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Moscow’s Victory Celebration: A Short Guest List and a Sombre Look Back
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Moscow’s Victory Celebration: A Short Guest List and a Sombre Look Back

After several Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow, Russia’s celebrations marking the end of World War II appeared in doubt this year…

Canada's liberal self-image is overshadowed by surveillance politics.
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Freedom in Canada Is Dying One Law at a Time

The Canadian state is moving to track and classify social media comments about members of parliament. The measure fits a wider pat…

An anti-immigration protester in Dublin, where anger over migration, living costs and political detachment has fed a wider backlash against Ireland’s liberal establishment. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
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How Liberal Elites Created the Perfect Conditions for Populists

From Ireland’s fuel protests to America’s campus battles, managerial liberalism has become blind to the concerns of ordinary voter…

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Toddlers, Thoughtcrime and the New Culture of Surveillance

A new Labour-backed anti-racism initiative for nurseries and schools in Wales has sparked concern that Britain is treating childho…

Mali has become a battleground in the Sahel’s struggle between military regimes, rebels and Islamists. Photo: Patrick Robert/Corbis via Getty Images
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A Syrian Scenario in Mali?

Mali’s government is facing a deepening crisis as Tuareg rebels allied with Islamists push state forces and Russian Wagner fighter…

President Donald Trump is covered by security agents after an apparent security incident at a rally. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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From Slovakia to Washington: Political Violence Is on the Rise

When respect for life and for one’s neighbor disappears, anger and hatred fill the void. Political violence is not an accident but…

A court ruling on Hungary finds discrimination against the LGBTI community over restrictions on minors, sparking a dispute over national sovereignty. Photo: Getty Images/AI
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The EU Court Has Decided What Europe’s Values Are

A recent ruling on Hungary found that restrictions on presenting LGBTI-related content to minors amounted to discrimination. The c…

Protesters carry communist flags during a May Day rally in Athens, Greece, 1 May. Photo: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
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May Day After the Working Class

Born in the blood of Chicago’s labor strikes, May Day became the closest thing the modern world has to a universal holiday. But in…

President Donald Trump speaks to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
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Trump’s Attack on Merz Reveals New Cracks in the Transatlantic Relationship

Donald Trump’s attack on Friedrich Merz is more than a reaction to Germany’s stance on the Iran war. It reflects a broader shift i…

Across energy, migration and social policy, Germany’s leaders are defying economic realities and deepening the country’s crisis. Photo: Aris Messinis/AFP/Profimedia/AI
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Open Borders and an XXL Welfare State: Germany’s Elite Fights Reality

Whether in energy, migration or social policy, politicians and the media are determined to prove that economic laws do not apply i…

Pride parade in Budapest. Photo: Marton Monus/picture alliance via Getty Images
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The Woke Ruling Against Hungary: How the EU Seeks to Impose “European Values”

The European Court of Justice has condemned Hungary for alleged discrimination. At the same time, Brussels is channeling billions …

Armed members of Iran’s security forces stand guard amid an uncertain political transition. Photo: Stringer/Getty Images
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Iran Reshapes Eurasia

The military attack on Iran by Israel and the US is fundamentally changing power relations and geopolitical interests across the v…

Brussels faces uncertainty over Peter Magyar, as his pledge to continue key elements of Orban’s policies clashes with EU expectations. Photo: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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Magyar and Brussels: Sovereignty Under Pressure

Peter Magyar was meant to clean Augias’ pigsty on Brussels’ orders. Unlike Heracles, however, he faced a harder task: to do so wit…

Public trust in Friedrich Merz is fading as doubts grow over the government’s economic performance. Photo: Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images/AI
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It’s the Economy, Stupid

Public satisfaction with the government now appears closely tied to whether it delivers credible and economically successful polic…

An Iranian woman works in a hut used as a carpet-weaving workshop in the village of Ordoogah in Kerman Province, Iran. Photo: Rouzbeh Fouladi/NurPhoto/Getty Images
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Who Benefits from the Iran Crisis?

Iran is fighting for survival, Israel is operating amid chaos, and US influence is waning. The result is a return to an era in whi…

People gather in protest outside Liverpool Crown Court on 23 January 2025 ahead of the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana. Photo: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images
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Southport Killer: A Preventable Tragedy and a Catalogue of Failures

Years of missed warnings and institutional hesitation allowed a known risk to culminate in the murder of three children in Southpo…

The first American pope defies expectations, as tensions rise with Donald Trump over the limits of religious symbolism. Photo: Statement / AI
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Trump Picks the Wrong Fight with Pope Leo XIV

The first American pope is defying expectations in Washington. Donald Trump’s bid to use religious symbolism has brought him into …

Abortion on a global scale remains the defining moral question of our time. Photo: Drew Angerer/AFP/Profimedia
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Abortion as the World’s Greatest Tragedy – and the Silence Around It

Abortion has become the leading cause of death in the world, according to the WHO. At the same time, however, in Europe and in the…

Ryanair aircraft wing seen from a cabin window at dusk. Rising aviation fuel costs are expected to push ticket prices higher. Photo: Nacho Doce/Reuters
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Cheap Flights Under Threat As Aviation Fuel Prices Surge

Ryanair and other carriers are preparing to raise fares as soaring fuel prices force airlines to pass costs on to passengers.

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