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    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      The editorial board
      France edges back from the far-right brink

      Centrists and the left need to form a viable coalition to prevent political paralysis

      Crowds stand around a giant banner which reads as “France is the fabric of migration” during an election night rally
    • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
      The editorial board
      A reformist wins the presidency in Iran

      Masoud Pezeshkian’s victory cannot mask fact that the republic faces a legitimacy crisis

      A smiling Masoud Pezeshkian surrounded by cheering suppporters
    • Friday, 5 July, 2024
      The editorial board
      Britain’s opportunity

      Keir Starmer’s victory brings a heavy responsibility to restore trust in UK politics

      Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers his first speech outside 10 Downing Street after his election victory
    • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
      The editorial board
      Shein, Temu and the parcel wars

      Restricting trade is not the best way to make Chinese retailers meet product standards

      Workers at rows of tables using sewing machines
    • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
      The editorial board
      Kenya’s fraught choices

      Protests in Nairobi last week show the limited options for countries avoiding default

      A wounded man is led away by police after he was detained on suspicion of being a looter during an anti-government demonstration in Nairobi
    • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
      The editorial board
      The Supreme Court has undermined US democracy

      Expanding presidential immunity increases the risks from a second Trump term

      People hold anti Trump signs in front of the US Supreme Court
    • Monday, 1 July, 2024
      The editorial board
      The far-right surge in France

      Opponents must mobilise to prevent Marine Le Pen’s party from taking power

      Marine Le Pen, French far-right leader and far-right Rassemblement National party candidate
    • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Britain needs a fresh start

      The Conservatives have run out of road. Labour must be given a chance to govern

      A composite image of the Houses of Parliament and a general election logo
    • Friday, 28 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      An alarming moment for US democracy

      Joe Biden looks too frail to fulfil his mission of defeating Donald Trump

    • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
      African politics
      The rough road ahead for coalition politics in South Africa

      Power-sharing agreement is a minor miracle, but divisions are deep

      Cyril Ramaphosa and John Steenhuisen
    • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      A hotter world is a negative-sum game

      New opportunities are dwarfed by the enormous cost of rising temperatures

      Pickers harvest Chardonnay grapes at one of English wine producers, Chapel Down’s vineyards, near Maidstone in southern Britain
    • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      A deepening stand-off in the South China Sea

      The US is correct to support the Philippines in countering Chinese encroachment

      Members of a military detachment move around aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, run aground on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal
    • Monday, 24 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      The trust deficit in Britain’s damaged politics

      A scandal over election betting has raised new questions over ethics

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    • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Ukraine needs sizeable private debt forgiveness

      If it is to keep standing up to Putin, Kyiv has to be firm with bondholders

    • Friday, 21 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      The limits of divestment activism

      Today’s fund management industry is less pliable than protesters think it is

      A sign held by a student marching around the Columbia university encampment reads Disclose Divest We will not stop! We will not rest!
    • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Israel and Hizbollah’s dangerous slide towards all-out war

      A week of belligerent rhetoric underscores the threat of escalation

      An Israeli soldier at the site of an Hizbollah anti-tank missile direct hit on a house near the Lebanon border
    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Business leaders’ myopic reversal on Donald Trump

      The hunt for lower taxes and less regulation ignores major economic risks

      Donald Trump
    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Britain’s broken public services

      Neither Tories nor Labour are being upfront about what is needed to fix them

      Building works at a London hospital last year
    • Monday, 17 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      The fantasy economics of France’s far right and left

      Both the far right and leftwing are touting populist and uncosted policies

      Two men paste French political posters on buildings
    • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Elon Musk defies gravity

      Tesla shareholders back his pay deal, but he should not overplay his hand

      Elon Musk speaking during the Tesla 2024 Annual Shareholder Meeting
    • Friday, 14 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      The scarcity value of top-class football

      Players are complaining about the number of fixtures. They have a point

      Hong Kong fans were left disappointed after Lionel Messi sat out a friendly in February
    • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Party manifestos and the British economic reality

      Fixing Britain’s problems will require bold and ambitious leadership

      Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer
    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Apple’s belated AI gambit

      The iPhone maker’s promise of a personal assistant could be a turning point for the technology

      Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers remarks at the start of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Europe’s green backlash

      Rightwing advances in EU parliament elections will lessen climate ambitions

      French Ecologist party members at a campaign meeting
    • Monday, 10 June, 2024
      The editorial board
      Emmanuel Macron’s high-stakes gamble

      Trying to contain the far right through early elections could badly backfire

      Emmanuel Macron speaks in a televised address to the nation during which he called new general elections on June 30
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