Prince William’s urgent optimism is critical on climate change THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Prince William has written exclusively for The Independent to call for urgent action on climate change The Independent UK · Sep 13
The Guardian view on the government’s corporate reforms: entrenching neoliberalism, not ending it Editorial: A recent consultation on corporate reporting prizes the interests of shareholders over society. It’s a step in the wrong direction The Guardian - UK · Sep 13
The Guardian view on Russian parliamentary elections: glimpses of weakness behind the facade Editorial: The Kremlin’s clumsy efforts to engineer the outcome reveal growing anxiety about the public mood and a war that is failing The Guardian - UK · Sep 13
Chatbots can exploit our most basic human drive for attachment. Here’s how to have healthier relationship with AI This intimacy economy is exploiting the deepest parts of our intimate psychological infrastructure The Guardian - AU · Sep 13
Why is the Trump administration calling bike lanes ‘DEI’? The government apparently has an issue with paths for cyclists. Take it from someone who can’t ride a bike: this makes no sense The Guardian - US · Sep 13
Warning: our democracy won’t survive the death of reading. Read on if you still can While fascists protest in UK ports and purvey nonsense and poison online, ever fewer people have the perspective or analytical tools to challenge them, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Sep 13
Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal, says science writer Helen Pilcher The Guardian - UK · Sep 13
OPINION - Why millions of Brits are dead wrong about what’s really happening on London’s streets People are way too negative about the realities of London, says KCL professor Bobby Duffy, who has just published a landmark report on misconceptions of life in the capital Evening Standard · Sep 13
Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in The Russian leader is ploughing on with his forever war – and each day is a crime against humanity. Western democracies cannot simply sit on their hands, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall The Guardian - UK · Sep 13
Ketchup on a Sunday roast? This is the worst thing gen Z has ever done Swapping roast potatoes and yorkshire puddings for kimchi and avocado – how can they live with themselves? The Guardian - UK · Sep 13
The far right is becoming normalised in Germany – and winning. Australia should take heed One Nation and the AfD may not look the same, but they are singing from the same song sheet – and both have had recent electoral success The Guardian - AU · Sep 12
George Osborne is right – we need a closer bond with the rest of Europe Editorial: In an exclusive interview with The Independent, the former chancellor breaks the ‘conspiracy of silence’ about a customs union with the EU The Independent UK · Sep 12
Why is Trump’s $5,000 offer to voters ‘like a woman’? Ask Fox News Host Jesse Watters says Trump’s offer to Americans if Republicans retain Congress is ‘an enticement’, not a bribe The Guardian - US · Sep 12
The hill I will die on: Comedians should not be hot People making a living from being funny should be exempt from the beauty rules the rest of society plays by, says comedian Amy Annette The Guardian - UK · Sep 12
The Guardian - UK · Sep 12 Bayeux tapestrymania has gripped Britain. But what does it say about our own age of war and upheaval? The tapestry is drawing crowds to the British Museum – and each person who sees it will draw a different meaning from this epic, vivid artwork, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
Evening Standard · Sep 12 OPINION - Summer shagger or winter wonder — what’s your hottest season? Someone could be the most beautiful person in the world and still have a sub-optimal season. It affects us all, writes Maddy Mussen
The Guardian - UK · Sep 12 Call it the Miliband doctrine. Let’s hope the new Israeli settlement boycott is just the start This week’s bold move suggests that Britain will once again have an ‘ethical dimension’ to its foreign policy. That’s good for the world, says former Observer international editor Steve Bloomfield
The Guardian - AU · Sep 12 Andrew Hastie provided a furious alternative to kowtowing to One Nation. Will it stick? Backed by billionaires Gina Rinehart and Kerry Stokes, Pauline Hanson has unleashed on the Coalition MP, but he is showing how to hit back
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11 Anne Bower obituary Other lives: Dedicated chemistry and maths teacher who was also a volunteer with the Youth Justice Service and for the local hospital and hospice
The Independent UK · Sep 11 Humans have what it takes to regulate AI THE INDEPENDENT VIEW : Editorial: Enlightened, inspiring leaders can come together to make common cause – as has happened with successive treaties on nuclear disarmament and carbon emissions
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11 The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival Editorial: Keeping people in charge means little if supercomputers determine the evidence, choices and time on which their decisions depend
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11 The Guardian view on art heists: don’t believe the Hollywood hype Editorial: Audacious robberies are a staple of popular culture. But for museums, crimes like this week’s theft of two Renoirs are an existential threat
The Guardian - US · Sep 11 The ‘war on terror’ weakened the first amendment. Now we desperately need it Over the past quarter-century, the US supreme court has repeatedly failed to protect first amendment rights. We are suffering the consequences
The Guardian - US · Sep 11 George W Bush’s impunity led to Trump’s lawlessness The reluctance of later administrations to repudiate Bush-era torture and endless detention laid the groundwork for recent violence
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11 Memo to King Charles: you can’t stop the Sussexes’ reality show bandwagon. You only spice up the script If the monarch thought his sniffy letter would put Harry and Meghan at a disadvantage, he doesn’t understand how the celebrity world works, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde