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  • Thursday, 14 May, 2026
    Nuclear energy
    EDF: Europe’s nuclear hope

    The group needs to cut costs and rejuvenate its reactor-building expertise

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  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
    Transport
    The Iran war and the future of cheap flights

    Low-cost air travel may be a thing of the past as rising fuel prices tip carriers into another crisis

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  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2026
    Trump tariffs
    Trump loses his trade superpower

    ‘Tariff man’ wants to recover from a wounding Supreme Court ruling. But Congress is restive and voters are unhappy

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  • Monday, 11 May, 2026
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    Life without US tech

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  • Saturday, 9 May, 2026
    Indian politics & policy
    Modi’s extraordinary comeback

    Two years after losing its majority, the BJP is taking opposition strongholds, paving the prime minister’s way for a fourth term

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  • Friday, 8 May, 2026
    Financial fraud
    Britain’s fraudbuster is on the ropes

    Critics say the SFO’s prosecutions take too long and fail too often. The risk is that white-collar crime goes unpunished

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  • Thursday, 7 May, 2026
    Global migration
    Four ways Europe’s big immigration experiment has changed Spain

    The country accounts for a quarter of new EU jobs this decade — 70 per cent of them have gone to immigrants

    A large crowd of people stands in long, winding lines inside a spacious hall, waiting to receive documentation. A police car is parked in the background.
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
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    Is the EU’s countryside about to change?

    European farmers have long counted on political protection and state support. Now that may be fracturing

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  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Asset management
    Why the Schroder family sold up

    The sale of the UK’s largest independent asset manager comes after the death of a patriarch and the rise of giant US funds

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  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Legal services
    The law firm that shaped Wall Street and the world

    With fewer than 300 lawyers, Wachtell racked up bumper profits and exercised outsize influence. Now its model is being challenged as never before

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  • Saturday, 2 May, 2026
    US politics & policy
    Trump is remaking America in his image

    The president’s name and face increasingly appear on institutions and the symbols of state, a form of aggrandisement once anathema to US leaders

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  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    Space exploration
    The hunt for a new Earth

    From the Artemis II Moon mission to investigations of far-flung planets, a new ‘golden age’ of space exploration has arrived

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  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    UK local elections
    Starmergeddon: what Labour’s likely meltdown means for the UK

    The ruling party is being outflanked by populists on the left and right. The consequences could change British politics for good

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  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
    EU defence
    Germany re-arms: what does it mean for Europe?

    Paris sees risks for its industry and the continent’s sovereignty in Berlin’s rapid defence build-up

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  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    Technology sector
    The great American data centre divide

    Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure, putting them at odds with the White House

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  • Saturday, 25 April, 2026
    Middle East war
    America’s bid for energy supremacy is being forged in war

    The US stands to benefit as war in Iran reshapes oil and gas flows, but Europe and Asia are wary of becoming too reliant on American supply

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  • Friday, 24 April, 2026
    Media
    Donald Trump and the remaking of America’s media order

    The president once railed against the ‘fake news’ from the outside. Today, the system itself bears his imprint

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  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    UK universities
    Business degrees are booming in the UK. Who is profiting?

    Average incomes five years after graduating are less than for people who studied nursing

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  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2026
    Global Economy
    Six lessons from history’s greatest financial crises

    The Babylonians had debt defaults. The S&L scandal led to 2008. What else does the past tell us?

    Montage image of a $100 bill, traders on Black Monday and a clay tablet
  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2026
    UK politics
    Too late to turn to Europe?

    How Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset ran out of road

    Montage image of Keir Starmer, the EU flag, European Commission building and UK parliament
  • Monday, 20 April, 2026
    US economy
    Kevin Warsh: Trump’s next fall guy at the Fed?

    The nominee to lead the world’s most powerful central bank wants big changes. But there’s risk of confrontation with the president over interest rates

    A collage of Kevin Warsh and Donald Trump in front of the Federal Reserve building
  • Saturday, 18 April, 2026
    Luxury goods
    Bandage dresses and sellout shoes: Big Luxury’s bid to reinvent itself

    Many brands yanked up prices. Then millions of customers left

    Giovanni Giannoni/WWD via Getty Images
  • Friday, 17 April, 2026
    Education
    The kids staying away from school

    Absenteeism that rose dramatically during Covid-19 has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels. The costs are mounting

    A Roosevelt High School student walks alone down a hallway lined with blue lockers and orange brick walls
  • Thursday, 16 April, 2026
    US politics & policy
    The pope versus the president: how Leo became Trump’s fearless foe

    As he steps up his criticism of the Iran war, the pontiff’s American background has given him a role in US politics unlike any predecessor

    Pope Leo in yellow vestments set against a stained-glass window showing a dove. In the foreground, Donald Trump
  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Health sector
    Private healthcare in the UK: helping or harming the NHS?

    Critics worry the country is heading towards a two-tier system. Dentistry is a cautionary tale

    A person in green scrubs with ‘doctor’ embroidered, wearing gloves and a plastic gown, holds a stethoscope
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