BUSINESS

This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan

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The unthinkable has happened. The US is Europe’s adversary. The stark, profound betrayal contained in the Trump administration’s national security strategy should stop any further denial and dithering in Europe’s capitals. Cultivating “resistance Europe’s current trajectory in European nations” is now Washington’s stated policy. But contained within this calamity is the gift of clarity. Europe … Read more

Europe is a continent soaked in economic pessimism. Until we change that, the far right will rise and rise | Owen Jones

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How much does Europe’s future resemble its gruesome past? That question was already pressing before Donald Trump retook the White House, and turned support for the European far-right “patriotic” parties into US policy. That is, of course, what his newly published National Security Strategy means, committing the US to “cultivating resistance” in European nations against … Read more

The Guardian view on combating Europe’s national populists: protect the less well-off from the winds of change | Editorial

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More than a year after the election that handed Donald Trump a decisive comeback victory, the Democratic party has still not released its postmortem analysis. But last week, an influential progressive lobby group published its own. Kamala Harris’s campaign, its authors argued, failed to connect with core constituencies because it did not focus enough on addressing … Read more

Will other countries follow Australia’s social media ban for under-16s? | Social media ban

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Australia is taking on powerful tech companies with its under-16 social media ban, but will the rest of the world follow? The country’s enactment of the policy is being watched closely by politicians, safety campaigners and parents. A number of other countries are not far behind, with Europe in particular hoping to replicate Australia, while … Read more

The myth of traditional Italian cuisine has seduced the world. The truth is very different | Alberto Grandi

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Italy’s cuisine has now joined Unesco’s “intangible” heritage list, an announcement greeted within the country with the sort of collective euphoria usually reserved for surprise World Cup runs or the resignation of an unpopular prime minister. Not because the world needed permission to enjoy pizza – it clearly didn’t – but because the news soothed … Read more

Welcome to our age of impunity – where the ICC prosecuting atrocities is a rare feat | Simon Tisdall

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It was a rare success for international courts struggling to resist a rising tide of official lawlessness. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, a leader of the notorious, government-backed Janjaweed militia that committed genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region from 2003 to 2005, was jailed for 20 years last week by the international criminal court (ICC). He had … Read more