Opinion

Our credibility is gone at a time when tough talking to Xi should be our strategy

The smell of pollution is growing around a rotten regime

Trans women have been banned from world chess events while a review is underway. Recognising that chess is a game not a sport could bring clarity to the situation

Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond highlights issues found at the very heart of the nation

Vivek Ramaswamy’s moment in the sun signifies that Trump is only the beginning

Italy’s prime minister has a new look, but have her politics changed?

It’s cheaper to buy beer than bottled water in Czechia but is this about to change?

Slowly but surely, old Europe is giving way to the new

The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne crushed hopes of a homeland for Turkey’s Armenian and Kurdish minorities. Today, hostilities remain

This year’s Festival d’Avignon – a celebration of song, music and dance – kicked off with a rebellion against Brexit

Brexit isn’t working – in fact, it’s causing long-term damage. Everyone knows it. How long can the opposition parties keep quiet?

There’s no one angrier and more uptight than a westerner who practices a philosophy based on bodily attunement and the renunciation of desire

Our pubs and restaurants can’t find enough employees, and the government is doing nothing about it

Populist ex-PM Robert Fico is whipping up discontent with mainstream politics and talking of rigged elections. Remind you of anyone?

While the rest of Europe has an efficient rail service, the UK is only playing at it

The world, including myself, missed tell-tale signs that Putin was the murder machine and enemy of liberal democracies he’s proved to be

Some on the left will roll their eyes, but redefining patriotism is something Keir Starmer should do. I want to be proud of a forward-looking, multicultural country

As Rishi Sunak’s recent breach of the ministerial code seems to have gone unnoticed, I speculate on what the “prime miniature” may forget to declare next...

Germany’s somewhat comical migration issue has captured the attention of Europe’s media

These vulnerable people, initially welcomed warmly by the UK, deserve better

Don't discredit the importance of an EU document mentioning the ‘Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands’

Russia’s recent failed attempt to land a space probe on the dark side of the moon should be a wake-up call for the west

Higher costs, higher interest rates, weak growth, war in Europe, China faltering – the only way out might be via a recession

Jeremy Hunt is ready to cave in and reduce inheritance tax to keep grumbling Conservatives onside

A viewing brings some shocking home truths about the state of the rental property market

Oil is fine. Sport tells us so: whispering to us in our dreams, dropping subtle hints every time we turn on the sports channels

The stereotype of hard-working Germans doesn’t hold up under scrutiny – no other country in Europe offers more paid time off

A Georgian lawyer has used the game-changing Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act in her indictment against Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani

The government has denied today’s youngsters the invaluable opportunities those exchanges afforded

Despite what Rishi Sunak says about falling inflation, there is more economic pain to come

China is the world leader in solar energy, but its status as a likely economic superpower is now in jeopardy