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Globalisation teaches the value of local fixes and self-sufficiency

Rishi Sunak, Britain's chancellor, was in Washington DC last week to discuss the state of the global economy with his fellow finance ministers.

A new anti-colonial struggle has started. Will it reach Putin?

History is teetering on an edge. No one knows which way it will go. Maybe the Russian empire, the last and most terrible of the European empires, will fall. Or maybe it will absorb the hit and survive as it has survived and expanded since the 17th century. You'd be a fool to bet against it. The graveyards of Eurasia are full of those who did.

Beyond kelp Is seaweed our next great hope?

From food to plastics, o ocean vegetation could solve many looming production problems, say researchers

A hard centre

In the end, France opted for laissez-faire over the radical unknown of the far right. In his second term as president, can Emmanuel Macron find a way to connect with an angry and fractured nation?

Vending machines

Almost invisible by virtue of their ubiquity, automated snack dispensers work around the clock to those in need of a little pick-me-up. But who keeps hold of the levers?

Great and small

From a teacup piglet to a hoary pig, from a menacing owlet to a magnificent hunter-Gerrard Gethings' animal portraits show there's grace at every age

“They said the crew was evacuated. It's a cruel, cynical lie!' Relatives despair for the Moskva's missing

For days after the Moskva cruiser sank in the Black Sea, Yulia Tsyvova had been desperately searching for information about her son Andrei.

Round two Macron and Le Pen battle to win over left's voters

Emmanuel Macron is engaged in the battle of his career to persuade leftwing voters many of whom have taken to the streets to oppose his government over the past five years - to turn out this Sunday and give him a second term in office.

Meta pays for cables to reach new users

When government officials in the Nigerian state of Edo set about radically improving poor internet access for its population of 4 million, they didn't have to look far for help.

If Netflix is stumbling, will Wall Street renew or cancel?

Hit after hit - from Stranger Things to Bridgerton cemented Netflix's position as the leading streaming service.

True stripes

It's 20 years since the White Stripes frontman was anointed as rock royalty. Out of lockdown, he has two new albums and is on the road again

Protests in Shanghai reveal public mistrust of 'zero Covid'

At about noon last Tuesday, Yu Wenming, an 82-year-old man in Shanghai, A called his local residential committee for help.

Facebook in Africa Network struggles to curb west African disinformation tide

Social media campaigns pushing an anti-western, pro-Russian agenda seem to have laid the ground for a series of coups in the Sahel

FROM RUSSIA WITH NO LOVE

The war has prompted an exodus from the west of Russians accused of espionage, which some feel is long overdue. Why were the clandestine activities of so many diplomats' indulged for so long?

Cleaning up the chaos Charred houses, ruined lawns, broken bridges and unexploded bombs

Galina Muzyra moved around her front garden as she cleaned up the mess left by occupying Russian soldiers.

Balancing act Could rising prices sink the Democrats' midterm hopes?

The latest inflation report from the US labor department, released last week, showed US prices increased by 8.5% between March 2021 and March 2022 - the highest level since 1981.

'I AM CRYING EVERY DAY' IN THE STANDS WITH UKRAINIANS AS DYNAMO KYIV PLAY ONCE MORE

Football club kicks off its ‘match for peace' series in Warsaw, watched by thousands of refugees and fans seeking national solidarity

War games in the Baltics

Nato's 'achilles heel' faces uncertain time

The battle for Kyiv is over-but the Donbas will be a different story

The tragedy discovered amid the rubble of Bucha and Borodianka overshadowed any jubilation that Kyiv had defeated Russian forces that had spent a month trying to envelop the capital and snuff out the Ukrainian nation.

Scientists have revealed how to solve the climate crisis, but will we listen?

Amid the triple crisis of the war in Ukraine, the still-raging pandemic and escalating inflation, climate scientists have just pulled off a truly impressive achievement. They have stood firm and persuaded the world's governments to agree to a common guide to solving the climate emergency. Despite the despair of mounting global problems, the release of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows some grounds for hope.

Patel sorry as just 12,000 arrive in UK

Priti Patel, Britain's home secretary, has apologised for the time it has taken for Ukrainian refugees to arrive in the UK under two visa schemes, after new figures showed 12,000 have so far reached Britain.

A RECESSION WORSE THAN ANY OTHER THE PAINFUL PROSPECT OF CHANGING TO LIFE WITHOUT RUSSIAN GAS

BERLIN n Germany, they call it “Day X”. Businesses up and down the land are making contingency plans for what is seen as a growing likelihood that Russian gas will stop flowing into Europe's biggest economy.

KHARKIV UNDER FIRE ‘WE HAVEN'T HAD A DAY OFF IN A MONTH'

The rubbish collectors in Kharkiv wear flak jackets. Several of their trucks are peppered with shrapnel holes from shells that landed during their rounds. The bins they empty are packed with the shattered, twisted remains of homes destroyed by explosions.

In the bad books

From Art Spiegelman to Margaret Atwood, books are disappearing from American schools’ shelves. What’s behind the rise in censorship?

Slowly but surely, the sun is setting on the Commonwealth

Just how long has the British monarchy been in crisis? This time – after “Megxit”, after Prince Andrew – it was the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s disastrous trip to the Caribbean.

Putin casts a shadow over Orbán in high-stakes election

Until the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hungary’s general election campaign was dominated by such ruling party preoccupations as “traditional values” and protecting children from “ LGBT propaganda ”.

Omicron makes tracks into virus-free outposts

Covid outbreaks in Samoa and Vanuatu have further whittled down the number of Pacific island nations that have escaped the pandemic, as cases surge after the first instances of community transmission in both countries.

The Putin perplexity Biden's blunder may at least force the west to focus on an endgame

At the end of what had been a largely flawless visit to Europe, during which he focused on the misery Vladimir Putin was imposing on Russia, Joe Biden closed his 27 -minute speech last Saturday evening in Warsaw by conjuring up the image of a less popular US president – George W Bush – when he said: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”

Welcome to Britain. Now what?

As war in Ukraine creates millions of new refugees, many people evacuated from Kabul last summer are still living in limbo. For six months, we followed three families as they adjust to life in their new home

What happens next? Moscow may have scaled back its military ambitions, but the war is far from over

One month after Vladimir Putin asserted that Ukraine should be liberated from the historical mistake of its independence, the Russian defence ministry announced that Russia’s war aims were limited to the Donbas region, and nearing completion.