Britain’s reverse imperialism
Americans must confront the colonization the British are enduring – or suffer the same fate
World
Sunday
Friday
The logic of Trump resuming nuclear weapons testing
In this fraught international context, Trump is acting totally sane
Thursday
Activist silence over Sudan speaks volumes
Forces that mobilized over Gaza have, in the case of atrocities being committed in Sudan, fallen almost entirely silent
A rare earths deal is China’s gift to Trump
Though he received no presents from Xi, Trump clearly enjoyed cavorting abroad and collecting tribute
How the occult captured the modern mind
The British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, proposed a “law of science” in 1968: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Clarke’s proposition had a quality of rightness, of stating the obvious with sparkling clarity, that propelled it into dictionaries of quotations. The timing was perfect: Concorde would soon be flying over rock festivals packed with hippies obsessed with “magick.” Naturally Clarke’s readers understood the difference between aerodynamics and sky gods. But African tribesmen gawping at an early airplane, or Pacific Islanders watching an atomic explosion, could only conclude that they were witnessing a supernatural event: for them, a scientific explanation was literally
Wednesday
Trump’s Asian vacation
The summit with Xi will cap what’s been an absolutely delightful Asian invasion for Trump
Tuesday
Is America at war?
US air strikes destroyed four more boats allegedly carrying narcotics
Saturday
Will Hamas give ‘cold peace’ a chance?
No one expects Gaza to establish a stable, comprehensive peace with Israel
Will Trump meet ‘Little Rocket Man?’
Trump has set off on a tour of Asia to meet regional leaders
Wednesday
So much for Trump’s peace push
Trump is sanctioning Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil
Tuesday
How Israel won the war – and lost the PR battle
The Jewish state has won. But at what cost?
How the drug cartels are ‘diversifying’ into baby-trafficking
Many of the women were lured with promises of easy cash jobs during the final months of pregnancy
Should the Nord Stream saboteurs be extradited to Germany?
Berlin prosecutors see the operation as an attack on Germany – the Poles see it as an attack on Russia
Monday
Is Kemi Badenoch plotting an American move?
The doomed Tory leader may be eyeing a career on the American lecture circuit
Bolivia votes for ‘capitalism for all’
Left-wing rule has left the country’s economy in chaos
Friday
Trump, the foreign policy president?
For his part, Zelensky played his cards very well
Schrödinger’s covert action
Now Trump has announced it, is CIA covert action in Venezuela really covert?
Why the French are dreaming of a Donald Trump à la française
The French have never got The Donald. Amid parliamentary deadlock and fiscal crisis, this may now be changing
Thursday
The UN’s ‘climate crisis’ tax
Countries deemed ‘vulnerable’ to climate change would receive payments
Wednesday
Justin Trudeau kisses Canada goodbye
The liberal lothario was photographed kissing Katy Perry on a yacht in Malibu
