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The open, globally connected internet is facing increasing fragmentation, leading to concerns about the emergence of a “splinternet”.

Relations between Germany’s ruling parties plunged to a new low yesterday after the liberals reneged on previously agreed climate legislation, testing the unity of the country’s coalition government.

Governments' role in the banking system is growing—a development that could inadvertently help Bitcoin.

Vladimir Putin promised African nations that he would write off their debts and provide free grain in an attempt to bolster alliances across the continent at a two-day summit in St Petersburg last month.

Dozens of business figures and politicians have been arrested so far this year in a £17bn corruption scandal that has rocked Venezuela and its state-run oil company.

Freedom of the press is under attack in “every corner of the globe”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has declared in a speech to mark World Press Freedom Day.  

Polling stations across England are drafting in extra staff to help deal with the introduction of mandatory photographic voter ID at next month’s local elections.

A record number of Chinese warships have been spotted in the waters around Taiwan as tensions continue to escalate between the breakaway nation and mainland China.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training has become a lucrative industry. Harvard Business Review reported that “U.S. companies spend roughly $8 billion a year on DEI training.” No wonder a survey by The Economist suggests that the number of people hired for jobs with “diversity” or “inclusion” in the title…

As the date for the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam inches closer, voices of criticism are growing louder. Not unexpectedly, detractors who want to shut down these critical voices too are getting noisier.