the age of AI, we should still teach students to make things

Skills-based knowledge need not be considered the opposite of an intellectual life

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Ariel Stilerman

Putin is back in the driver’s seat on Ukraine

Moscow is seeking victory, not compromise, through diplomacy — and Trump is playing along

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Alexander Gabuev

The UK immigration debate has become a hall of mirrors

Keir Starmer’s task is to deal with facts, not illusions, and restore public trust

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Philip Stephens

Good COP, worse COP

A clamour to rethink global climate policy is exactly what we need

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Pilita Clark

India’s oil lobby is funding Putin’s war machine — that has to stop

Its dependence on Russian crude undermines the effort to isolate Moscow

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Peter Navarro

Billion-dollar ‘acqui-hires’ are bad for competition

From Google to Microsoft to Meta, some of the biggest tech deals of the past few years have been staff moves

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Jonathan Kanter

Time to stop indulging Serbia’s authoritarian president

Europe must raise pressure on Aleksandar Vučić to avoid a deeper democratic retreat

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The Editorial Board

Does HR still need humans?

AI can perform many of the duties of human resources staff, a symbol of how it is changing companies and the nature of work

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The Big Read

As Europe faces down Russia, Poland is becoming the weakest link

Donald Tusk will struggle to deliver on his campaign promises — setting the stage for even greater Euroscepticism

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Mateusz Mazzini

The boss is back

As AI bites and job cuts surge, employees are losing ground — for now

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Brooke Masters

Trump’s supporters keep the faith six months on

Among pulled-pork trucks and Maga merchandise stalls, the mood is jubilant at the Illinois State Fair

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Patti Waldmeir

Merit-based hiring can make America’s civil service great again

The doctrine of ‘disparate impact’ has hobbled the government’s ability to employ the best people for the job

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Scott Kupor

How to narrow our knowledge gap on China

A school curriculum fit for modern purpose must encourage the study of Chinese civilisation rather than Mandarin

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Tim Clissold