01/03/2025 - 7:00am

Soaring gold prices are a bad omen for the dollar Analysts are tipping the metal to hit $10,000 an ounce by the end of the decade

Philip Pilkington

02.01

Meta’s AI drive could kill off social media Plans to flood the internet with bots point to an increasingly unreal future

Katherine Dee

02.01

Why is Labour rejecting a national grooming gangs inquiry? Jess Phillips is still resistant to the truth about the scandal

Tom Jones

02.01

New Orleans attack proves the persistence of Isis ideology

Tom Rogan

01.01

China’s economy is far from buried Despite a slowdown, Beijing is rolling out new measures in 2025

John Rapley

01.01

The problem with Netflix’s ‘casual viewing’

Gareth Roberts

31.12

Vladimir Putin may not have to compromise over Ukraine Russia is winning — and Trump doesn't have the patience for drawn-out negotiations

Bethany Elliott

31.12

Has Elon Musk’s X algorithm change backfired? The tech mogul has been accused of censoring his online critics

Gavin Haynes

31.12

What Jimmy Carter can teach Donald Trump

Oliver Bateman

30.12

MAGA’s expansionism will embolden China How serious are Trump's territorial ambitions in Mexico and Canada?

Michael Cuenco

30.12

OnlyFans is exploitation dressed up as feminism The site hides its criminal misogyny behind a progressive facade

Josephine Bartosch

29.12

Will Trump listen to populist base over looming TikTok ban?

Fred Bauer

29.12

Turkey’s resurgence has left the West flat-footed Erdoğan has designs on gaining influence in Syria — and in Jerusalem

Philip Pilkington

29.12

British Transport Police deserves to lose trans court challenge The public body is being sued for allowing trans-identified men to strip-search women

Joan Smith

28.12

EU bureaucracy is provoking a fresh energy crisis

Ralph Schoellhammer

28.12

Labour’s Net Zero plans will lead to carmaker exodus A Nissan-Honda merger is bad news for Britain

Philip Patrick

27.12

Trump’s AI appointment exposes rift between tech Right and MAGA base

Oliver Bateman

27.12

Europe’s Ukraine fatigue paves way for peace deal New polling shows the continent is losing faith

Bethany Elliott

27.12

Is Nigel Farage the new Leader of the Opposition? Reform UK is claiming that it now has more members than the Tories

James Sean Dickson

26.12

Republicans, not Democrats, are the biggest threat to Trump The President-elect's majorities in Congress are razor-thin

Kyle Sammin

26.12

The strange military history of Boxing Day

Yuan Yi Zhu

26.12

Can the Democrats win back religious voters? Prominent figures are urging the party to re-embrace faith

Elle Hardy

25.12

Could Pierbattista Pizzaballa be the next Pope?

Peter Franklin

24.12

Progressive policies are fuelling rise in New York subway murders This year is set to be the deadliest in decades

Seth Barron

23.12

Will Matt Gaetz survive House Ethics report?

Michael Cuenco

23.12

Magdeburg was not a far-Right attack Terrorists increasingly act on grievances that elude any single ideology

Simon Cottee

23.12

Elbridge Colby: the brain behind Trump’s foreign policy The China hawk is lined up for a key Pentagon role

Tom Rogan

23.12

Kazan strike shows Ukraine’s growing boldness

Bethany Elliott

22.12

Magdeburg attack puts migration at heart of Germany’s election An establishment silence around the issue has been broken

Michael Bröning

22.12

Peter Mandelson is a canny choice for US ambassador The New Labour grandee can convince Trump of Britain's importance

Tom McTague

21.12

Magdeburg suspect prompts more questions than answers

Ralph Schoellhammer

21.12

EU resorts to Brexit lawfare despite Starmer’s Europe reset The bloc is softening up Britain ahead of a withdrawal agreement

Philip Cunliffe