Novak Djokovic’s vaccine ban is a disgrace to American sport The tennis great is a victim of pandemic-era stupidity

Park MacDougald

Thursday

25.08

Tensions mount on the Estonian-Russian border Life in Narva, Estonia's easternmost city, just got more complicated

Emmanuel Macron announces the “end of abundance” The French leader has a bleak vision of the time ahead

Katherine Bayford

Emily Maitlis gives a masterclass in BBC bias She has revealed the truth about the corporation's "neutrality"

Why is Eric Adams avoiding journalistic scrutiny? The New York mayor's evasiveness will cost him politically

A political revolt is brewing in Germany The coalition government is out of touch with what voters want

Ralph Schoellhammer

Rishi Sunak: we were wrong to spread fear during Covid The former chancellor opens up about his government's failings

Wednesday

24.08

The Twitter whistleblower proves Elon Musk right Peiter Zatko's leaked documents reveal chaos inside the company

Has Long Covid been exaggerated? New data suggests that real numbers may be much smaller than claimed

How Covid mobilised America’s moms The most fearsome group in society has been politically activated

Mary Harrington

Andrew Tate and the lost boys Banning the influencer won't reduce the appeal of his message

Tuesday

23.08

Crime is not a ‘Right-wing’ issue Sneering pundits seem to think concern at criminality is reactionary and distasteful

Wind farms are profiteering during Britain’s energy crisis Kwasi Kwarteng should hit them with a windfall tax

Will Truss or Sunak really defeat the woke blob? Conservative rhetoric requires conservative action

The West played itself with Russia sanctions Six months into the war, they have only made us poorer

Philip Pilkington

Why are British schools spying on students? Biometric data doesn't belong in the classroom

Monday

22.08

Matt Hancock is wrong about euthanasia Assisted dying policies are beset by moral hazards

Lionel Shriver: We need to talk about Ezra Miller The author considers the fall of the actor she helped make famous

Alexander Dugin was never Putin’s brain His attempted assassination shows how little understood Russia is

Katherine Bayford

Farewell Michael Gove, almost a philosopher king He was too cerebral for the real gore of politics

Nicholas Harris

Why losing the midterms would be good for the GOP Only defeat can break Trump's hold on the party

Saturday

20.08

Morocco is torn between East and West over Ukraine The country's divided loyalties make it vulnerable to great power manipulation

Friday

19.08

Can Ron DeSantis ban diversity training? A judge ruled against the 'Stop WOKE Act', but the law could survive

Firewood: the premodern solution to Britain’s energy crisis Biomass is already our greatest source of renewable energy

Why is the political gender gap growing? Men and women are diverging on culture war issues

Sweden reaps the benefits of its no lockdown policy Two new studies suggest the country is emerging less harmed than other nations

How Greg Gutfeld conquered American late-night comedy Viewers are tired of Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon's liberal clichés

Liz Truss needs a Minister for Winter Our next Prime Minister needs to prepare for a chaotic Christmas

Thursday

18.08

If Joanne Harris won’t defend women, I won’t support her The Society of Authors is neglecting fundamental duties

A-level Chinese is a pointless scam A flawed exam is depriving the UK of China experts

Sinn Fein aren’t radical populists — they’re neoliberal normies The party has sanitised its image by accepting the status quo

Silvio Berlusconi is Italy’s kingmaker again The lecherous statesman is Italian politics's bad penny

Francesco Borgonovo

Wednesday

17.08

Farewell Jeremy Paxman, student scourge The departure of a familiar face is always a melancholy business

Why is the American press letting Iran off the hook? The Rushdie attack is inconvenient for the Biden administration

Park MacDougald

Did Freya the Walrus deserve to die? Sentimental outrage is hard to distinguish from empathy for others

Ellen Pasternack

Liz Cheney’s neoconservatism is dead Her defeat in Wyoming marks the end of an era

Quiet quitting is a force for good Generation Z is waking up to the punishing reality of wage-slavery

Tuesday

16.08

Britain can become an education super-exporter Our universities have a unique appeal for foreign students

Why Rishi Sunak won’t win British Indian votes The diaspora are interested in economic basics, not identity

Will the Rhine dry up this summer? Drought is threatening Germany's key industrial artery

Britain’s trade deficit has nothing to do with Brexit Prices are rising thanks to our self-defeating Russian sanctions

Philip Pilkington

Monday

15.08

Partition was not an imperialist plot Ahistorical narratives dominate our understanding of the event

Hamas caught trying to control reporting in Gaza The news agenda shouldn't be set by armed thugs

Jake Wallis Simons

Climate change is not making children obese Journalists are twisting facts to suit their political agenda

Mary Harrington

Layla Moran and Britain’s missing reservoirs The Oxford West MP symbolises all that's wrong with planning regulations

Saturday

13.08

Salman Rushdie won’t be the last Thuggish crybullies will find more targets

Murtaza Hussain

Friday

12.08

New research: #MeToo movement hurt female productivity CV data shows that fewer women academics are collaborating with men

Does the U.S. actually want to defend Taiwan? War has gone from a remote scenario to a fearfully plausible one

Dark Brandon is proof the Left can’t meme Plagiarising Right-wing humour points to a lack of originality

Conor Fitzgerald

Catholicism needs to get weird again The Church is losing followers because it has become boring

Thursday

11.08

The UN is in denial about Islamic terrorism The UAE ambassador made a bizarre statement this week

Who will put an end to gender ID witch-hunts? Universities are doing nothing to stop them

Suella Braverman: transitioning is not a neutral act The Attorney General has sent a powerful warning to schools

China’s economy isn’t going to implode The country has survived similar crises before

Philip Pilkington

Wednesday

10.08

Students don’t need protecting from ‘challenging’ books Withdrawing supposedly harmful content helps no one

Kristina Murkett

It’s official: I’m a member of New York’s hottest club It's taken nearly 2,000 years, but Catholicism is back in fashion

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is tearing academia apart Ideological litmus tests are becoming the norm in America

Has the FBI turned Trump into a martyr? Failure to find a smoking gun will improve his 2024 prospects

Marshall Auerback

Tuesday

09.08

Banning Russians from Europe won’t hurt Putin Zelenskyy's controversial proposal could play into the Kremlin’s hands

You can’t cancel Bill Maher The presenter has withstood many attempts over the years

Taiwan is the distraction Xi Jinping needs Nancy Pelosi has done the Chinese leader a huge favour

Viktor Orbán threatens EU with ‘Huxit’ The leader has warned that funding will decide his country's future

William Nattrass

Monday

08.08

Reports on Ukrainian corruption start to resurface Western outlets and politicians are becoming more strident in their criticism

His wife’s plea: The case for Julian Assange Lawyer Stella Moris discusses her husband's liberty and the free internet

With Europe consumed by Ukraine, tensions flare in Azerbaijan The restive Nagorno-Karabakh region has endured more violence

Rishi Sunak is right about worthless university degrees Don't blame the former Chancellor for pointing out the obvious

Germany succumbs to trans ideology The country plans to allow gender self-ID at 14

Friday

05.08

New study: Monkeypox may be an STD Researchers found that sexual transmission of the disease is possible

No, children aren’t being ‘ensnared’ by the far-Right The Guardian keeps exaggerating the threat of online extremism

The Brittney Griner prison swap sets a dangerous precedent Bad actors may be inspired to follow Putin's example

Maximilian Hess

Thursday

04.08

Amnesty attacked for critical report on Ukraine Pro-Ukraine voices have come out in force to denounce the organisation

Slavoj Žižek: We are addicted to chaos The philosopher explores our obsession with cancel culture and crisis

Why are America’s politicians so old? Its ageing elites symbolise a broader cultural stagnancy

What really happened at Olenivka prison? Russia is preventing us from finding out the truth about the slain Azov soldiers

Bernard-Henri Lévy

The biggest threat to the CHIPS Act? The Green Left Environmental policies could undermine Biden's domestic agenda

Wednesday

03.08

Britain’s lights will go off this winter Our dependence on renewable energy is a major problem

Philip Pilkington

Orbán’s Ukraine message won’t sit well with Republicans He warned that Europe and America have divergent interests in the war

William Nattrass

Tory members want Boris Johnson back A new poll reveals seller's remorse among the Conservative membership

Blake Masters, not Trump, is the future of the American Right The candidate's win marks a big shift in the Republican Party

Park MacDougald

Ayman al-Zawahiri’s death will split the Taliban The assassination has exposed a rift between hardliners and pragmatists

Tuesday

02.08

Countries disagree over severity of monkeypox Reactions to the disease have varied in urgency across the world

Is this a turning point in the Tory leadership race? Liz Truss' double blunder might sink her whole campaign