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The War Room newsletter: Mission Maduro—when special ops succeed
Richard Cockett, a senior editor, discusses history’s best special operations with an SAS officer
Eli Lilly plans $3.5 billion manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania to make next-generation obesity injections
The plant will help make Lilly's experimental drug called retatrutide, which has shown the highest weight loss seen to date in a late-stage trial.
What will Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve look like?
Donald Trump’s nominee was an inflation hawk—until he wasn’t
UK politics: Starmer shrugs off Trump’s criticism of ‘very dangerous’ deal with China – as it happened
Prime minister suggests US president was ‘talking more about Canada’ when asked for reaction to Beijing visitProminent Hong Kong and Uyghur activists living in exile in the UK have accused...
How to topple Iran’s ayatollahs
The shah’s son and an ex-prime minister should team up to break the Islamic hierarchy and write a new constitution, argues Amir Hossein Ganjbakhsh, a dissident
UN risks 'imminent financial collapse', secretary general warns
António Guterres says the international body could run out of money by July due to members' unpaid fees.
Trump picks Kevin Warsh to lead the US Federal Reserve
The 55-year-old economist had been considered for Fed chair during Trump's first term.
Is a matcha latte better for you than a builder’s brew?
We spill the tea
Islamic State claims attack on international airport and airbase in Niger
Motorcycle-riding militants launch strikes using heavy weaponry and drones, damaging planes belonging to Ivorian carrier and Togolese airlineIslamic State in the Sahel has claimed responsibility for an audacious assault at...
‘Deeply ideological’: the rationale behind Iran’s insistence on uranium enrichment
Tehran’s nuclear ambitions date back to the shah and the 1970s and remains undimmed despite the damage caused by sanctionsA desperate effort to avert war between the US and Iran...
Blocks of ICE: the fallout from Trump’s deportation agenda
Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, the mood turns on immigration enforcement
Syrian government and Kurdish forces reach deal on permanent truce
Milestone appears to resolve escalating tensions over the question of Kurdish autonomy in north-east SyriaThe Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces have reached an agreement to extend a fragile ceasefire into...