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05/20/2022 - 4:16pm

Keep out of Congress, Bill de Blasio After eight years tearing apart New York, he's not fit for office

Tesla’s golden moment is over The EV company's share price has taken a beating in the last 12 months

Philip Pilkington

Unlike Sweden, Austria stays neutral The country's founding principle is holding firm — for now

Thursday, May 19

After 12 long hours, I have been freed from Twitter prison One sarcastic tweet led to my temporary suspension

Nick Clegg is wrong about the metaverse (again) He fails to understand that the technology is a step backwards not forwards

Are China’s Covid lockdowns a preparation for war? Xi Jinping is making it increasingly difficult for citizens to leave the country

Tension as Russians fleeing Putin gather in Georgia The country's new arrivals are regarded with suspicion

Wednesday, May 18

Beware the terrorism ‘experts’ Certain researchers are using the Buffalo shooting to hawk their services

Can Viktor Orbán’s ‘fight club’ take on the EU? The Hungarian PM's new cabinet is setting its sights on the bloc

William Nattrass

Winston Churchill needs better defenders A new book has sparked a new round of inane attacks and defences

Madison Cawthorn’s defeat is not the end of ‘America First’ The controversial young congressman was ousted last night

Tuesday, May 17

Rasmus Paludan: Sweden’s Koran-burning provocateur The omertà on criticising Islam has, predictably, produced a new extremist

Liverpool is not as exceptional as it thinks The city is not a hotbed of republicanism

Why does Russia hate Britain so much? There is a long history to the Kremlin's antipathy for the UK

Beware millennials, boomers want your blood Scientists have discovered more ways to help the elderly cannibalise the young

Mary Harrington

Monday, May 16

Why are progressives so afraid of Right-wing comedy? A new book warns that it is a 'monster' the Left can't ignore

Michael Sandel: Why the elites don’t deserve their status The Harvard professor of political philosophy makes the case for the end of merit

Who will topple Boris Johnson? Not since 2005 has the field been this open

Humiliating Russia is not good foreign policy The U.S. should be preparing Ukraine to compromise

Rumours of Xi Jinping’s demise are exaggerated Western media outlets are gripped by a Cold War fantasy

Saturday, May 14

Ukraine summons its folk roots for Eurovision victory The country continues to confound expectations

Friday, May 13

How will Ukraine and Belarus’ first post-Soviet leaders be remembered? Both Stanislau Shushkevich and Leonid Kravchuk have complicated legacies

Maximilian Hess

The Squad nowhere to be seen as Ukraine package sails through AOC, Ilhan Omar and others have been curiously silent on the issue

The petty backlash to the Street Votes proposal Certain naysayers would rather react to a headline than give change a chance

Will the UK finally score at Eurovision 22? With Brexit in the rear view mirror, we might actually get some votes

Why the market crash could be good for crypto This is an important evolutionary moment for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Izabella Kaminska

Thursday, May 12

Russia declares Sweden and Finland “targets” if they join NATO Freddie Sayers challenges a senior Kremlin spokesperson

Abortion won’t save the Democrats The Party's position on this issue is too extreme for most voters

The week the crypto dream collapsed The current crash has killed the dream of a new monetary era

The UK should join Macron’s EU Lite The French President has proposed a new geography for Europe

Wednesday, May 11

America’s crime reporting is a mess Bungled data is leaving us in the dark on a crucial issue

Charles Fain Lehman

The hidden dissent inside ZeroCovid China Shanghai has mounted an unlikely resistance to Beijing's diktats