What attracted attention in the second half of April 2024

April 16 2024 Spire of Copenhagen’s historic stock exchange collapses as building burns Moment spire collapses CREDIT: DR Nyheder A major fire broke out at Copenhagen’s old stock exchange on Tuesday morning, collapsing the twirled spire that was once an integral part of the Danish capital’s skyline. Click here to see more footage of the

What attracted attention in the first half of April 2024

April 1 2024 Watch: Swastikas ‘need to be taken in context’, Met officer tells Jewish woman Vigilantes lynch woman suspected of role in kidnap and killing of young girl ‘I’m doing my best’: King greets well-wishers on surprise walkabout April 2 2024 JK Rowling dares police to arrest her over SNP’s new hate crime law

The first part of March 2024 in the spotlight

Friday, March 1 2024 Russians chant ‘no to war’ near Navalny’s grave Crowds in Moscow chanted anti-Ukraine war slogans as they lined the streets to pay their respects to Alexei Navalny. Thousands of people, including senior diplomats, headed out to mourn the Russian opposition leader, who died in prison last month and was buried on

Disinformation and demagogues mean the future of the climate is on the ballot in 2024

Fiona Harvey This year has been called the biggest election year in history. More than four billion people around the world – a majority of the global population – will go to the polls in national and regional elections from the US and Brazil to India and Korea. One big factor in many of those

Further essential reads for the first half of February 2024

Why 2024 could be the year the Amazon gets the help it needs For decades, the world’s rainforests have been cleared at a relentless pace, mostly destroyed by humans for agriculture. It is a familiar tale accompanied by images of orangutans confronting loggers and cattle ranchers expanding further into the Earth’s most biodiverse places. But

Religion and politics driving people toward the poles

Can you imagine the thing that wins Jesus’s vote Dan Foster in “A Christian’s Guide to Election Choices” writes: There are two topics that one should never discuss at a dinner party: Religion and politics  — and for good reason. Religion and politics are the two topics that tend to drive people toward the poles.

Frontpage headings for the forth week of February 2024

Monday February 19 2024 Grant Shapps: Woke culture is rife in the Army The Army’s time and resources are being “squandered to promote a political agenda”, the Defence Secretary has said, as he held crisis talks with military chiefs over plans to relax security checks to increase diversity. The move came as my colleague Steven

The Troll Army of Donald Trump

For months now, Donald Trump has been spreading all kinds of nonsense about his opponents. Anyone who can stand in the way of his candidacy to become America’s next president is blackened and “let rip” wherever and whenever he can. Judges or people who speak out against him are all worthless figures and idiots who

To be read for the third week of February

For Israel’s sake, Netanyahu must go now, argues Tim Stanley How British customer service died – and the companies that killed it Roger Bootle: Don’t despair, for American exceptionalism can provide hope for Britain Tim Stanley: For Israel’s sake, Netanyahu must go and go now Sussexes ‘won’t be stopped’ from using coat of arms in

In the news February 12-18, 2024

Monday February 12 2024 Two Israeli hostages rescued as Rafah bombed The Israeli military confirmed the hostages were found during a special forces raid in Rafah, a city on Israel’s border with Egypt. Egypt has since confirmed it will not oppose the move into the area after initially threatening to suspend its peace treaty with