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How China's need to come first in AI race drove the rehabilitation of 'Crazy' Jack Ma
The colourful founder of Alibaba fell from favour in 2020. Now he could be givena key role to play in Xi Jinping’s plans, writes.
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Telegraph finally finds buyer in US firm RedBird
Officially, two years of uncertainty at the Telegraph Media Group ended on Friday with the news that it has found a buyer.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
The beat never stops in a land that loves to dance
Mozambique's beachside capital, Maputo, boasts one of Africa's liveliest music scenes, blending local styles with rhythms from Portugal, the former colonial power, and modern beats from across the continent.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
I am a FTSE-100 board member with a disability. It's time for others to speak up
Whenever I explain why my experiences should matter to British business, I hope it's the last time I have to do so.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
EY feels heat in £2.7bn legal claim over audits
In an added twist in the ongoing court case, Sheikh Mansour has been linked to the collapsed company NMC Health, writes
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
The young assassins who think murder is protest
David Aaronovitch
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
How Beckham rift shed light on the growing craze for 'forensic fandom'
Followers who hunt for clues about celebrities' lives via social media posts led the way on Brooklyn story
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
We just can’t grow like Americans
Falling by 0.6% from a year earlier, the productivity of Britain’s private sector disappointed yet again last year.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Brain dead US mother kept on life support by state's abortion ban
Early one morning in February, Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse from Atlanta, was rushed to hospital after her boyfriend found her “gasping for air in her sleep”.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Cyber-attack will cost M&S £300m and last until summer
Marks & Spencer said a \"highly sophisticated and targeted cyber-attack\" would cost it about £300m in lost profits, with disruption expected to continue until July. The damage was extensive, but not existential.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
EMERGENCY APPEAL
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1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Theatre has become like a budget airline
Rachel Cooke
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Developers face fines for sitting on land
Property developers could be fined or locked out of future projects if they are deemed to be repeat offenders at “landbanking”, under a new set of proposals being put forward by the government.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Death of the centre right: Across western democracies, populists are ravaging traditional conservatives
Britain’s Tories are not alone. Sam Freedman examines how the new right turned against managers, civil servants and professionals
8 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
If the battle for Britain becomes Starmer v Farage, then how should Labour fight it?
A couple of months after the 2024 general election, I asked Morgan McSweeney, Labour's chief strategist, whether he thought the Conservatives or Reform would be his party's primary opponent at the next national contest. He gave what I thought was a candid and reasonable response, because it was the one I would have given myself at the time. He replied that he wasn't yet sure of the answer.
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Dear Mr Trump, you'll regret the loss of international students like us
Heavy rain swept through Cambridge, Massachusetts, last Thursday, washing the pavements clear of last week's graduation confetti. Inside Harvard's quiet dorms and still-lit libraries, a different cleansing began.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Triple jeopardy: the betrayal of Afghanistan's finest
Thousands of elite Afghan forces were blocked from settling in the UK. Some may have witnessed British war crimes. Ministers ask if the two are connected.
8 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Teens being misled by TikTok exam paper predictions
Teachers are warning that teenagers are being seduced by TikTok influencers predicting what will be on their GCSE or A-level exam papers — and often getting it wrong.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Israel hunts a monster it helped create
Kenan Malik
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
The great mystery of how Liz Truss was elected still remains
We lost. You know those defiant statements on the courtroom steps when the underdog emerges and announces that their victory is a win for the public too? This isn't one of them.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Delta wanted case maker to pay for luggage abuse
My suitcase was damaged during a Delta Air Lines flight and the airline is refusing to pay for the damage.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap as Treasury told to find money
Policy change will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty after pressure from cabinet and MPs
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Brokers save you more than time and money says BIBA boss
MANY small businesses don't think about getting insurance advice.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
People don't claim sexual harassment lightly. Most think it's just not worth it
Recent workplace scandals, including at McDonald's, suggest the problem is rife, writes Philip Collins, but too much bad behaviour is still going unreported
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Scrap ringfence rules to lift growth, banks beg Reeves
Some leading banks are calling on Rachel Reeves to ditch so-called ring-fencing rules which force them to separate high street banking from riskier investment banking arms.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Does Yurtel's downfall at Glastonbury spell the end of glamping? I sincerely hope so
Yurtel, the yurt equivalent of Raffles, Singapore, at the Glastonbury festival has gone into administration.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
The train on platform 1 is now Great and British. But you'll be lucky if it's on time
Rail nationalisation starts today. What will change for passengers?
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
'No 10 is dysfunctional': Labour heads for a summer of discontent
Ministers warn of tax rises ahead of next month's spending review, while senior figures bemoan a lack of vision. By political editor Rachel Sylvester
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
America is dragging us down. Let's grab that EU lifeline before it's too late
Reactions to Keir Starmer’s modest “reset” of UK-EU relations last week in the rightwing press took hyperbole into new realms of the absurd. It was a “surrender” in which we could “kiss goodbye to Brexit”.
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Rover's return: now dog owners can conquer grief with a £37,000 clone
A Shropshire laboratory is taking skin samples so that beloved pets can be cloned and given a new lease of life
3 min |