Opinion

When ordering from a Japanese bakery a lot can be lost in translation

The state of Europe’s fighting forces was too controversial a topic for the Davos agenda

Soon, China’s politics will give way to economics and its debt crisis will inevitably entail pain for consumers

The right wing press is stepping up its attacks on Labour’s leader as the general election nears. But what happens if he wins?

In this extract from his new book, bestselling author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers suggests we start to focus on the kind of world we want, not the one we don’t

Everything is impossible, as Nelson Mandela liked to put it, until you make it happen

If US politics gets any stranger, it's going to be hard to explain it any other way

The farmer blockades show that Emmanuel Macron and the City of Light must put on a winning show this summer for a deeply divided country

Just as food inflation finally slows, new border checks will make EU produce more expensive in our shops

A misfiring ‘personalised’ video by Rishi Sunak proves that politicians are getting online comms badly wrong

The icon of St Matrona of Moscow and Stalin has caused a remarkable division of opinion in Georgia, culminating in an act of vandalism

The Tories’ delusion knows no bounds – their electoral annihilation will be blamed on everyone and everything other than themselves

Jannick Sinner’s victory at the Australian Open proves that Italians, like us all, love a winner

If it’s difficult to believe what’s happening in America, remember what our electorate has done to this country since 2016

The Serbian leader's authoritarian grip is tightening amid allegations of election irregularities and growing discontent

The party is banking on the country turning a blind eye to its past – but the German citizens have had a wake-up call

After eight successful seasons at Anfield, Team Germany really needs Kloppo to come home

Finland has rejected the far right, but is the country ready for a gay, Green head of state in Pekka Haavisto?

The Beatles gave young Americans gold standard permission to be different from their parents

On the anniversary of us officially leaving the EU, the damage is clear

Britain’s struggles since officially leaving the EU have brought reconciliation closer

Right wing controversialist Laurence Fox doesn’t seem to understand why he lost his libel trial. Here’s a little explainer

German protests against AfD’s far right extremism show us how to beat the populists

The Sun ran an article under a headline championing the business secretary as the ‘new Mrs T’

Satire, sadness and the home truths about a divided nation

Worrying trends across Europe and the world suggest that women’s rights are under threat

According to Rishi Sunak, it’s really very simple

Keir Starmer will have to focus on Britons’ quality of life if he wants the country to start healing

Everyone knows we can’t afford it. It looks as if Jeremy Hunt is going to do it anyway

The families of Russian soldiers killed in the Ukraine war pose an increasingly delicate problem for the Kremlin

Collapsed trade deals, rising food prices, more border checks and not enough flowers for Valentine’s Day – thanks a bunch