Opinion

There is something uniquely depressing in seeing the queue for Burger King in the departures area at Male Airport in the Maldives

After noticing the negatives for too long, I've renewed my marriage vows with London

Vance has gone from punchline to the man who punches first and asks questions later. And he’s a heartbeat from the presidency

The UK needs to be part of the European project as a fully active member. Only then can Europe truly stand united against both Trump and Putin

The government is planning to build ‘up to 12’. Is this the key to Britain’s housing problems, or are they an environmentally damaging waste?

China may soon become the most powerful country on earth – but the UK media has taken its eye off the ball thanks to the circus in America

Modelling physical violence as a way of controlling other people is bad in itself, but emotional damage for victims can be long-lasting and debilitating, too

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth and causing catastrophic damage were always small, but the probability has now been downgraded to 0.001%

If ever there was an opportunity – and a need – for a government to say that it needed to raise more cash from taxpayers, this is it

A stolen fragment of the tapestry, looted by a Nazi archaeologist for racial research, has resurfaced in Germany. But France wants it back

Friedrich Merz's critics are already queueing up long before his new government has even left the starting blocks

According to the worrying results of a recent survey, six in 10 Gen Z men believe women’s equality has ‘gone too far’.

Gorizia and Nova Gorica share a history of division but are now united as the first transnational European Capital of Culture

In a global storm, the PM’s gears seem to be clicking again. Now he must keep playing to his strengths – reason and relentlessness

Trump’s bizarre quips are made for a reason – to give his audience permission not to care about the struggles of others

Donald Trump’s economic chaos is not impressing the markets or consumers – and things are going to get worse

When inefficiency is rewarded with tax breaks, no wonder we are a low-growth nation

New research by a right-leaning think tank uncovers some genuinely shocking findings. But the answers aren’t in returning to "traditional male values"

Wall Street craves stability - which is why an unstable president is causing stock market drops

In divisive times, the contest still holds extraordinary power, explains Chris Harms of Lord Of The Lost - even if you finish last

The recent scenes in the Oval Office were horrifying – but the disdain Trump showed to Zelensky is not as new as it seems

Reform’s leader has seen his party and Brexit sabotaged by Trump. Now he faces stinging criticism from one of his own MPs

A French senator has given a powerful speech setting out how the continent must deal with the twin threats from America and Russia

The veteran broadcaster’s straight-talking dispatches from Washington DC in feverish times have seen him called the ‘harbinger of daily astonishment’

Trump is breaking up the old post-war alliance designed to protect Europe from Moscow. If the US withdraws support, can the continent go it alone?

You don’t really matter to the world and neither do I, and that ought to feel freeing

To hear the crack of pastry, green spinach and salty cheese waiting inside, is among the highest echelons of what it means to be savoury

If the UK was part of a Europe-wide army there would be sufficient forces to protect Ukraine without the need for US assistance

Kemi Badenoch doesn’t see Trump’s regime as authoritarian – she sees it as the Conservatives’ blueprint for power