Opinion

Astronomers have detected potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, but experts warn that the evidence is inconclusive

Despite the Canadian PM’s stunning win, it does not follow that being tough with the US will be good for Starmer or Britain

The former deputy PM wants you to listen to his big ideas about the EU. But does anyone care?

In a world reordered by Trump, The Handmaid’s Tale is now more relevant than Nineteen Eighty-Four

A massive 46% of our exports and imports are via Europe - so why not make that easier?

Society fails survivors of child sexual exploitation over and over

Spain is still mourning its civil war dead. But not everyone sees the nation’s history in quite the same way

To understand why they are finding it so difficult to become adults, we need to look at where we all went wrong

Deep inside the Vatican, in a highly secret location, a group of carpenters were tasked with creating a very special casket

Farage and Badenoch are making fools of themselves over a completely benign scheme

Will a focus on cheaper food and energy be enough to drown out complaints about sovereignty and fishing rights – especially when the PM struggles to communicate?

He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?

A new 12-year deal on fishing rights will enrage Brexiteers - but tensions over who controls Europe’s waters go back hundreds of years

The oversight board Mark Zuckerberg set up has criticised him, and ruled that anti-Muslim content should be removed. Will he now silence them?

Didcot in Oxfordshire is known as the most ‘normal’ town in England – and also symbolises the emergence of a new, liberal England

The party must act: a wealth tax, rejoin the EU, bring in proportional representation. In other words, start behaving like a Labour government

Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed

Bitter at the old politics, young Germans saw the far-right AfD as a revitalising tonic. How can the left get that taste out of their mouths?

Astronomers have discovered that the mysterious force accelerating the universe’s expansion appears to be weakening over time

This supermarket is surrounded by a rich abundance of Spanish fruit, and yet imports a great deal of it from the UK

With the local elections just days away, the Conservatives simply do not look like a promising investment

This could be the only thing that could unite a nation divided on all fronts

Eighty years ago, the island was nearly wiped off the map. Today it relies on wind-farm crews more than tourists

Ever since his exile in 2019, Evo Morales has been lining up a return to power and now he's summoned his supporters

Expats must learn that smaller rural Italian communities run on gossip

Councillors can no longer escape the mess and workers seem intent on drawing this out. Meanwhile, the city is paying the price

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two approaches, Leipzig's Capa House offers an urgent reminder about the origins of fascism

Denmark has recently ranked second on the World Happiness Report and the capital's love of jazz is a reflection of that

Pope Francis came close to anointing his heir. But the conclave will consider a range of cardinals, from progressives to Trump fans

If the president manages to oust Jay Powell, head of the US central bank, the results for the US and the global economy could be disastrous