Today
- Exclusive
- Russia-Ukraine war
On the front line with Ukraine’s youngest commander
Kharkiv’s improbable resistance, led by General Sergei Melnik, faces growing threats from Russia and political stalemate in the US.
- Jack Wright
Yesterday
Russia’s spy network takes a deadly turn
The country’s intelligence services have been put on a war footing and begun operating at a level of aggressiveness reminiscent of the Stalin era.
- Michael Schwirtz and José Bautista
This Month
UK inflation stronger than expected on higher fuel prices
While the latest reading was the lowest since September 2021, the Bank of England and private-sector economists had expected an even lower one.
- Irina Anghel
Horror fire engulfs Copenhagen’s historic stock exchange
Shocked passers-by raced to save artwork and treasures from the 400-year-old stock exchange building as its spire collapsed in flames.
- Tom Little and Isabelle Yr Carlsson
Ukraine’s top commander says front has ‘significantly worsened’
Ukraine’s outmanned and outgunned army is struggling to halt a multipronged and intensifying Russian offensive.
- Christopher Miller and Guy Chazan
Ukraine’s army at breaking point after new Russian missile strikes
Ukraine is at its most fragile in more than two years of war, according to officials, as Russian missile attacks blow up Kyiv’s biggest power plant.
- Natalia Drozdiak, Peter Martin and Kateryna Chursina
Sunak apologises to Adidas Samba wearers for ‘ruining’ their coolness
A video of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the white trainers went viral on social media, sparking another uproar about his fashion choices.
- Genevieve Holl-Allen
Havana Syndrome: Inside the mysterious attacks on CIA officers
New evidence points to unexplained health problems possibly caused by energy weapons wielded by Unit 29155 of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service.
- Roman Dobrokhotov, Christo Grozev and Michael Weiss
ECB leaves rates unchanged as central banks wrestle with cuts
The European Central Bank and the developed world’s other central banks are tilting toward undoing some of the sharp increases to interest rates as US inflation remains strong.
- David McHugh
Olympics turns pro with $77,000 cash for track gold
World Athletics has set aside $US2.4 million to pay track and field gold medallists in Paris this year, as Olympic amateurism continues to fade away.
- James Ellingworth
US sends Ukraine seized Iranian-made weapons
The weapons include 5000 Kalashnikov rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, along with half-a-million rounds of ammunition.
- Alex Horton
‘It’s chaos’: Chinese EVs pile up at Europe’s ports
Executives say Chinese carmakers are not selling EVs in Europe as fast as they expected, turning ports into car parks.
- Arjun Neil Alim, Robert Wright and Peter Campbell
- Opinion
- Social media
Screen addiction is a disease. Blame wealth
Smartphone addiction, culture wars and low birth rates are all byproducts of modern success that are difficult to fix.
- Janan Ganesh
How this Wirecard executive ran a brutal Russian spy ring
Former COO Jan Marsalek used agents in Vienna to plot break-ins and assassinations by Russian hit squads, prosecutors claim.
- Sam Jones
World’s oldest man says his longevity secret is an ‘unhealthy’ meal
But Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, also says a long life comes down to luck – and moderation.
UK jobs market getting even tougher for new graduates
The number of vacancies for graduates fell 30.2 per cent from a year ago in February, according to data from the jobs search engine Adzuna.
- Isabella Ward
How Russia’s cheap, old bombs are changing the Ukraine war
Moscow is retrofitting “very scary, very lethal” Soviet-era weapons and launching them from beyond the reach of Ukraine’s air-defence systems.
- Christopher Miller
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
Why it doesn’t pay to be a working-class professional
Social class is a bigger barrier to career progress than gender or ethnicity, a study by KPMG in Britain has shown.
- Pilita Clark
Bernanke tips BoE towards ‘scenario forecasts’ over Fed dot plots
This week, the former Fed chairman is expected to suggest the Bank of England adopt something new to update its forecasting process and repair its battered reputation.
- Philip Aldrick
Pro-Russia candidate wins Slovakia’s presidential election
Despite the presidency’s limited powers in Slovakia, the election was widely watched as a test of strength between political camps with starkly different views on Russia.
- Andrew Higgins
