Opinion

Mobile phone coverage is notoriously patchy due to past policy failures and slow infrastructure expansion, leaving rural areas full of dead zones

Using teargas, rubber bullets and water cannons against a demonstration of pensioners is reminiscent of the country’s past

With 59 fatalities and over 200 hospitalisations, the fire at Club Pulse was the stuff of nightmares

In a recent speech, Ebrahim Rasool claimed Trump was launching a ‘supremacist assault’ in both the US and South Africa

A vampire-style taste for pig’s blood is found across the country, where it is a key ingredient in traditional cakes and sausages

Today, it seems that sexual content is so easily accessible online as to have become almost mainstream. Spain’s government is trying to change that

The far right leader demanded French courts get tough on corrupt politicians. Now she is paying the price

In a week where the chancellor has found herself beleaguered, my message to her is: rearm and the economy will grow

Her political ban might boost the National Rally - but equally, it could now crumble. So let’s celebrate

What happens if Donald goes the same way as his father – and what if he already has?

Whatever you do, don’t give in to the idea that we are all doomed. It only makes it all much worse

The city’s referendum gives Parisians the chance to have their say. Should Britain do the same?

The comic dilemmas in The Studio are a joy to watch and class of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's writing style

As Trump attacks America’s top academic institutions, more and more researchers are deciding to leave – and most of them have one destination in mind

While a cinema legend faces sexual assault claims, his Kremlin-defending lawyer denigrates witnesses – and compares his client’s treatment to the French revolution terror

The food trend of the moment is better than you’d think – and a gateway drug to better Middle Eastern food

Trump doesn’t understand anything about economics – might his aggressive stance on Europe have some unintended consequences?

The chancellor crowed about tiny real GDP growth while ignoring a much bigger bombshell

Rachel Reeves seems happy to let 50,000 children live in poverty in order to make a spreadsheet add up on a Wednesday afternoon

The chancellor’s spring statement contained no shocks - but no solutions to big problems either

Lasagne is now taking its turn in an ongoing churn where chefs and restaurateurs fall back on a proponent of certainty

Trump, foreign aid cuts and anti-vax hysteria have set the world back. We are less prepared than we were in 2020

Dismissing the possibility of issues unique to young men may further isolate those who are struggling

Communities whose lives have been shaped and scarred by mining are now shaken by the prospects of a green transition

In an extract from their new book Abundance, two leading US thinkers set out the fundamental problem with mainstream beliefs – on both the left and right

The shocking treatment of US deportees to El Salvador is just one attraction in Trump’s theme park of brutality. But why do so many Americans seem keen to buy a ticket?

Whether or not they were involved in the Heathrow fire, the Russians revel in the mayhem their hybrid actions cause

James Bailey’s new book attempts to finally answer humanity’s oldest and most profound question

The politicisation of SpaceX’s routine mission raises concerns over Nasa’s reliance on the increasingly erratic Elon Musk

South Africans hold mixed views on their most notorious expat – some see him as a genius, others as a reckless megalomaniac

The drone has proved a game-changer in Ukraine’s defence of its country. So why doesn’t the German army have a single armed one?