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California is setting a dangerous precedent on trans athletes

John Murawski

Analysis 5h

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Trump won’t defeat Brics

Philip Cunliffe

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Online

Grok’s antisemitism lays bare the emptiness of AI ethics

The imposition of political sensitivities is actively harmful to the effective operation of machine 'intelligence'.

Mary Harrington

Analysis 12h

Analysis

Europe has no option but to accept Trump’s tariffs

Wolfgang Munchau

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Explainer

Trump risks breaking Japan alliance over tariffs

Philip Patrick

Analysis 19:23

Analysis

Macron and Starmer face the world with diminished authority

Both are in charge of middle powers whose share of global GDP has been consistently melting away.

Francois Valentin

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Did Epstein files turn Kash Patel into a ‘Deep State traitor’?

Oliver Bateman

Debate 11:55

Debate

Don’t blame Zohran Mamdani for playing Columbia’s race game

Robby Soave

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Is Netanyahu ready to alienate his far-Right coalition?

David Swift

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We deserve better populism Left and Right only have half an answer

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The sex dolls are coming Indulging perversions isn't 'self-care'

Poppy Sowerby

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Will Syria’s jihadis go rogue? Foreign fighters could upend al-Sharaa’s revolution

Tam Hussein

6 mins

9 Jul

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9 Jul

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Will Syria’s jihadis go rogue? Foreign fighters could upend al-Sharaa’s revolution

Tam Hussein

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Jeffrey Epstein and the end of the conspiracies

California is setting a dangerous precedent on trans athletes

Trump won’t defeat Brics

Grok’s antisemitism lays bare the emptiness of AI ethics

Europe has no option but to accept Trump’s tariffs

Trump risks breaking Japan alliance over tariffs

Macron and Starmer face the world with diminished authority

Did Epstein files turn Kash Patel into a ‘Deep State traitor’?

Don’t blame Zohran Mamdani for playing Columbia’s race game

Is Netanyahu ready to alienate his far-Right coalition?

We deserve better populism Left and Right only have half an answer

The sex dolls are coming Indulging perversions isn't 'self-care'

Will Syria’s jihadis go rogue? Foreign fighters could upend al-Sharaa’s revolution

The sex dolls are coming Indulging perversions isn't 'self-care'

Will Syria’s jihadis go rogue? Foreign fighters could upend al-Sharaa’s revolution

The sex dolls are coming Indulging perversions isn't 'self-care'

Will Syria’s jihadis go rogue? Foreign fighters could upend al-Sharaa’s revolution

From the UK edition

Jenrick is already to the Right of Farage

Norman Tebbit was ahead of his time on British identity

Why are Scottish Greens opposing the Prostitution Bill?

Only NHS drones can defeat Britain’s Nimbys

England doesn’t need policing ‘mega forces’

Labour is heading for a solvency crisis

The problem with a new Corbyn party

Removing Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain is rank ingratitude

Labour’s 10-year NHS plan sets government up for failure

The case for proscribing Palestine Action

How to topple a Labour leader There are no Starmerites left

The case for patriotic cinema

The SEND paradox

The NHS can’t fix your lifestyle

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Trump won’t defeat Brics

Jenrick is already to the Right of Farage

Norman Tebbit was ahead of his time on British identity

How to topple a Labour leader

We have forgotten the lessons of 7/7

What did Tucker Carlson’s Iran interview actually achieve?

Grindr CEO confirms ‘significant’ user spike during RNC

Germany cannot subsidize its way out of energy crisis

Musk’s America Party is the endpoint of populism

Xi and Putin snubbing Brics signals return of Realpolitik

Liberals owe a debt to Trump on women’s rights

China’s overproduction is economic self-harm

How Musk got played His new party misjudges America

The social care Ponzi scheme Foreign workers are abused by a corrupt system

‘I Kissed a Boy’ pays lip service to dogma Contestants don't practice what they preach

Trump: the Multipolar President?

These Times

Anglicanism’s poisoned chalice Decent candidates run a mile

Can China rescue the classics? Greek philosophy may be of ideological use

Our Mission

Inside Afghanistan’s deadly arms trade American guns are a jihadi’s best friend

White House doves are pressuring Trump on Ukraine

Is Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon loosening?

France’s smoking ban is Covid-era nanny-statism

Is Lara Trump the heir to the MAGA throne?

Labour is heading for a solvency crisis

Waning American pride threatens the Republic

The problem with a new Corbyn party

Removing Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain is rank ingratitude

India can’t win a war with Pakistan Modi has everything to lose

How data wrecked American warfare Robert McNamara remade the military

How the BBC killed HARDtalk

Stephen Sackur

Will Nvidia eat the world? Nation states will struggle to compete

Katy Perry is pointing us to the Moon Nasa must beat China

Culture

Is Anna Wintour’s departure the end of Vogue?

Glastonbury’s Kneecap censorship has backfired

Emma Thompson is trivializing prostitution

The case for patriotic cinema

How Black Sabbath transcended Birmingham

Will Trump‘s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ come back to haunt him?

Trump can’t fix the Middle East, but he can get out

Musk and Massie pose a serious threat to Trump

Trump’s UPenn deal leaves trans athlete issues unresolved

New report exposes campaign to silence gender-critical academics