Opinion

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

Rejoining the reciprocal study scheme has infuriated Brexiteers - and given new impetus to calls for a full return to the EU

A hard core of American Catholic ultra-conservatives look at the White House and like what they see. The new man in the Vatican takes a different view

Most politicians remain oblivious to the threat, especially on the left. But they must realise Putin could do to us what he’s done to Ukraine, without firing a shot

A Scottish geologist made a discovery that altered the way we see ourselves, and our planet. And yet his name is widely forgotten

Everyone knows No 10 briefs against members of the cabinet, but Starmer told the Commons it doesn’t. That, in a nutshell, is why political trust is dying out

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

Flags waved, Trump ranted and raved, an ex-royal was depraved and the PM looked like he couldn’t be saved. It’s been one hell of a year

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The president is moving beyond politics – and seeking to claim control of what Americans watch

French right wing MEPs are leading a campaign to ban words like ‘steak’ and ‘sausage’ from vegan food

If they check my social media posts at the border, I might well be on the first plane back, which tells you Trump’s talk about free speech is nothing but a sham

Every year the president hosts a White House reception for the Washington press pack. This year he’s cancelled it, which perhaps shouldn’t be a surprise

Terranera, a tiny mountaintop hamlet of 50 residents, doesn't organise its festivities by the Christian calendar or tradition

A new nativity display in the centre of Brussels is so widely detested that it might have to be taken down early

If you really want to understand this country and who we are, you need to come here in December