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Trump weaponises architecture ahead of the US’s 250th birthday
Donald Trump is busily attempting to recast the US capital in his own image – but why does that image seem to resemble the ‘Germania’ envisioned by the Nazis?
A national birthday is a rare opportunity for the US to put political differences aside – if only people could agree how
The 250th anniversary of the US’s Declaration of Independence is an opportunity for a divided nation to come together. Alas, president Donald Trump has other ideas.
College commencement season is upon us – now is the time to tackle big ideas
At a time when dulled language and strategised communication make our polarised worlds impenetrable, the upcoming spate of college commencement addresses in the US offers an opportunity to redeem the national conversation.
Opinion
Unlike my handwriting, the Republican politicisation of penmanship does make sense
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US-Venezuela relations warm as American Airlines launches Caracas service from Miami
The resumption of flights between the US and Venezuela is a positive step. But hopes for a return to normality is a flight of fancy.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a rapidly evolving space race
The space race is back – and this time it’s an even more hotly contested arena. Can the world’s powers navigate this increasingly crowded orbit?
Who is Pete Hegseth? Trump’s war-hungry secretary of defense
The US secretary of defense’s press conferences on the US-Israeli war with Iran have scaled rhetorical heights not before seen at the Pentagon.
Rising rhetoric and deepening Gulf tensions push the Middle East to the brink
As the US-Israeli war against Iran drags on, the rhetoric among the latter’s fellow Gulf states is beginning to reach fever pitch.
Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader?
After the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by a US-Israeli strike in late February, his son Mojtaba has been named as the Iranian regime’s new leader. What do we know about this mysterious successor?
View from Lebanon: Beirut’s dire déjà vu as reckoning with Hezbollah beckons
Residents of Beirut were jolted awake in the early hours of Monday morning to the bone-shaking thuds. Lebanon has now become a new front in the war between the US, Israel and Iran.
