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The Opinion columnist M. Gessen examines how the president governs through spectacle, and the message his displays of force ...

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Follow live updates as Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife plead not guilty at their first court appearance in a ...

A Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied ...

The journalist Jonathan Blitzer explains the various interests and factions at play in the Trump administration’s strike ...

Global defence share prices and revenues have soared thanks to higher military spending since the start of Russia’s ...

2026 is a building year for the DCU. While Marvel unleashes its heaviest possible hitters, DC is adding to their solid foundation with two more films – including one that may be a bit out of left ...

Experts and women’s rights groups warn sexual violence and child safety narratives are being ‘weaponised to promote ...

There’s something about the energy of a music festival that just hits different. Maybe it’s the shared anticipation, the way ...

As vinyl sleeves grew into larger creative canvases, musicians in the 1970s increasingly turned to visionary photographers, painters and design studios to translate sound into image ...

As we have every year, we’ll check back at the end of 2026 and provide a report card on how we did, whether our accuracy ends ...