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The authors modeled outbreaks of viruses similar to Ebola, avian influenza, influenza A, coronavirus and measles to stress test health systems and economies. Without treatments or vaccines, 1% of the population could die…

Security-Update: Russlands neuer Luftkrieg – mit Moritz Schularick

An Bord ist Moritz Schularick, Präsident des Kieler Instituts für Weltwirtschaft, der die neue Realität des Krieges hautnah erlebt: Russland greift inzwischen mit rasend schnellen, chinesisch angetriebenen Jet-Drohnen…

Political donors could face tougher residency rules

The announcement follows a row over two donations totalling £72m to Reform UK from two British crypto-billionaires who have both recently lived abroad. Reform leader Nigel Farage said the donations from Ben Delo and…

Australia ‘on the same page’ as Canada on deepening EU ties, says key minister

Commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy, he said he wasn't confident that a Democrat president would reverse trade barriers. “So we are stuck with them. And that makes the EU even more important to us,”…

Lest We Forget, Part 6: A Question of Science, or a Question of Ethics?

It didn't matter what was actually true … what mattered was whether you were aligned with authority.” There is a question of whether the conduct of those in power met, in the words of Lord Paul Bew , Chair of the…

Union leaders resist political donations cap after Reform given £72m

General secretaries have been split on a call for unions to back a specific cap on individual donors to political parties while protecting trade union donations, which the TUC said were the "cleanest money in politics"…

UN Security Council meets as Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea chokepoint

The advance has coincided with a new wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. On Monday, the group said it had fired dozens of missiles and drones at an air base in Khamis Mushait. Saudi authorities issued alerts in four…

Unions warn against 'out of control' political spending

In a joint statement, the TUC - the umbrella group for unions in the UK - called on the government to "protect our democracy from being captured by the super rich". There is no explicit call for a cap on domestic…

Britain has too much government and too little democratic power

A citizen trying to discover who is responsible for a major decision can now encounter ministers, councils, combined authorities, mayors, regulators, agencies, commissioners and public-private partnerships—often with…

Polling turns politics into one big game. There are too many of them – and that does us no good | Jonathan Liew

We will hone and improve. Yes, it's time for the latest bout of profound soul-searching in the UK polling industry following the allegations raised by the recent Channel 4 investigation that a polling firm reportedly…

Rich countries face Covid-related costs for 20 more years, says OECD