Prisoner swaps are controversial, but there are sure to be more
Russia’s Man of War. By Cathy Scott-Clark. Hurst; 424 pages; $34.99 and £25 ONE OF THE stranger diplomatic scenes took place ...
Mistral, Europe’s biggest AI startup, is blowing hot
THERE IS LITTLE reason to cheer the cooling of relations between America and the European Union. But it’s an ill wind that bl...
Romania is caught between Putin, Trump and Europe
Calin Georgescu has friends in high places. In the past few weeks the Romanian presidential hopeful has received support from...
Stitch by stitch, Rose Girone kept her family going
Knitting divides opinion. On one side are those for whom it is traumatic. First, the very look of a knitting pattern, in whic...
Syria has got rid of Bashar al-Assad, but not sectarian tensions
Another day, another shootout. On February 26th security forces in Latakia, Syria’s biggest port, killed four people includin...
The behaviour that annoys colleagues more than any other
Surveys of office behaviour are not scientific. In a global poll conducted last year by Kickresume, a firm that helps create ...
The pay gap between men and women won’t go away
That women earn less than men in rich countries is so well-known it is often met with a shrug. The gender wage gap is one of ...
The tech bros selling drugs by drone
“NEW CHOPPERS, boots on the ground, more co-ordination, and increased resources.” These were some of the steps Canada has tak...
Surreal “Severance” brilliantly captures the reality of office life
Every morning you heave on your armour and steel yourself for the office. The real you is in there somewhere, but in disguise...
Three principles are at play in the cases concerning DOGE
AT A HEARING on February 28th in one of two dozen lawsuits targeting DOGE (Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency...