Your editorial rightly argues that collective belonging is rooted not only in place but also in shared purpose, and the dignified structures of mutual support that have too often been dismantled (The... Read more »
On 6 August, Poland will see the inauguration of its newly elected president, Karol Nawrocki, backed by the opposition Law and Justice party (PiS). The opposition views the new president as a... Read more »
“We have succeeded in organizing another deportation flight with convicted criminals to Afghanistan,” German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in a press release on July 18, following the departure of a plane from... Read more »
Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi hailed a “historic day” on Thursday as they signed a free trade agreement between the UK and India. The two leaders said the trade deal, which is... Read more »
When Oasis fans were recently criticised by Edinburgh Council in relation to the upcoming three concerts at Murrayfield Stadium in August, Liam Gallagher famously leapt to the defence of those planning on... Read more »
This year’s global wealth report by the City bank UBS confirms what is self-evident but rarely confronted: while riches are accumulating, their distribution remains starkly unbalanced. In the 56 countries and economic... Read more »
“One in 11 people worldwide are starving. Climate crisis, wars, inequality and reduced funding are also jeopardizing previous successes,” reads the 2024 report of the NGO Deutsche Welthungerhilfe(WHH) which was presented in Berlin... Read more »
New political parties have a patchy record in British politics. Take Change UK, which launched amid much fanfare in the spring of 2019 and had disbanded by the end of the same... Read more »
People protest against a new law that destroys the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2025. (Scott Peterson / Getty Images) When I came to Kyiv in... Read more »
A strike by resident doctors “enormously undermines the entire trade union movement”, Wes Streeting has argued, urging them not to join industrial action on Friday morning. In an article for the Guardian,... Read more »