From Richard Stubbs, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada ...

I was intrigued that in “The politics of pylons” the authors accepted that the only choices for connecting East Anglian wind ...

Heavy snow storms bring disruption on linkedin (opens in a new window) ...

Technology groups drove US market gains on Monday as equities recovered from a post-Christmas sell-off. The S&P 500 index ...

With regard to Labour’s “in-development” policy on social care, Sarah Woolnough of the King’s Fund is right: it is far too long to wait for people who need care ( Opinion, November 28).

Overextension was a major cause of the decline of the Roman, Byzantine, Mongol, Ottoman, Spanish, British, Japanese and Soviet empires. Iran and Turkey could be tested in 2025 as their leaders age.

Research increases scrutiny over levels of state support for adults who look after children and elderly relatives ...

UK retail sales spending growth was “minimal” and below the rate of inflation in the final three months of 2024, suggesting consumers remained cautious in what is typically the busiest period of the ...

The new French government has signalled it is willing to push for fewer spending cuts and tax increases in fraught budget ...

Finland aims to achieve the best financial literacy in the world by 2030, and projects such as Yrityskylä are a big part of ...

South Korea’s anti-graft agency will seek to extend an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, as pressure mounted on law ...

Solve the housing crisis by allowing everyone above retirement age to downsize, stamp duty-free, transferring excess wealth to families when they need help the most, in their thirties and forties.