America

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

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

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

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

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

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 EU bans around 1,000 chemicals from its food products due to health risk. In the US the number is just seven

Trump and all his Maga disciples see Europe as little more than a parasite – how did it all go so wrong?

Elon Musk’s creation is EU-unfriendly and poses a danger to anyone who gets in its way. Sound familiar?

However irritating the US president might be for Europe’s political leaders, Donald Trump might actually be doing them a favour

The chancellor should be targeting the big oil, tech and energy firms to raise extra revenue – it’s an untapped tax goldmine

Vance has gone from punchline to the man who punches first and asks questions later. And he’s a heartbeat from the presidency

China may soon become the most powerful country on earth – but the UK media has taken its eye off the ball thanks to the circus in America

The veteran broadcaster’s straight-talking dispatches from Washington DC in feverish times have seen him called the ‘harbinger of daily astonishment’

If the UK was part of a Europe-wide army there would be sufficient forces to protect Ukraine without the need for US assistance

The president’s funding freezes, gagging orders and ideological purges are wreaking havoc on US scientific research

Despite all the warning signs the first time around, the world is paying a very heavy price for Trump 2.0

The excesses of the social justice movements will not be missed – but something even worse has come to take their place

Keir Starmer’s decisive action on Ukraine has seen him overtake the Reform leader in a new poll

After years supporting the US president, his Oval Office humiliation of Volodymyr Zelensky was a step too far even for Axel Springer’s MAGA-loving boss

The Ukrainian president, well versed in dealing with hecklers, was not fazed by a fringe journalist who appeared not to know his history

Michael Wolff’s new book on Trump and his court reveals a president whose elixir is a cocktail of conflict and confidence, and for whom everything is spectacle