Britain should beware the cult of deregulation

Unthinking campaigns against ‘red tape’ are not the way to promote growth

Source: Financial Times

The Maga-fied right are missing Britain’s real crisis

It’s not a terminal moral malaise that’s blighting the country, it’s an economic one

Source: Financial Times

Stop criticising Trump and sign $500bn mineral deal, US official advises Kyiv

National security adviser says Ukraine is wrong to push back against Trump’s approach to peace talks with Russia

White House officials have told Ukraine to stop badmouthing Donald Trump and …

Source: The Guardian

Netflix Plans to Spend $1 Billion Making Content in Mexico Over the Next 4 Years

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says the money will go toward projects like Alfonso Cuarón’s film Roma, which was made in Mexico and went on to international acclaim.

Source: Wired

New deficit assessment brings French pension reform back on negotiating table

France's independent public audit office shared its assessment of the pension system deficit with Prime Minister François Bayrou this Thursday. This is the starting point of a renegotiation of the …

Source: France 24

Psychologists uncover why you get 'the ick' in relationships

Ever found out you gave a woman the ick? Is the man you're interested in repulsed by seemingly trivial habits? Now there's a little more science behind 'the ick'.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Airbus plans to make 820 planes this year despite supply chain problems

European manufacturer reports 8% drop in income for 2024 but says there is ‘solid demand’ for its products

Airbus has said it aims to make 820 planes this year as …

Source: The Guardian

The Chinese market’s second wind

A tech rebound from DeepSeek and the reappearance of Jack Ma

Source: Financial Times

Military doctors prepare to deploy to Guantanamo for extended stay

Orders to deploy medical personnel suggest the Trump administration is contemplating an extended stay for people at the U.S. base in Cuba.

Source: NPR

Marco Rubio: A traditionalist hawk in the age of Trump

The 'might makes right' worldview and ambitions that drive the top US diplomat spearheading Trump's foreign policy.

Source: Al Jazeera

Crowds gather as Hamas returns hostages’ bodies to Israel

Hamas has returned the bodies of four hostages who were abducted from Kibbutz Nir O as part of a ceasefire deal between with Israel. Hamas claims the hostages were killed …

Source: NBC News

Zelensky, Trump envoy give no statement after Kyiv meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine did not give public statements following their meeting in Kyiv Thursday, "at the request of the American …

Source: France 24