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Politics

Forming a government in public: coalition arithmetic, televised talks and the snap-election threat

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Politics

The quiet power of the counter: how municipal offices became the front door of politics

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Politics

Debt on the farm: why a record borrowing warning is now a Washington argument

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Politics

An offer from Moscow: Putin, Pezeshkian and the crowded search for an Iran off-ramp

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Politics

Pause before the midterms: Trump rules out an Iran strike and bets on talks

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

World

Parliaments under pressure: Europe’s housing anger moves from street to chamber

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

World

Home after nearly eight months: a carrier’s return and the human cost of long deployments

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

World

When an airport becomes a front line: Riyadh, the Houthis and the new risks to Gulf travel

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

World

Anne Carson and the classical conversation: inside the Literature Nobel choice

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read

World

A lifetime in international law: what Navi Pillay’s Peace Prize says about 2026

Featuring Desk World & Politics Desk · October 9, 2026 · 3 min read