World

Germans used to be against air conditioning. Not any more

Norway has always been a hotbed of enemy spies, but most of them have always been Russian. The new threat is from the Chinese

Not even the president’s ego and Fifa’s greed have managed to stop the joy of this World Cup

The problem for the hip outsider is that, if you suddenly become the most powerful person in the country, your old ways don’t look the same any more

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Disruption has failed – and America looks diminished and declining

He appeared in some of the biggest TV and movies of our time, but being a Kiwi, he became a quiet kind of megastar

Kenya inherited a post-colonial state where power was held tightly in the centre. But after an outbreak of political violence in 2007, everything changed

Douglas Haig’s willingness to trade thousands of lives for a few miles of ground has proved sadly durable

Thailand’s international reputation is for beaches, great food and amazing nightlife. But the reality is very different – and much darker

Abelardo de la Espriella is pro-Trump, pro-cuts, pro-Israel and very anti-left. He’s made big, wild promises – will he be able to keep them?

Italian politics has never looked so stable. If anything, people there are much more worried about turning into us

The prime minister is not so much a political leader as a national myth and the extent of his appeal, as shown in recent state elections, is so huge that it’s changing India into a single-party state

I hadn't downloaded any films or podcasts for my journey, but in the end it turned out I didn’t need any. All I needed was the window

Revolution is the national myth of the US. But another country’s quieter history shows its importance may be overstated

Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, so the Kremlin is boosting its disinformation campaign. Unfortunately for the next PM, the British left are falling for it

Photographs of iron curtain research labs reveal the depth of communist ambition – and the fatal flaw buried within it

From Rwanda to Iraq, Sally Hayden has spent her career reporting from war zones. Her new book highlights extraordinary acts by ordinary people caught up in crisis

As a killer heatwave grips France, an argument over air conditioning has become so fierce that it could sway the national political mood.

Trump wants to change the rules around building in the great wild spaces of the US west. But if he gets his way, something fundamental will be lost that can never be won back

Faced with constant electricity blackouts and a failing grid, people in Pakistan took matters into their own hands. The result is a lesson for the rest of the world, and also a warning

Huge amounts of narcotics are being shipped from South America to Australia, via the small Pacific island nations. That trade is leaving a trail of dirty money and social disaster in its wake

South Africa are back in the greatest contest in world sport – but why are so many fans in other African nations getting behind our opponents?

Like Carnegie, Rockefeller and Ford, his brilliance is paired with a callous disregard for human values

A country many expected to fall in weeks has turned into a laboratory for the future of defence, digital government and national resilience. Now the EU must follow

Exhibits from the Nova Festival massacre are a poignant reminder that tragedy and grief should not require a political disclaimer

The US is not allowing anyone with ebola into the country, so the government has built a treatment centre for Americans in Kenya. It’s the one nation in the region that’s clear of the disease. Locals are not happy

Netanyahu knows that this is his chance to defeat Iran, the goal he has pursued for his entire political career. He’s not about to let the opportunity go

He wanted to build a huge new development in Surfers Paradise. The local population had other ideas

Russia and China can identify, map and cut the undersea cables on which the modern world relies. The west is only just waking up to the threat

In the aftermath, the world reacted with a blend of bemusement and opportunism that signalled a new world order would emerge in the next decade, with the UK as a lost and aimless spectator