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Life and death in New York City

3 April 2020 12:54 pm

No matter where in the apartment I am, if I sit very still, I hear a siren. Over the 18…

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How delaying the DNC helps Biden

3 April 2020 9:01 am

Joe Biden keeps getting more unconventional. It started when he delivered short speeches and one-word answers like ‘yes’ or ‘no’.…

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How will the world be changed by the war against coronavirus?

3 April 2020 4:06 am

The world as we have known it for the past 40 years has come to a stop. We have a…

The vocal minority celebrating Boris Johnson’s coronavirus diagnosis

3 April 2020 2:50 am

What does it tell us that so many left-leaning individuals took to social media this week in order to celebrate…

Will Boris Johnson's popularity last?

3 April 2020 2:00 am

Another day, another set of dreary headlines for the government over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. As well as…

This is no time for 'gotcha!' journalism

2 April 2020 6:50 pm

The lockdown has ensured that many millions now gather round the TV and watch the daily press conference from No.10.…

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Dem AGs demand abortion drugs be delivered to doorsteps

2 April 2020 8:59 am

We must be the first generation of Americans to respond to a mass plague by ensuring we can keep killing…

Spain and Italy have been abandoned by the EU

1 April 2020 11:57 pm

If ever there was a time for the EU to show the benefit of belonging to an economic bloc with…

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Will the Democrats junk Joe?

1 April 2020 9:34 pm

Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee. Yet many Democrats have ‘buyers’ remorse’ as the COVID virus has driven Biden…

Islamists are frustrating Pakistan's fight against coronavirus

1 April 2020 8:48 pm

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Pakistan currently sits at 2,042 alongside 26 deaths. With only limited healthcare facilities, the country…

Bernie Sanders is down but not out

1 April 2020 8:05 pm

Mathematically speaking, Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign is as dead as disco. After a streak of victories in big, delegate-rich states…

The heartbreaking decisions doctors are preparing to face

1 April 2020 4:18 am

In recent days, I have had more than enough upsetting conversations with doctors to last a lifetime. About how they…

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Frightened people love their leaders

1 April 2020 2:09 am

‘The Trump presidency is over’, said Peter Wehner, in the Atlantic. The great wizards of liberal punditry stroked their beards…

Did the people of Tokyo ever really want the Olympics anyway?

1 April 2020 1:47 am

One of the first things you need to learn abut Japan is the concept of honne and tatemae. ‘Hone’ refers…

Yes, we need experts. But let's not politicise expertise

31 March 2020 8:34 pm

For some people, it isn’t enough that we have locked down our daily lives. They want us to lock down…

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Bursting the Cuomo bubble

31 March 2020 5:30 am

Andrew Cuomo is having a moment. He enjoys ubiquitous coverage. His press conferences attract viewership second only to the president’s.…

Beware China's masked diplomacy

31 March 2020 3:51 am

‘How do you deal toughly with your banker?’ This was the not quite rhetorical question that Hillary Clinton asked Australia’s…

Whatever happened to parliamentary democracy?

31 March 2020 1:16 am

In the middle of a national crisis, Britain has become a parliamentary democracy without a parliament. The police now have…

Coronavirus can help us confront the uncomfortable truth about death

30 March 2020 10:13 pm

In recent years, I’ve been thinking about the right way to die, having been with my late wife Sian Busby…

Is France being pushed to breaking point?

30 March 2020 8:46 pm

As France prepares to enter its third week of confinement the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, has warned that ‘the fight…

Spain faces a political reckoning after its coronavirus crisis

30 March 2020 5:37 pm

Here in Spain we have proper lockdown. We’re not ‘allowed out once a day for exercise’ over here. ‘You Brits…

Let’s applaud mothers — the real key workers

30 March 2020 2:59 am

Our daughter Clementine, 5, has just decided what she wants to be when she grows up. ‘A cleaner …. and…

Imperial study: New York deaths could peak at 1,000 a day

30 March 2020 1:11 am

As the world tries to understand more about the trajectory of the coronavirus, a study from the Engineering faculty of…

How to understand – and report – figures for ‘Covid deaths’

30 March 2020 1:07 am

Every day, now, we are seeing figures for ‘Covid deaths’. These numbers are often expressed on graphs showing an exponential…

Coronavirus has exposed Europe’s stark differences

29 March 2020 6:10 pm

The coronavirus crisis has exposed Europe’s varying attitudes to state intervention and individual liberties. In doing so, it has revealed just how…