Green shoots are few and far between. Credit: Getty

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Net Zero threatens 40% of UK households — report New research shows that the green energy transition will make the poor poorer

Tuesday

20.02

Protestors outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Credit: X

My day with the Julian Assange superfans

Panda La Terriere

News round-up: Irish censorship, work-shy Zoomers & The Resistance

Keir Starmer’s painful road to a ceasefire Labour's Gaza position has changed incrementally in recent months

Canadian Conservatives leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at a party convention last year. Credit: Getty

Are Canada’s Conservatives adopting a MAGA approach to foreign policy?

Bill Browder: We need a Navalny Act The prominent Putin critic has pushed for further sanctions

Latika M. Bourke

Is Sue Gray the new Dominic Cummings? Keir Starmer has had to rein in his Chief of Staff over citizens' assemblies

Monday

19.02

Trump’s Sneaker Con appearance is a challenge to Biden Young voters are up for grabs this year

Nvidia is set to report its quarterly earnings this week

Nvidia: a market bubble waiting to burst

Higher defence spending won’t save Europe Budgetary and industrial constraints are dragging the continent down

Philip Pilkington

New study: trans youth not at elevated risk of suicide Finnish research questions a common assertion about dysphoric young people

Mary Harrington

Sunday

18.02

J.D. Vance: Trump was the best Russia deterrent The senator claimed that the former president was not in 'Putin's pocket'

Biden is losing support from his own side. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

Ezra Klein: another Democrat calls for Biden to step down

SNP looks to exploit Gaza tensions at Scottish Labour conference The Israel-Palestine conflict continues to cause Keir Starmer problems

Saturday

17.02

King of the millennials. Credit: Getty

RFK Jr. winning young and ethnic minority support — analysis

Tinder, Hinge and other dating apps face legal reckoning Plaintiffs claim that parent company Match promotes 'addictive' behaviour

Magdalene J. Taylor

Germany weaponises new NGO bill against the Right A bill led by Olaf Scholz implicitly favours progressive causes

Ralph Schoellhammer

Friday

16.02

Alexei Navalny death spurs partisan bickering in US The news evoked fighting over Trump and Ukraine

New research finds three major types of ‘femcel’ frustration An analysis of 24,000 posts is one of the most comprehensive yet

News round-up: Israel poll, Elon Musk & a $50,000 scam

Alexei Navalny dead: a contested legacy Putin's most courageous opponent was not exactly a liberal

Katherine Bayford

Some torches shouldn't be passed. Credit: Getty

If not Kamala Harris, who can replace Joe Biden? — analysis

French Playboy is no mouthpiece for the hard-Right Lifestyle magazines have always been political in La République

By-election results show the power of Reform It's 1997 all over again — but with a twist

Thursday

15.02

Divisive ‘ethnic studies’ spread through US high schools Educators are pushing racially-charged curricula

News round-up: Biden on TikTok, London’s train names & Tucker’s Moscow love-in

Does Putin really ‘prefer Biden to Trump’? Russia's leader is keeping us guessing

Bethany Elliott

The London Overground's new train line names

London’s new train line names: not a ‘great man’ in sight

Mary Harrington

The EU will turn to Britain for nuclear protection If the US pulls out of Nato, the bloc has another ally it can depend on

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans believe Taylor Swift is part of psyop to re-elect Biden A new poll finds a significant percentage are suspicious of the singer's motives

Wednesday

14.02

News round-up: Military rule, Princeton defends DEI & US jobs growth

Terf alert. Credit: Getty

Guardian writer claims parkrun is a ‘battleground’ for trans people