World

In defence of Naomi Osaka

2 June 2021 12:03 am

‘Kawaisou’ or ‘wagamama’ (poor thing or spoiled brat)? That’s the question Japanese tennis fans have been asking ever since world number…

Who wants Biden’s massive budget?

1 June 2021 8:05 am

President Joe Biden just proposed the largest budget (as a percentage of America’s economy) since the country was fighting Nazi…

How Denmark helped America spy on Sweden

1 June 2021 2:42 am

A large, investigative collaboration between Scandinavian public service outlets and European newspapers such as Le Monde and Süddeutsche Zeitung has…

Why can't King's College academics cope with a photo of Prince Philip?

1 June 2021 12:32 am

Librarians aren’t known for causing trouble. But at our elite universities, in the grip of an increasingly unhinged culture of…

Boris's media critics are missing the real story

1 June 2021 12:00 am

The five most frustrating words a journalist can hear are: ‘This is not a story’. Over the years, I have…

Brexit Britain can capitalise on the breakdown in EU-Swiss talks

31 May 2021 10:57 pm

It is a leading player in finance, and it’s companies are giants in life sciences and consumer goods. There were…

The DUP has been broken by Brexit

31 May 2021 4:46 pm

Are we witnessing the end of the DUP as the dominant unionist party in Northern Ireland? Tumultuous events in Belfast in…

Boris, Carrie and the politics of weddings

31 May 2021 4:07 am

Well! The PM’s nuptials have taken everyone unawares. And it’s hard not to feel that a small and informal wedding…

Lori Lightfoot ruins the CRT racket

31 May 2021 12:30 am

Give some credit to Lori Lightfoot. She’s really good at wrecking things. When America’s most Innsmouth-ian politician took over Chicago…

How London became a hub for Hamas

30 May 2021 6:00 pm

As the dust settles over Gaza, and Israel’s Iron Dome sensors cool, minds inevitably turn to the lessons that can…

'There is no alternative': Why Boris will keep winning

30 May 2021 4:00 pm

Those of us who generally wish this Government well and consider Boris Johnson a preferable holder of the office of…

The SNP's latest separation blueprint is pure project fantasy

30 May 2021 4:00 pm

‘A SNP MSP has claimed an independent Scotland could guarantee a couple with children a minimum income of more than…

Boris marries Carrie

30 May 2021 5:57 am

After Dominic Cummings’s seven-hour evidence session slating Boris Johnson and his ministers, it’s been a difficult few days of press…

There is no appetite for the Paul Ryan doctrine

30 May 2021 2:06 am

After whispering a prayer to St Ronald Reagan, Paul Ryan rose to his feet, solemnly kissed his bible, Atlas Shrugged,…

The problem with Prince Harry's mental health drive

29 May 2021 10:22 pm

Has Prince Harry ever had a thought and not made it public? Are there feelings or emotions he has experienced…

All is rosy in the Downing Street garden

29 May 2021 7:29 pm

After Dominic Cummings’s explosive testimony on Wednesday, you might have thought special advisers in Downing Street would be spending the…

The catalogue of failures that allowed Usman Khan to kill

29 May 2021 5:00 pm

The inquest into the murder of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt by Islamist terrorist Usman Khan has revealed a collision…

The BBC cannot survive many more scandals

29 May 2021 4:00 pm

The BBC is still investigating one of its journalists almost one week after it emerged she had tweeted ‘Hitler was…

Macron fiddles as France burns

29 May 2021 3:50 pm

In May 2017 Emmanuel Macron struck a regal pose as he strode across the esplanade of the Louvre to address…

Is awarding medals to Bomber Command heroes a wise idea?

29 May 2021 3:30 pm

Will the heroic members of Bomber Command, who played such a vital role for Britain during the Second World War,…

Patrisse Cullors will have the last laugh

29 May 2021 6:12 am

Patrisse Cullors co-founded Black Lives Matter on faux victimhood. In her Thursday announcement that she would be resigning from the…

France is paying a heavy price for Macron's vaccine catastrophe

29 May 2021 12:30 am

The United States is growing at such a blistering pace the Federal Reserve may have to raise interest rates. In…

Read: Carrie Symonds's barking mad letter

28 May 2021 8:08 pm

It has been a ruff time in No. 10 for poor old Dilyn the dog. Adopted in September 2019, the…

The questions Matt Hancock still has to answer

28 May 2021 5:24 am

Matt Hancock’s approach to Dominic Cummings’s allegations has been to come out fighting. He believes he has spent most of today…

Making up history with the Biden White House

28 May 2021 3:06 am

Journalists gleefully declared on Wednesday that the Biden administration was ‘making history’ by sending White House deputy press secretary Karine…