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After a divisive election, this summer’s Games will fire the starting gun on a vast project to transform the French capital
The case for investing in sneakers, what’s wrong with economics and where did all the female pop stars come from?
As his team reaches the final of Euro 2024, no one in the history of English men’s football can match his record
As the president fights to persuade Democrats he can beat Trump, America is listening again
Repatriation is a hot topic for museums — and for the families sheltering mysterious artefacts in grand houses
There’s an art to inventing a whole portable self
Inside the historic trial that convicted the parents of a school shooter
The chancellor’s mission to stoke economic growth faces dire headwinds, and might call for harsh trade-offs
When a system requires perfection from operators, the consequences can be troubling
It would be naive to see the UK as immune to this phenomenon; Reform UK is not yet ready
UN report shows earlier — and lower — peak for number of people in the world to reach its maximum level
Statistics suggest that ‘supersized’ and brand new tournaments are pushing elite players to the limit
Financial capital set to descend into gridlock during marriage festivities for son of billionaire industrialist
Medical historian Beth Linker provides a timely account of 20th-century America’s obsession with good posture
Pan-Mediterranean food served in a beautiful old bank
What happens when philosopher David Rodin gets called in to the corner office
Surging settler violence, military raids and economic pressure have further undermined the credibility of the PA leadership
French Europhile president will be distracted by domestic problems and less inclined to shake things up
Having avoided military recruitment in prisons, Kyiv is now copying a tactic Russia adopted early in the war
An audience with the TikTok star, supermarket menace and egg-guzzling health vigilante
Swiss bank issues alarming outlook for the wealthy in Britain, but the flight of ‘non-doms’ is only a small factor
The US president’s team must face the reality of what a second term would look like now
‘We have never seen such an anomaly’ warns climate expert even as La Niña phenomenon brings early signs of cooling
President Bola Tinubu says his reforms are necessary to achieve market discipline, but millions could be pushed into poverty in the process
Kremlin has turned to microprocessors and other technology not intended for military use to skirt sanctions