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The careers of Sturgeon, Merkel and Ardern show how foolish it is to idealise leaders just for being women, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

It’s tempting to scoff, but don’t dismiss the data. Modern man’s failure to forge real, meaningful friendships is bad for everyone, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

Picture this scene from the 1957 classic Pyaasa: Guru Dutt’s character Vijay, drunk and dejected, wanders through the narrow lanes of a red-light district.

It was the mid-‘80s. Independence Day was a holiday. I wanted to go out, play with my friends. But my mother sternly said, “Don’t go out today…who knows what will happen. Bombs may explode and what not.” That warning still rings in my ears every Independence Day.

Exactly four years later, our reunion in the safety of my new home in Melbourne was sweet

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: When Putin declares victory, as now looks likely, the question of how willing the ‘coalition of the willing’ will be in its continued defence of Ukraine is a crucial one that few seem ready to answer – and one on which Keir Starmer must continue to…

Editorial: The prime minister says foreign and domestic policy must be more closely unified. The problem is that he is failing to do it

Editorial: Tackling disinformation is a laudable goal, but routine disclosure of the origins of those charged will create more problems than it solves

Donald Trump is concocting a drama in DC because he would like us to really stop talking about the Epstein files

The UK tech sector has never been more important, writes Chris Blackhurst. Now they need backing to increase their access to funds and future growth

If teenagers haven’t already absorbed that life is unfair, they’ll register it by the time they’re 18 and find that everyone around them thinks that their entire future hangs on three little letters, or maybe four, these being the grades they got at A-level or its equivalent today. You may…