2026-01-13 18:00:34
Prominent Republicans insist on treating President Donald Trump like a child or a clueless old man, telling Americans that he does not mean what he says — despite the commander in chief making quite clear he means exactly that.
2026-01-13 15:00:11
Friedrich Merz won plaudits for ending Germany’s obsession with fiscal restraint to help the country fix up its decrepit infrastructure and rearm. I’m starting to doubt whether this roughly €1 trillion ($1.2 trillion) spending splurge will deliver an enduring economic recovery.
2026-01-13 13:03:50
In the Powell drama, Donald Trump’s courtiers have let him down badly.
2026-01-13 13:00:31
London property prices have fallen 15% in real terms over the past decade, with apartments 22% cheaper and one in seven selling at a loss. This compares with a 5% increase across the UK as whole. With London more affordable than it's been for at least 10 years, is now the time to snap up a bargain in Britain’s capital? Well, it depends. Spoiler alert — the odds are very much stacked against you.
2026-01-13 12:30:30
The political scientist Samuel Lubell argued that US politics was divided between two parties: the “party of the sun” and the “party of the moon.” The party of the sun set the political agenda while the party of the moon merely reflected the moon’s light.
2026-01-13 07:29:34
Nearly two decades ago, India promised itself — and the US — that nuclear power would be its next big bet. The two countries signed a landmark deal on civilian nuclear energy in 2008, amid protests from politicians and activists alike. The late Manmohan Singh, then prime minister, bet his government’s survival on passing that legislation — a wager he won, contributing to its re-election a year later.
