The Beiruter

By Lisa O’Carroll & Leyland Cecco

Watered-down version of statement to be issued at end of Montreal summit instead offers ‘ever closer association’

By Steve Bloomfield

We’ve heard much about the end of the west. At the proposed summit between Trump, Putin and Xi, those fears could crystallise

By Nick Robins-Early

Datacenters, AI and distaste for the billionaires developing it has soured Americans on big tech

By Lauren Almeida

Difference between French and German borrowing costs widens after public buildings burned and shops looted

By Nathalie Tocci

If far right nationalists gain power in four big countries simultaneously, we are in for a dramatic Trumpian tilt

By Patrick Wintour

Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed says Iran-backed militia’s use of drones represents ‘new era of radical terrorism’

By Nesrine Malik

The latest attack by Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia may prove to be more calamitous for the region than the world imagines

By Shaun Walker

Dozens of CIA officers have been afflicted by debilitating symptoms over the past decade. Are they the result of ‘mass hysteria’? Or are they from attacks with an energy weapon and, if so, who is responsible? And has there been a cover-up?

By Emmanuel Nwalozie

HIV, COVID-19, and Ebola all had a virus, and each one got a scapegoat instead.

By Sydney Topping

Nuclear weapons can end civilization in minutes. So why have we made them sound almost harmless?

By Hyun Yoo

AI made answers abundant, but evaluation became the bottleneck.

By Peter Bennett

In China’s gleaming new megacities, the country’s old money is nowhere to be found.

By Peter Bennett

A handful of Silicon Valley billionaires have quietly assembled the largest single-issue political war chest in American history.

By Mackenzie Cobb

The uncertain terms of an unpredictable environment, continually accelerated by unbounded emissions, will present multitudes of immigration challenges.

By Dara Drake & Victoria Li

AI in education offers benefits but risks widening gaps for students lacking resources and access.