Opinion

Putin and Trump want to destroy liberal democracy. Only Europe now stands in their way. Can the continent hold out against the twin threats from east and west?

Promises to ourselves have a superficially similar structure to promises to other people – but with a kind of double lock

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Crime, corruption and cruelty show how leaders like Trump and Bukele exploit power, and why they must be stopped

To survive the club culture of Buenos Aires, you need stamina and a willingness to let go of British ideas about bedtime

Zohran Mamdani didn’t just win an election – his and Rama Duwaji’s story mirrors the city they now represent

Behind locked doors in museums and archaeological sites, priceless works gather dust while the world waits outside

With a media landscape tightly controlled by Aleksandar Vučić’s ruling party, students are keeping the fight for democracy alive in Belgrade

She may be a global superstar, but in her homecoming to Cali, it was Grupo Niche and the city’s centuries-old salsa culture that stole the show

Armed only with pistols and faced with an overwhelming number of Hamas attackers, Remo El-Hozayel rescued hundreds from the Nova Festival massacre

While Britain struggles to open new factories, Beijing is looking to a future of flying cars. How can Europe emulate what its rival intends, and do it better?

If 2026 is to improve on 2025, the UK must start behaving like a serious country at long last

The coming year will be full of intrigue, but the aftermath of the local elections will be the moment Labour rebels will try to oust the PM. Who can replace him?

As his poll ratings tank ahead of November’s midterms, splits are emerging in his MAGA movement. Can the Democrats unite and capitalise?

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

Yes his tweets were disgusting, possibly criminal, yet it should not be possible for politicians to revoke someone’s national identity just because they dislike their views

No parties will accompany the 10-year anniversary of the EU referendum - but better times could lie ahead

Here are some suggestions for Starmer, Badenoch and Farage, which might help them – and us – to have a happier 2026

Labour's gamble believes that AI will steer everything in future. The risk of being left behind is too existential not to gamble

Some AI programmes will tell you to back off, while others are more welcoming. But when it comes down to it, chatbots offer all the human warmth of the speaking clock

2025 has been a wild ride, and in these ten articles, writers here at The New World confronted some of the most important questions of the year

Millions of children around the world use the platform for games. But the evidence is beginning to reveal a much darker side to Roblox

The board game shouldn't go on forever if you stick to the real rules

The dictator’s threats and dirty tricks go unanswered and unpunished. We can’t keep rolling over like this

In the months leading up to the holy festival in Bangladesh, bombs have been going off at Christian sites, and nobody knows why

As America retreats from the world into its own sphere of influence, the resulting vacuum will bring more confrontation, uncertainty and disorder. And in almost all cases, Trump won’t care

Decisions made in Beijing have caused immense suffering for the Chinese people. It’s time to understand the mistakes of the past, or risk falling into ignorance

Western leaders and diplomats have spent huge amounts of political capital on Gaza and Ukraine – but not on Sudan. Even now, the slaughter goes on, but where is the response?

The government thinks neurological conditions are being “over-pathologised” and the Tories that mental health diagnoses are costing too much money in benefits payments. Why are they so clueless?

Immigration crackdowns are cutting revenues from overseas students - and now some institutions are on the brink

James Cameron’s CGI sci-fi epics are a box-office phenomenon - but also completely forgettable

The Erasmus scheme allowed millions of UK students to broaden their horizons – and also their private lives