How Putin, Xi and now Trump are ushering in a new imperial age
The age of empires seemed to be a thing of the past. But now there are signs that some world leaders hanker after imperial ...
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America’s Soft-Power Retreat
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s gutting of U.S.A.I.D. will weaken Washington’s reach, but the U.S. was already losing the fight ...
Money blog: Netflix quietly increases its subscription prices
In Money today: the best mortgage rates and where they're expected to go this year following the base rate cut; Netflix has ...
Bret Stephens: America is now a big power, not a great power
Back in the 1990s, it was fashionable to complain about what Hubert Vedrine, then the French foreign minister, called ...
Stories about repeating history – what to watch, read and see this week
Our reviewer, expert in Italian history John Foot, has spent countless hours studying and watching Mussolini. He was blown ...
The Ultrarich Weren’t Always This Selfish
A fragile, irreplaceable object of significance to the shared cultural history of all humanity was being kept in a hot, humid ...
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JD Vance explains why Elon Musk has so much power as billionaire plunges US government into chaos
Elon Musk has ignited panic after being granted unprecedented power under Donald Trump's administration but Vice President JD Vance has defended the billionaire's role in the US government ...