'We now live in a world where the US and Chinese economies are in various ways converging.' Credit: Getty
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China’s slowdown puts the world economy at risk Export pressures and slowing domestic investment are reshaping global trade patterns

John Rapley

16.08

Putin is the big winner from Alaska summit Russia has avoided further sanctions without compromising its war aims

Jennifer Kavanagh

Friday, August 15

15.08
Faux-populist? Credit: Getty

Gavin Newsom won’t become president by copying Trump

Michael Baharaeen

15.08

Sam Altman’s brain chip push will fuel reckless experiments OpenAI is funding research to link computers to human minds

Ewan Morrison

15.08

Thomas Skinner’s JD Vance bromance: a PR win for the online Right The line between internet stardom and politics is blurring

Josiah Gogarty

15.08
Pornhub’s UK traffic has almost halved over the last fortnight. Credit: Getty

The real moral panic isn’t porn — it’s losing access to it

Josephine Bartosch

Thursday, August 14

14.08
Trump has deployed the National Guard in LA and DC. Credit: Getty.

DC and LA failures play into Trump’s hands

Joel Kotkin

14.08

Spain’s populist Right is turning on the Catholic Church Trumpian rhetoric is more appealing than liberal bishops for Vox

Jack Davey

14.08
Macron has struggled to strike the right note on Gaza. Credit: Getty

Gaza is Macron’s last chance to prove himself on the world stage

Francois Valentin

14.08

The Online Safety Act threatens Wikipedia’s future Giving tech companies extra power is an invitation to censor

Timandra Harkness

Wednesday, August 13

13.08

Who’s to blame for stagnating blue-collar wages? Trump’s economic agenda is harming workers

Dustin Guastella

13.08
The new Rector of Stiffkey. Credit: YouTube

Liz Truss has become a Right-wing circus act

Peter Franklin

13.08

VS Naipaul should be read, not erased Fellow Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah claims he can no longer read the author

Ralph Leonard

Tuesday, August 12

12.08

EJ Antoni nomination will damage BLS credibility Trump’s partisan pick is unqualified to head up the agency

Michael Cuenco

12.08

The bullying of John Boyne shames the Polari prizes Authors are hounded for criticizing gender ideology

Julie Bindel

12.08

European leaders are bystanders ahead of Alaska summit Trump and Putin will make their own deal, regardless of what Brussels says

Wolfgang Munchau

12.08
Who needs friends? Credit: Getty

Has the internet made us less conscientious?

Carolyn D. Gorman

12.08

Covid’s legacy lurks beneath this year’s ‘normal’ A-level results Lockdown still haunts Britain’s schools

David James

Monday, August 11

11.08

DC dysfunction is the price of soft-on-crime policies Trump is right to step in

Tom Rogan

11.08
'You only need to put in this much investment.' Credit: Getty

Will World Liberty Financial be Trump’s undoing?

Gavin Haynes

11.08

Nvidia deal strengthens case for lifting export controls on China Trade barriers may hinder American innovation and limit strategic influence

Miquel Vila

Sunday, August 10

10.08

The NYT is avoiding the truth about detransitioning A new report’s conclusion does not line up with its own evidence

Lisa Selin Davis

10.08
Libs. Credit: Getty

Is Trump pushing Republican voters to the Left?

Eric Kaufmann

10.08

Why South Park hurts Trump more than SNL Comedy has more bite when it isn’t coated in liberal piety

Oliver Bateman

10.08

Should Trump walk away from Ukraine-Russia negotiations? The US President can afford to exit with no real risk to national security

Jennifer Kavanagh

Saturday, August 9

09.08
By six o’clock, at least 365 protesters had been arrested. Credit: Getty

Defiant Palestine Action protesters met with mass arrests

Felix Pope

09.08

Big Tech could be UK's last hope against Online Safety Act Marc Andreessen's intervention could reshape the debate around online freedoms

Jake Hurfurt

09.08
Many Israelis are now exhausted and despondent. Credit: Getty

Gaza offensive deepens rift within IDF

David Swift

Friday, August 8

08.08

Stephen Miran will push the Fed in a more dovish direction Trump’s nominee signals a clear push toward looser monetary policy

Fred Bauer

08.08

Germany’s new Israel policy reflects public skepticism Merz’s decision to halt arm exports was driven by domestic pressure

Katja Hoyer

08.08

RFK Jr’s mRNA overhaul misses the real problem with vaccines Policymakers focus on biomedical effects rather than cultural harms

Max Lacour

08.08

Falling US imports show Germany’s economy is broken America is no longer a reliable market for Berlin

Ralph Schoellhammer