The United States wants Greenland. Indeed, Donald Trump and JD Vance say the United States needs Greenland. Verbally, Danish leaders are gently but firmly pushing back. But Denmark’s real resistance ...

I was in Thailand last week and I visited the redlight districts. They hold a particular fascination to me, as they feel both nostalgic and dreamlike. They are nostalgic because they remind me of my ...

This is Prospect’s rolling coverage of the assisted dying debate. This page will be updated with the latest from our correspondent, Mark Mardell. Read the rest of our coverage here During the nine ...

What is the biggest problem? Insufficient love in the world. A failing sense of justice. Certain individuals think they can impose their will on people. They think reality can be manipulated. But ...

Once there was a concerted attempt to use the United States constitution to prevent a president from seeking re-election. It may well be that the president would get popular support, it was contended, ...

Amid the rants, raves and tirades with which Donald Trump launched his global trade war on Wednesday night, the president identified one whipping boy we can all agree deserves the treatment. Everyone ...

It has been known for a long time that Russia poses a threat to Europe—first and foremost to countries in the north and east, starting with Ukraine, but also beyond. It has been known that Vladimir ...

In late January, Nigel Farage stood in front of a packed Reform party fundraiser in Oswald’s, an exclusive private members’ club in Mayfair, central London. Farage encouraged the 100-strong crowd to ...

Don’t Google “April Fool’s Day sucks” today. Swathes of haters come for the calendar’s number one prankster every year without fail, arguing that the day is unfunny, doesn’t serve any purpose and only ...

Alan and Lionel are joined by Jodie Ginsberg and former war correspondent Peter Greste, who was imprisoned in Egypt under false charges for 400 days. Is the US moving in the same direction? This week, ...

The one constant in Labour’s search for a governing strategy has been the idea of “security”. For Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s powerful chief of staff, what most voters want from government is ...

The obsessives tally 18 Beatles songs mentioning “sun” or “sunshine”. That fits with their luminous place in the national story: a burst of colour and sound that presaged the passing of postwar ...