Japan records fifth straight yearly trade deficit
Japan posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025, as concerns continued to grow over US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and Japan’s political rift with neighbouring China.…
Moisés Caicedo saves face for wasteful Chelsea against battling Pafos
The brief ripple of applause at full time said it all. This was a deeply unconvincing display from Chelsea, who took 78 agonising minutes to find a way past the…
Storm brews over new F1 rules loopholes as Mercedes and Red Bull gain advantage | Giles Richards
Compression ratios will be at the top of the FIA’s agenda in a meeting with F1 teams to head off growing fears before the 2026 season gets under way Unveiling…
House burping: should we all adopt this German habit?
It’s a simple way to keep homes fresh and mould-free, and has caught on in the US. But there are a few potential downsides … Name: House burping. Age: New…
I had an eye-opening experience in the queue for a pub toilet | Adrian Chiles
There was the struggle to make chitchat, a whiff of humiliation – and a sobering recognition of what women have to put up with I had an unusual experience just…
The IMF’s banal language is sane-washing an economic crisis created by the egomaniacal Donald Trump
Their latest report makes no mention of Greenland, Venezuela, or even Trump. This is just a pretence that normality continues Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get…
‘The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending’: the Canadian PM’s call to action at Davos | Mark Carney
In a rousing speech, Mark Carney made the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order. We reproduce it here Today I will talk about a…
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I…
The Guardian view on Keir Starmer and Donald Trump: quiet diplomacy has reached its limit | Editorial
The prime minister has a duty to be candid with the British public about the scale of the global realignment caused by a volatile US president One foreign policy achievement…
The ‘rules-based order’ Davos craves has bigger problems than Trump: it represents a world that no longer exists
The global economic system doesn’t even benefit its US and European creators any more – let alone indebted nations or emerging giants Donald Trump represents everything that the Davos crowd…