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 ...

If the government truly wants to revive growth, it will need to tackle the barriers to private-sector investment. Until that happens, British firms will never reach their potential https://t.co/ygnerKdUzv ...

Some Indian authorities have privately briefed journalists that the plotters were “acting at the behest of Pakistan-backed handlers”. But Indian leaders have not repeated that charge in public https://t.co/wmCOZLZLYm ...

One factor that makes the stand-off over Tigray so worrying is the civil war next door in Sudan. External powers have competing interests in both territories https://t.co/BDSJzGysWE ...

Will AI bring an economic revival, a financial bust or a social backlash, or some combination of the three? The world will start to find out in 2026 https://t.co/ZFogUm03yg ...

Britons tend to be sniffy about eating snails. But there is a new fad involving the delectable gastropods that they do have a taste for: tax avoidance https://t.co/q6D1EJsPyRPhoto: Getty Images https://t.co/lNOiqhyf1i ...

Three years ago one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century ended when Ethiopia’s government struck a peace deal with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. Now it is unravelling https://t.co/cloaLdNBuF ...

India’s states are wildly diverse. If the country is to grow as fast as policymakers hope, each one will have to play to its own strengths https://t.co/6pHvSIbkZ1 ...

Freedom of expression for artists, journalists and other critics has deteriorated in India under Narendra Modi’s government https://t.co/791QerpRxz ...

The less Vladimir Putin can achieve on the battlefield in Ukraine, the more he will want to escalate elsewhere to achieve his goals. How will the conflict play out in 2026? https://t.co/SX3d023cEF ...