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The great Tory beauty pageant
The race to succeed Rishi Sunak as UK Conservative leader is heating up.
Former MEP set to become first minister of Wales
US presidential candidates Harris and Trump launch lines of attack: A crook or ‘Dumb as a Rock’
Parisians are pissed as Olympics make it hard to get around town
Washington’s most powerful interests don’t know whether to cheer Harris — or dread her
15 experts predict what Biden’s dropout means for the 2024 election
Alone and abandoned, Biden learns that friends are more dangerous than enemies
As Richard Nixon and LBJ showed, U.S. presidents leave the fight when their own side gives up.
What a Kamala Harris foreign policy could look like
She would likely stay tough on Russia and China, and has rebuked Israel’s handling of aid into Gaza.
What happens next now that Biden has dropped out?
The next nominee must begin locking down the endorsements of delegates.
Biden drops out, throwing the 2024 US election into chaos
He did not immediately endorse anyone.
Trump returns to the stage. And stays and stays and stays
He was subdued. Defiant. And everything in between.
Kamala Harris backers prepare her defense
The informal effort, not sanctioned by the Vice President, is preparing for the moment Biden may step down.
‘Scared to Death’: GOP Security Hawks Slam Vance Selection
By choosing the Ukraine-skeptic Ohio senator, Trump accelerates his party’s rejection of its Reaganite roots.
Democratic delegates erupt over Biden’s nomination in private chats
Messages shared between Democratic delegates and activists in California, the biggest and one of the bluest states, lay bare the infighting over their nominee’s fitness for a presidential run.
How the 2024 Olympics changed Paris
We hand out gold medals and wooden spoons to the French capital.
How Alexander Lukashenko’s tyranny ends
As the Belarusian dictator marks three decades in power, his enabling of Russia’s war in Ukraine and reliance on Kremlin money make him vulnerable, say regime insiders.
Improving lung cancer survival in Europe
Political commitment to screening is crucial.
Biden pleads with Americans to cool down the political temperature
“We cannot, we must not go down this road in America.”
An expert on political violence sees a way out of America’s crisis
Despite the bitter atmosphere, there are real ways to ease political tensions.
Timeline: Assassinations of American presidents and presidential candidates
Assassination plots have been a part of American political life since the 19th century.
Fugitive Romanian prince triggers legal storm on sun-kissed island
Officials from Bucharest are being dispatched to Malta to push for Paul Philippe’s extradition over an illegal land grab.
The world’s most successful military alliance. If you can keep it.
Trump or not in the White House, NATO has to embrace some hard realities to survive another five — much less 75 — years.
Who could be the next French PM?
The winning left-wing alliance has many options for Prime Minister. None of them will make everyone happy.
Biden skeptics debate whether to ‘get a spine’
The president’s survival depends on the timidity of his own party.
Labour’s top policy priorities
A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.