Politics

How Chinese, Russian Arctic ambitions are fueling a U.S. polar icebreaker mission

China and Russia have a big lead in efforts to control once impenetrable Arctic waters. The U.S. is spending billions on new icebreakers in a race to catch up.

France opens terror probe after attack attempt at Bank of America's Paris headquarters

French police have reportedly arrested a man who ​allegedly attempted to ​ignite an improvised ​explosive device outside Bank of America's offices in Paris.

The Iran war is defense tech's chance to shine, but few systems and weapons are ready

Palmer Luckey's Anduril, software AI company Palantir and Elon Musk's SpaceX are getting the lion's share of defense tech dollars from the Pentagon.

Trump calls Strait of Hormuz the 'Strait of Trump'

Trump recently floated the possibility that the strait could be controlled jointly by "me and the ayatollah" as part of a resolution to the Iran war.

‘We’re quietly chirpy’: some Tories glimpse ray of hope, but others see abyss at May elections

Reform’s lead waning, Labour struggling and Badenoch doing well at PMQs all boost mood but is disaster inevitable?

Firms with more women in top roles more likely to dismiss abusive men, study finds

IFS analysis also finds male-managed companies were more likely to have victim of abuse leave company