An AI rendering of Jesus based on the Turin Shroud. Credit: Daily Express / MIDJOURNEY

23 Aug 2024 - 3:40pm

Shroud of Turin shows that science only enhances mystery

Post-Prighozin Wagner Group is a spent force One year after the leader's death, the mercenary unit has lost its potency

Bethany Elliott

Australian judge rules sex is ‘changeable’ in landmark case A court has found that a trans woman was discriminated against by the Giggle app

Kamala Harris is trying to be an economic populist Democrats are scrabbling to claw back the union vote

Michael Baharaeen

Thursday, 22 August

Influential Online Right thinker Curtis Yarvin. Credit: Peter Duke

What does the Online Right really want?

Is there a knife crime epidemic in Britain? There have been several high-profile stabbings in recent weeks

Migrants on an inflatable boat attempt to cross the English Channel. Credit: Getty

UK small boat arrivals fall by a third

Recession looms ahead of annual Federal Reserve meeting An interest rate cut could have significant political consequences

GCSE exam nerves are being pathologised Stress is a normal part of the education process

Kristina Murkett

Persona grata? Credit: Getty

Are Democrats still the party of Bill Clinton?

Wednesday, 21 August

Trump joins podcast circuit to increase appeal with young voters The former president recently sat down with comedian Theo Von

Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank near the Russian border last week. Credit: Getty

Kremlin: Ukrainian troops in Russia is the ‘new normal’

Keir Starmer should not join the EU’s trade war with China Brexit should allow the UK to chart its own course on vehicles and manufacturing

Led By Donkeys exhibition: regime-approved satire When did comedy become about middle-class moralising?

Record gold prices leave West scrambling Precious-metal purchases are a response to a shaky dollar

Philip Pilkington

Obama's legacy haunts today's Democrats. Credit: Getty

Is Obama the reason Democrats are now ‘underdogs’?

Tuesday, 20 August

Chicago Teachers Union pushes Democrats to the Left Kamala Harris would do well to resist the organisation's progressive influence

Alexander Nazaryan

RFK Jr campaign may join forces with Trump VP pick Nicole Shanahan said staying in the race could help Kamala Harris

New government, same scandals. Credit: Getty

Labour stumbles into another cronyism controversy

Brazil’s censorship machine is coming for Elon Musk The decision to close X's office is part of a long-running dispute with the billionaire

Does ‘raising awareness’ glamourise eating disorders? A spike in child diagnoses has not brought improvements in treatment

Day One of the DNC had a festival-like atmosphere. Credit: Getty

Democrats unfazed by Palestine protests in Chicago

Emily Jashinsky

Joe Biden’s passing of the torch was far from dignified Last night's DNC speech was full of self-aggrandisement and non sequiturs

SNP leadership in turmoil over Gaza dispute With independence off the agenda, the party has descended into infighting

Iain Macwhirter

Monday, 19 August

Out with the old? Credit: Getty

Democratic platform forgets to remove Joe Biden’s name

Will the Kursk raid backfire on Ukraine? Recent incursions into enemy territory imperil ceasefire talks

Christopher McCallion and Ben Friedman

Centrists can’t ignore the rise of populism in East Germany The AfD is set to win crucial regional elections

Economic dependence on America has made Ireland vulnerable. Credit: Getty

Ireland is at risk of a 2008-style crash

DNC abortion service highlights America’s new religious war It is no longer easy to separate church and state

Mary Harrington

Jeremy Hunt is the candidate Labour would fear most None of the Tory leadership contenders can match his level of competence

Sunday, 18 August

Western companies are deepening ties in Russia US oil group SLB has been capitalising on a lack of competition

William Nattrass

Is Germany heading for de-unification? Old regional divides are becoming more pronounced