The Scoop Saudi Arabia’s ROSHN Group has hired its first full-time chief executive in more than two years, filling one of several leadership vacancies at companies controlled by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund. Naaman Atallah, currently president of real estate at UAE conglomerate Al-Futtaim, is set to join the developer ...
The US needs ‘allied scale’ to counter ChinaThe US needs ‘allied scale’ to counter China
Andy’s view To have any hope of countering China’s industrial challenge, the US needs a coalition. Alone, it is outmatched in overall size — measured by purchasing power, China’s economy is 30% larger — and manufacturing strength: In shipbuilding, for instance, China has more than 200 times US capacity. But ...
How China can muddle through to superpower statusHow China can muddle through to superpower status
Ben’s view Analysis of China is often so polarized that a casual observer might get the impression that Beijing is an unstoppable force on the verge of global domination a precarious dictatorship on the brink of collapse. That is not an impossible combination, of course. The Soviet Union was an ...
Life after Maga: the group offering an ‘exit ramp’ for rightwingers questioning TrumpismLife after Maga: the group offering an ‘exit ramp’ for rightwingers questioning Trumpism
The non-profit Leaving Maga is built on the premise that abandoning the Trump-built movement is like fighting a disease or breaking an addiction Stephania Messina kept birthing boys. In the Quiverfull conservative Christian church she belonged to outside Detroit, Michigan, that made her a community celebrity. Your quiver, as the ...
Colin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people | Howard BryantColin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people | Howard Bryant
A decade after Kaepernick’s quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followed America likes nice round numbers, perfect for anniversaries and reflections, and it has, suddenly, been 10 years since Colin Kaepernick first protested police killings – ...
Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?
It was a bumper season for Hollywood, almost back to pre-pandemic levels, with Tom Holland blockbusters winning out, but there was still a string of disappointments As the world continued to burn and temperatures reached worrying highs, most of us decided to take refuge in the cinema this summer. It ...
‘Led us down such a dark path’: documentary explores how 9/11 changed America‘Led us down such a dark path’: documentary explores how 9/11 changed America
In Netflix film Turning Point: Generation 9/11, the lives of people forever impacted by the terrorist attack on 2002 are explored Twenty-five years on, memory is giving way to history. Soon the US will cross the point where half its population were born after 11 September 2001 or were too ...
The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her lifeThe extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life
He was Queen’s flamboyant frontman. She was his shy girlfriend, dreaming of marriage until they both realised he preferred men. Thirty-five years after his death, in the week he would have turned 80, Mary Austin talks about their unbreakable bond There were four silver trunks in Mary Austin’s attic that ...
Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MPKeir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP
The former prime minister said he would now turn his focus to international affairs. ...
Laundry rooms to be turned into cells to tackle prison overcrowdingLaundry rooms to be turned into cells to tackle prison overcrowding
The government says £110m has been fast-tracked from existing budgets to speed up the building of new cells. ...