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The UK’s disillusioned Gen Z are losing faith in democracy, survey finds

Five years after the Jan. 6 attack, Democratic campaign dynamics of the Capitol riot have shifted in the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections. 

The US dramatically escalated its confrontation with Venezuela on January 3, moving from sanctions and targeted strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels to direct military action. In a pre-dawn operation, US forces captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and removed them from the country.

In a lengthy Substack post, Curtis Yarvin accused the Trump administration of not doing enough to overhaul democracy

Chris Powell said having no strategy against Reform UK was ‘potentially suicidal for our freedom and democracy’

Myanmar’s military rulers are holding the first elections since the 2021 coup, and life in the country’s biggest city is fraught with anxiety

Letters: Readers respond to articles by Andy Beckett and Larry Elliott on British parliamentary democracy and whether Labour can turn the tide

New Labour advertising guru Chris Powell says urgent plan needed to ‘wage and win the daily war for attention’

From Christmas strikes in Nigeria to peace deals and talks of trade, the US president’s diplomatic approach to the continent has been all over the place