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Rome’s mayor shot back at Macron, telling him to focus on more pressing issues.

Move signals change of policy that was causing health groups to withdraw from conferences and disquiet within media brand

The poll by The Economist and YouGov also showed the vice-president has a 13-point lead over the ex-president among women

Imagine, for a moment, becoming haunted by the shadow of a salad vegetable. Not an exciting salad vegetable, like a radish, or even a suggestive salad vegetable, like a courgette. Just a plain old common-or-garden lettuce. Since her historic 49-day tenure as prime minister, Liz Truss’s comparative lettuce has refused…

Bagehot under the collar

The fallout from the Trump-Biden debate raises fresh questions about ageism and ableism

Opposition leader Peter Dutton might have been hoping for an endorsement from economists for his plan to take Australian nuclear.

As Iran heads for a snap presidential poll following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, the Paydari Front, a little-known but influential ultra-conservative party, is seeking to extend its hold on state institutions. That could spell bad news for Iranians who want more liberties and for…

Chinese president wants to repair ties with a sceptical Western Europe but faces questions over his Ukraine war stance.