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Crucial lessons for the BBC

The broadcaster has made errors, but its board has failed to defend it

yesterday 3

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How to curb China’s grip on rare earths

The world will need to band together and innovate to lessen Beijing’s leverage

saturday 10

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A horrific massacre in Sudan

The US and UK should put pressure on the UAE over its alleged role in enabling the conflict

07.11.2025 30

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The Democrats find reasons for cheer

Tuesday’s electoral sweep was a rebuke to Donald Trump, but now the governing begins

06.11.2025 4

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The new nuclear arms race

Amid loose talk of resuming weapons tests, cold war-era controls are unravelling

05.11.2025 10

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UK welfare reform is unavoidable

Reforming the benefits system is vital to avoid ever-rising taxes

04.11.2025 8

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A welcome revival of the Dutch political centre

The liberal D66 are the big winners of the Netherlands election. So is Europe

03.11.2025 3

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Forging ahead: the challenge of AI expenses fakes

Ease of creating counterfeit documents poses risks to financial trust

01.11.2025 4

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A temporary truce in US-China trade tensions

Escalation is averted for now, but underlying source of friction remains

31.10.2025 6

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Germany’s fading economic opportunity

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

30.10.2025 3

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Britain needs a bold Budget, not just another balancing act

The chancellor must initiate lasting reforms to raise revenue and cut costs

29.10.2025 6

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China doubles down on industrial policy

Beijing should focus more on domestic demand to sustain high economic growth

28.10.2025 8

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The US throws sand in Russia’s war machine

Sanctions on top oil producers raise the costs of Ukraine conflict for Moscow

27.10.2025 10

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Labour’s Welsh humiliation marks a realignment of UK politics

Discontent with the two main parties is boosting challengers on the left and right

25.10.2025 6

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America’s risky gunboat diplomacy around Venezuela

A botched military operation against Maduro could have unintended consequences

24.10.2025 6

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Trump’s victory for fossil fuels in shipping

US pressure has derailed a landmark deal to curb maritime carbon emissions

23.10.2025 3

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The boardroom bet on Trump’s industrial policy

CEOs would be wise to avoid staking too much on the US president’s pet projects

21.10.2025 9

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Gen Z is the new force in global politics

The Madagascar protests highlight the powers and flaws of youth seeking a quick fix

20.10.2025 40

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The kaleidoscopic global economy: resilient, lucky and fragile

The contradictions in economic signals can still hold lessons for investors

18.10.2025 5

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Trump’s compact threatens to quash US academic freedom

Universities should stand united against the White House’s demands

17.10.2025 10

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Trump’s gamble on Argentina

The US administration is backing an ally’s misguided exchange rate policy

16.10.2025 20

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Europe needs a better chip strategy

The Dutch seizure of Nexperia shows how ensnared the EU is in the US-China tech war

15.10.2025 6

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Measuring risk in the AI financing boom

A shift towards debt raises the potential fallout from the data centre spending spree

14.10.2025 6

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A rare moment of hope in the Middle East

Hostage release must become a step towards ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict

13.10.2025 20

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The transformative potential of AI in healthcare

Accelerating the technology’s safe adoption in hospitals should be a priority

11.10.2025 8

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Trump’s militarisation of law enforcement

The president is putting under threat the neutrality of US armed forces

10.10.2025 9

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The Conservatives’ long road back to credibility

Scrapping stamp duty makes sense, but much of Badenoch’s programme does not

09.10.2025 4

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Japan’s next PM needs Takanomics, not Abenomics

Sanae Takaichi must adapt the economic policies of her mentor to today’s tasks

08.10.2025 6

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The damaging twilight of the Macron presidency

President’s mistakes have plunged France into its worst crisis for 70 years

07.10.2025 5

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Britain’s flawed support for Jaguar Land Rover

The government’s loan guarantee risks creating complacency over cyber resilience

05.10.2025 6

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The Manchester tragedy and antisemitism in Britain

Synagogue attack comes amid a sharp rise in anti-Jewish prejudice

04.10.2025 10

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America’s senseless government shutdown

Whatever Trump’s agenda, it is in both parties’ interest to end the closure swiftly

03.10.2025 4

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A long-awaited plan for ending the war in Gaza

Trump deserves credit — but the obstacles to lasting peace remain significant

02.10.2025 4

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Keir Starmer finds some passion

Unless his government can get a grip, questions over his leadership will remain

01.10.2025 9

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The creative ‘reparations’ loan plan for Ukraine

Europe is finding ways to step up to finance Kyiv’s and its own defence

30.09.2025 10

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Spain has become Europe’s standout economy

But it must combine immigration-led growth with productivity improvements

28.09.2025 10

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A new age of the train

After 200 years, rail’s environmental and social benefits are coming into their own

27.09.2025 10

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Japan needs a vision, not just a leader

Frontrunners to head the ruling LDP should come up with bolder agendas

26.09.2025 10

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The battle for US media freedom

Jimmy Kimmel’s return to TV does not diminish the broader threat to open discourse

25.09.2025 2

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Trump’s self-defeating move on skilled worker visas

A big cost increase for H-1B visas is bad for American business and innovation

24.09.2025 4

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The overdue recognitions of a Palestinian state

Only a two-state solution can break the countless cycles of violence

23.09.2025 9

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The unfortunate EU foot-dragging on the Draghi plan

Europe’s competitiveness is waning due to inertia in Brussels and national capitals

22.09.2025 10

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Britain plays host to King Donald

In terms of Trump-style transactionalism, Starmer’s fawning secured few net gains

20.09.2025 9

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Trump hands power back to the CEO

The president and the SEC chair should beware of setting back shareholder rights

19.09.2025 9

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A Brazilian court decision that bolsters democracy

Bolsonaro’s conviction makes history by holding a coup plotter to account

18.09.2025 10

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Replacing Starmer is not in Labour’s interest

Britain does not need a rerun of the carousel of prime ministers of the Tory years

17.09.2025 40

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The Fed is stuck between its dual mandate

A cautious rate cut this week would maintain the US central bank’s flexibility

16.09.2025 20

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How India can trump US tariffs

It should unleash the potential of its vast internal market with reform and investment

15.09.2025 6

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The alarming rise of American political violence

Charlie Kirk’s murder is a moment for all sides to seek to lower the temperature

12.09.2025 10

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America’s draconian immigration raids

Hyundai case will make foreign workers and companies increasingly wary of setting up in the US

10.09.2025 4

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