America’s policy shifts have opened up numerous opportunities for China to increase its global influence in the coming year. Three stand out https://t.co/JohJDO6bnW ...

The Rohingya risk arrest and indefinite detention by Malaysian immigration authorities. But every year thousands attempt the perilous journey anyway, because conditions back home are so dire https://t.co/7qfOdZkT4w ...

There is no shortage of ideas, however unrealistic, for rebuilding Gaza. Some envisage several phases of development. The biggest obstacle is money https://t.co/9LEmfkw0PW ...

Nader Sadaqa was imprisoned for murdering Israelis and released in October as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.On “The Weekend Intelligence”, @nicolaspelham visits him in Cairo https://t.co/1kLEouYN8Z ...

The Supreme Court seems likely to say no https://t.co/w19MlVmdOt ...

There is no grand plan for Britain’s government, which, given Downing Street started a civil war a fortnight before a budget, is incapable of thinking even weeks ahead, never mind years https://t.co/vIwPKjU0H6 ...

From “Weapons” to “Hamnet”, our selection has something for everyone https://t.co/wYn30i77q2 ...

“Excuse the dark humour, but if I’m to die, I want to be beautiful for it,” says Daria, a Ukrainian supply sergeant. “Who knows, maybe a killer drone will see how pretty I am and decide to fly on” https://t.co/Rc7g6gAPBh ...

A majority of Maryna Zhegulina’s clients are female, but many men come too. Their main concern is premature hair loss. The war in Ukraine is, unsurprisingly, hard on the hairline https://t.co/MLH5vU4e2Q ...

Russia’s president is waiting for Ukraine to run out of men, for its government to collapse, or for Donald Trump or Europe to lose patience.If none of those things happen, Vladimir Putin will be storing up a terrible reckoning in 2026 https://t.co/Vo79h75s7n ...