World

Like the hapless Fantasia character, Donald Trump has learned that wielding the axe without experience, humility and understanding ends in chaos

The Israeli leader has scored a tactical victory against Iran. But that alone is unlikely to bring him victory, either at home or abroad

Meet Salome Zourabichvili of Georgia – she wants her country in Europe, not swallowed by Russia. And she has a fight on her hands

Britain has tumbled down the wellbeing rankings – and now it is time to learn from the country at the top

As I went into the hotel’s internal missile shelter, I wondered whether the people involved in both sides of this war truly understand what they stand to lose from it

One day an engineer at a metals company in the Netherlands stole a trove of nuclear secrets and offered them for sale – his first customer was Iran

Trump doesn’t care about the bombing of Iran, or global security. Now Europe must fill the volatile vacuum he has left behind

The writer shared a deep, collaborative friendship with his kindred spirit Adolfo Bioy Casares, who became his literary double

Why did Queen Elizabeth I, in her famous speech at Tilbury in 1588, use two words with almost identical meanings to describe herself?

Experiments to combat climate change using ‘iron fertilisation’ to boost plankton growth, first proposed in the 1980s, remain unproven and contentious

How São Paulo’s ‘Big Worm’ went from urban scar to public space – and what it tells us about city futures

The hammer of high interest rates is no longer the way to deal with pressure on prices

Digging into the details and data to separate the noise from the news

Colombia was an early pioneer of drug decriminalisation, but president Gustavo Petro’s pro-reform government has gone further

From poverty and conflict to inadequate infrastructure and stagnating economies, the challenges facing the continent are immense

The big White House fallout is like watching a pair of young boys who’ve drunk too much Red Bull – it’s just a shame they’re the richest, most powerful men on earth

Three decades ago, Beijing decided it was going to become the future of auto manufacturing. How did they do it?

Once plagued by violence, Medellín’s Comuna 13 has been transformed into a vibrant community symbolising resilience, culture and peace

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

The New World will hopefully outlast the new world trends, traits and personalities currently doing so much damage in so many ways

Yet another had right opportunist has exploited the opening in European politics that the left continues to ignore

As Putin’s summer offensive begins, insiders in Zelensky’s camp say they are facing the toughest time in years - with scary ramifications for Europe and the world

The PM has been a disappointment so far. Now he must make voters choose between Farage’s view of the past, and his own view of the future

Milei's press clampdowns are attracting international coverage. But that isn't stopping him, if anything the president is doubling down

Argentina is one of the most politically forward-thinking countries in Latin America but its president is pushing a narrative that opposes feminism

China has upended the artificial intelligence war, and now anyone can win – shaking the assumptions of Trump, Musk and Starmer

Morocco is claiming ownership of Ceuta as a way to put pressure on Spain