Worthwhile reading from other sites 2026

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