Emmanuel Todd has referred to Brics as 'the end of the American imperium'. Credit: Getty

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Emmanuel Todd: US has accepted defeat against China

French PM’s resignation has brought crisis to Macron’s door Sébastien Lecornu, an ally of the President, was only appointed last month

Francois Valentin

Andrej Babiš’s Czech victory realigns European populism A Visegrad alliance could obstruct EU policy on Ukraine

Susanne Mundschenk

Sunday, October 5

LA failures are killing its tourism industry International visitors are put off by the city’s crime and degradation

Banning sports betting could be a populist victory Americans are broadly in favor of curbs on gambling

Trump is the Middle East’s best chance of peace He does not suffer from the same constraints as other mediators

Saturday, October 4

Gold rally spells trouble for the dollar Investment banks are advising clients to stock up on the metal

Can Japan’s Margaret Thatcher save her party? Presumptive PM Sanae Takaichi is open to working with the Right-populist Sanseito

America's sweethearts. Credit: Getty

Is Taylor Swift a secret conservative?

Friday, October 3

Federal shutdown will hurt Democrats’ midterm prospects New polling reveals that Trump remains stubbornly popular

Michael Baharaeen

Ignoring Islamic hate preaching will lead to more violence A rise in pulpit extremism in British mosques has gone unchecked

Is France waging war on children? Parliament has been forced to draft legislation limiting ‘no kids’ zones

Francois Valentin

Manchester synagogue attacker is a new breed of jihadi Gaza is another front in domestic extremism

The era of relying on financial services is over. Credit: Getty

UK’s stock exchange decline is self-inflicted

Thursday, October 2

Why are Catholics melting down over the Pope blessing ice? Conservatives are wrong to criticize his focus on climate justice

Mourning worshippers near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, where the attack took place. Credit: Getty

Manchester synagogue attack is the price of normalizing antisemitism

Limor Simhony Philpott

Britain needs more than Ozempic to defeat obesity Wes Streeting is placing too much trust in new drugs

Margaret McCartney

Wednesday, October 1

Democrats are trapped by their own shutdown strategy Republicans have no incentive to come to the table

Emily Jashinsky

Scott Bessent: ‘I kind of like Mamdani winning’ The Treasury Secretary claimed the candidate’s socialist policies could help the GOP

Do we really want a world without mothers? A new scientific breakthrough paves the way for a transhumanist future

Stella O'Malley

David Petraeus’s Ukraine plan is a blueprint for failure

Jennifer Kavanagh

Are AI actors the future of film? The unveiling of Tilly Norwood further hollows out the industry

YouTube deal shows Big Tech answers to Trump now Platforms are settling to avoid the political fallout

Tuesday, September 30

Trump and Hegseth deliver strangest military speeches yet US generals watched in disbelief as partisan theatrics took center stage

Are same-sex relationships really a better bet for having children? An economist decided to date women after crunching the numbers

Friend ads on the New York Subway. Credit: Avi Schiffmann/X

AI companions are destroying human relationships

Kristina Murkett

Trump’s Gaza peace plan won’t end the war Hamas is unlikely to accept calls to surrender

Christopher McCallion

NHS support for cousin marriage is a betrayal of women Britain’s health service is drifting towards ideology-based medicine

Monday, September 29

Did Trump’s Ryder Cup visit backfire?

‘Portland has quietly walked back the most radical parts of its agenda since the early part of the decade.’ Credit: Getty

Why Portland’s hipsters may secretly approve the National Guard

‘Even if Cuomo receives a 10% boost from Adams’s departure, he’ll still be about 10% short of Mamdani’s numbers.’ Credit: Getty

Eric Adams exit won’t save Andrew Cuomo

Gaza flotilla civil war shows the problem with the Omnicause Greta Thunberg and co. are useful idiots for darker motives

Mary Harrington