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The perils of prosperity: inside Norway’s struggle to spend its €1.7tn oil and gas fund
It’s not always easy being rich – just ask Norway’s prime minister. Following re-election last week, Jonas Gahr Støre holds the nation’s purse strings as a cast of competitive coalition partners and critics from…
Author Thomas Chatterton Williams on the backfiring of identity politics and the unravelling of America
In his latest release, Williams warns readers against the risks of identity-centred movements led by both the right and left. We speak to him about his book and how to address a fractured democracy.
Dutch coalition collapse leaves politics all at sea as Schoof seeks a new course
As tall ships sailed into Amsterdam, Dutch politics ran aground: the shock resignation of NSC ministers has left prime minister Dick Schoof’s fragile cabinet in crisis and Europe questioning the Netherlands’ reliability.
Want to make a restaurant succeed in Washington? Invite the Maga crowd
The perceived wisdom is that Washington is more divided than ever. The city’s social scene, however, tells a different story. Butterworth’s in Capitol Hill is booming. Even at 17.00 on a sweltering weekday when…
Sporting an ankle monitor, Bolsonaro seems a spent force as Trump’s tariff threats backfire
Jair Bolsonaro cuts a forlorn figure these days. Until recently, Brazil’s hard-right former president was able to pack arenas and inspire crowds to hit the streets. His rallies would shut down the country’s biggest…
Opinion
Is the US ready for a presidential library with a gift shop bigger than its reading room?
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All eyes are on Corsica, as a vote on its greater autonomy – or even full independence – from Paris approaches
As a vote on the issue of autonomy in Corsica approaches, some are demanding that self-ruling local powers be written into the island territory’s constitution.
Matters of the art: Verónica Delgadillo García plans to position Guadalajara as a culture hub
The first female mayor of a Mexican city is tackling living standards as next year’s World Cup approaches.
As Geert Wilders brings down the coalition, Amsterdam breathes a sigh of relief
Amsterdam-Oost is precisely the kind of neighbourhood that unsettles Geert Wilders, the populist leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV). It is multicultural, mixed-income and on the up. But when the Netherlands’ four-party coalition…
New York isn’t blinking in its congestion-price standoff with Trump
There have been many calls for resistance against president Donald Trump since he returned to the White House in January – but surprisingly little action. New York, however, appears to be stepping up and…
