World

Will Erdogan go on and on?

10 August 2024 4:00 pm

Today marks ten years since Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected president. There will be no celebrations, and Turkish media may…

Franklin Roosevelt was made in world war one

10 August 2024 4:00 pm

Many of those around Franklin Roosevelt were puking their guts out – but he could not have been happier. It…

Does Australia have a crocodile problem?

10 August 2024 4:00 pm

During the cold months of July and August, many southern Australians head north to warmer climes. A favourite destination is…

How Trump and Kamala can have a good debate

10 August 2024 5:19 am

On Thursday, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris agreed to debate September 10 on ABC. That’s good news for voters. They…

Nagasaki shouldn’t have snubbed Israel from its A-bomb ceremony

10 August 2024 3:37 am

Nagasaki’s Peace Park held a ceremony today to mark the 79th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on…

Man handed 20-month jail sentence for stirring up hate on Facebook

10 August 2024 2:33 am

And there we have it: the first person to be charged with intending to stir up racial hatred online has…

The oldest hatred is thriving in Britain

10 August 2024 2:12 am

Britain’s antisemitism problem continues to grow. A report from the Community Security Trust (CST), a charity that monitors racist attacks…

Ukraine’s Kursk offensive is a disaster for Putin

10 August 2024 1:14 am

It’s four days into Ukraine’s surprise offensive in the Russian region of Kursk and Moscow is only just sending reinforcements…

Migration figures are falling – but the crisis is far from over

10 August 2024 12:20 am

Ok folks, the show is over and there’s nothing left to see: that traditional refrain of an American police officer…

The myth of a vibes election

10 August 2024 12:00 am

I’ve seen it repeated numerous times, most recently by our friends over at the Free Press: 2024 is a “vibes…

Beeb asks Huw Edwards to pay back £200,000 from salary

9 August 2024 10:40 pm

Back to the Huw Edwards scandal, where the disgraced ex-BBC presenter is facing more trouble. Last week, the former TV…

Why is the pound falling?

9 August 2024 10:03 pm

Is America about to enter a recession and take the world with it? Yesterday the pound was on track for…

Elon Musk’s battle with Labour continues

9 August 2024 8:46 pm

As if the new Labour government doesn’t already have its work cut out trying to get a handle on riots…

The SNP still has no ‘plan B’ for Scotland’s economy

9 August 2024 8:15 pm

Scottish independence has always been economic lunacy, but rarely has that reality been exposed as well as by Alistair Darling.…

The everyman immortality of Jack Karlson

9 August 2024 6:25 pm

Jack Karlson, whose death this week aged 82 has been reported in Britain and around the world, was an Australian…

What Liz Truss must learn from Humza Yousaf

9 August 2024 5:18 pm

Hats off to Humza Yousaf. He knows how give a straight answer. At the Edinburgh fringe, he was quizzed by…

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont escapes arrest – again

9 August 2024 4:00 pm

There was something fitting about the name of the thoroughfare in which Carles Puigdemont was welcomed back to Barcelona on…

Labour’s trophy hunting ban is confused

9 August 2024 4:00 pm

Labour’s election manifesto promised to ban the importation of hunting trophies. This is part of a campaign spearheaded by animal…

The truth about two-tier policing in Britain

9 August 2024 3:30 pm

Does Britain have a two-tier policing system? Accusations that some protesters are treated differently to others have emerged in the…

Trump and Harris to debate on ABC in September

9 August 2024 6:20 am

“I think it’s very important to have debates,” former president Donald Trump said at a Mar-a-Lago press conference Thursday afternoon,…

Tim Walz has played fast and loose with his military service record

9 August 2024 4:50 am

In an era of declining trust, the military retains widespread public confidence — 61 percent as of a Gallup poll…

Is the ‘motherhood penalty’ really behind the UK’s falling birth rate?

9 August 2024 3:02 am

Britain is so beset with immediate problems that major issues, ones which could drastically alter our society and the way…

Will Ukraine’s Kursk offensive pay off?

9 August 2024 2:48 am

For the first time since the Second World War, foreign forces have invaded Russia. As Ukrainian troops push over the…

Spare a thought for Russia’s forgotten political prisoners

9 August 2024 2:09 am

Last Thursday’s prisoner exchange with the US was a rare victory for human rights in Russia. Vladimir Kara-Murza, the Vice…

‘Anti-fascist’ demonstrators have a troubling blind spot

9 August 2024 1:22 am

A flyer calling for the expulsion of an ethnic group from parts of London was widely shared online yesterday. There…