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Jan 25 2024 - 4:05pm

It’s time to ditch the Doomsday Clock Endless warnings of nuclear apocalypse are unscientific and unhelpful

William Finlator

Was Jon Stewart always this insufferable? The presenter's late-night return is no cause for excitement

Eliza Mondegreen

Will the PopCons last longer than the cabbage? Credit: Getty

PopCons: a new Tory group destined to fail

Canada’s trucker ruling is a victory for civil liberties Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act was judged an abuse of power

Wednesday, January 24

Nikki Haley’s voters can still punish Donald Trump The former president needs her coalition to win the election

CAV spilling Spanish wine onto a French motorway in April 2016. Credit: Raymond Roig/Getty

The violent history of France’s wine ‘terroirists’

Israel is turning against Netanyahu — but can’t get rid of him Despite his plummeting popularity, there is no effective mechanism to remove the PM

Nikki Haley should learn from Ron DeSantis — and quit Defeat is inevitable after the New Hampshire result

Daniel McCarthy

The AfD has ramped up its Euroscepticism. Credit: Getty

German Euroscepticism is on the rise

Tuesday, January 23

Peter Boghossian debates Kathleen Stock on the future of universities Do we need to burn down institutions to reform education?

The Harvard DEI complex is stronger than ever Claudine Gay's dismissal as president has proven to be a false dawn

Where's your soft power, now? Credit: Getty

Why can’t Britain force Pakistan to accept a deportation?

Why the EU is dithering on Red Sea airstrikes The bloc remains too divided to agree on a course of action

Latika M. Bourke

Is David Cameron still naive about China? The Foreign Secretary's mooted trip to Beijing risks upsetting Sinosceptic MPs

Jo Phoenix said her victory "sent a message" to all universities

Jo Phoenix wins tribunal case over gender-critical views

Monday, January 22

A rift has been forming on the American Right. Credit: Getty

The conservative war over the Civil Rights Act

Ron DeSantis was the last hope of a Covid reckoning His scientific approach stood out from candidates of both parties

Jay Bhattacharya

Why is Nato preparing for World War III? Prioritising remilitarisation over economic growth is dangerously short-sighted

Philip Pilkington

Can the Davos crowd get used to another Trump term? Credit: Getty

The Davos consensus is finally cracking

Mary Harrington

Ron DeSantis is betting on a populist future The Florida Governor is already laying the groundwork for a future run

Sunday, January 21

David Mamet: why Trump will win in 2024 The Pulitzer winner speaks to Flo Read about the death of the American Left

Californians are turning against immigration A new poll finds that both Democrats and Republicans are increasingly sceptical

Is the EU dropping Net Zero? Right-wing parties have cottoned on to voter rejection of green policies

Ralph Schoellhammer

Saturday, January 20

If we are sliding down an icy road to war, the primary actors are at least pressing on the brakes. Credit: Getty

Can a wider war in the Middle East still be prevented?

Friday, January 19

Goodbye to Davos — and good riddance The world envisioned by the WEF has collapsed

Britain’s strictest head teacher: my case to ban prayer in school Katharine Birbalsingh speaks to Freddie Sayers about the lawsuit against her school

Whose nationalism is it anyway? Credit: Getty

Humza Yousaf doesnt want to be a nationalist anymore

Mary Harrington

Is Israel about to break with America? Benjamin Netanyahu has declared his opposition to a two-state solution

We still don’t know the real Keir Starmer ITV's big interview avoided scrutinising Labour's plans for power

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Canada is buckling under record immigration

Thursday, January 18

A sleeping Joan of Arc, who has been retrospectively 'transed'. Credit: Getty

Trans activists have a new target: the Middle Ages

Eliza Mondegreen

China’s flagging economy will drag the West down too Slowing growth will kneecap the world's biggest trading nation