August 2026
President Xi never wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip Guardian
‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom Guardian
July 2026
Nelson Mandela held a mirror to humanity – and showed us what solidarity means Guardian
The secret lives of flight attendants: ‘British passengers always drink like they’ve never drunk before’ Guardian
The bigger picture: Tuchel gets blame for England exit but this is not only about him Guardian
VAR ‘fixes’, AI slop and perpetual outrage: the World Cup in the age of conspiracy Guardian
Plenty of players but no grassroots: can China ever grow into a footballing giant? Guardian
Trump launches US’s 250th birthday celebrations with partisan attack Guardian
‘This is a hellhole’: Aramco makes its presence hurt in the shadow of the World Cup Guardian
Star City Ends Its Season, Revealing the True Cost of the Space Race Miscelana
April 2026
The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump’s presidency BBC
Feeling off? Your secrets could be making you stressed Guardian
The Guardian view on Germany, Japan and the end of the postwar order: as US alliances crumble, a new world emerges Guardian
The tortoise and the hare: will China beat the US in the race back to the moon? Guardian
Bunker busters and a Burger King: a visual guide to US military bases on British soil Guardian
March 2026
The great care home cash grab: how private equity turned vulnerable elderly people into human ATMs Guardian
WHAT’S THE US-ISRAELI ENDGAME IN IRAN? Dawn
How ignorance, misunderstanding and obfuscation ended Iran nuclear talks Guardian
‘We want change but not like this’: Iranians describe daily life under air attack Guardian
23,000 Flights Cancelled — Iran War Reshaping Global Aviation Map Middle East Insider
The dry and the wet burn together Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi in The London Review of Books
February 2026
Chiang Kai-shek bears main responsibility for 228 Incident: Academia head Focus Taiwan
Will China invade Taiwan? The Week
Nurul Amin Shah Alam, Blind Rohingya Refugee Dumped by Border Patrol, Dies in Cold Mother Jones
Thai Elections Likely to Bring Period of Stability but the Establishment is back, fully in charge Asia Sentinel
Thailand election: The result the polls never saw coming BBC
The pro-democracy People’s party is leading the polls, but Thailand has been here before Guardian
All politics is digital politics Guardian
Trump’s toxic, racist video surpasses previous levels of debasement Guardian
Shamed by the Epstein scandal, riven by infighting: have the UK royals ever been in a bigger mess than this? Guardian
Propaganda in cinemas, newsrooms slashed: this is the US media under Trump and his tech barons Guardian
On Polymarket, ‘privileged’ users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand? Guardian
January 2026
Donald Trump needs helpers for his appalling neocolonialist project. What else is this ‘board of peace’? Guardian
In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all Guardian
Trump’s ‘pay-to-play’ politics fuel a ‘new gilded age’, experts say Guardian
As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? Guardian
Mark Carney tells Davos the old world order is ‘not coming back’ as Trump heads to Switzerland Guardian
Carney just announced that the West lost the Second Cold War Arnaud Bertrand