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The Observer
Trump's threats to fire the Fed chair and raise tariffs will decimate the dollar
Understanding what motivates normal politicians to follow bad economic advice is difficult enough.
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
As traveller numbers ramp up, destinations fight overtourism
Popular spots have introduced measures to curb visitors, but many economies rely on tourism, writes Fred Harter
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Reeves's taxing problems can be fixed by a customs union return
After that triumphant Test match at Lord's, I treated myself to a taxi home. Being an old-fashioned journalist, I asked the driver how business was. “Not good,” he said. “Most of my clients are rich and a lot are leaving London.”
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Taking a 45-year view of bond markets can insure us against tomorrow's shocks
What will the UK look like in 2070? The population will rise by 7 million, hitting 76 million, the UN predicts.
2 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
'BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza's medics. Here's why'
The inside story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved a damning documentary is revealed by producer Ben de Pear and its narrator Ramita Navai
7 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
As Britain gets mired in small-party politics, Starmer must think big to move Labour forward
The patron saint of small-party politics has been in town.
4 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Emperor dragonfly
There's a story humans tell about a man who wakes up and finds that he's been turned into an insect.
2 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
China's energy efforts offer hope for planet and concerns for competitors
The greatest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world has ambitious plans for clean power, writes James Kynge in Berlin
3 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Children around the world will die because of anti-vaccine rhetoric
Lives are being put at risk by politicians like Robert Kennedy Jr, who are stoking immunisation fears, Andrew Pollard and Will Hutton write
3 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Court delays are not reason enough to limit trial by jury
Michael Mansfield
3 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Wobbly growth, troubled trade and rising debt: UK plc is in a fix
The chancellor is searching for a brighter narrative but the economy faces a string of difficulties, writes
4 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Orbán turned Hungary to the right – and the rest of the world followed
Budapest's strongman exerted an iron grip on national institutions as conservative radicals in the US and beyond took note, writes
5 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Who gunned down the ANC's woman in Paris – apartheid hitman or arms industry mercenaries?
In 1988, South African exile Dulcie September told friends she had uncovered illegal deals between France and South Africa. Days later she was dead, with five bullets in her head. Finally, the case has been reopened.
5 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
'I felt I was being gaslit' – the landlord who helped Raynor Winn and Moth
Moved by the plight of the Salt Path couple, Bill Cole rented his cider farm in Cornwall to them for a song. But they left him feeling confused and betrayed.
5 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Quest for nickel scars Indonesia
The world has plundered the riches of Halmahera for centuries.
1 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Move to save 500-year-old ocean quahogs with seabed trawling ban
A species of mollusc that can live for more than 500 years will be protected by a proposed ban on bottom trawling off the English coast in vulnerable marine habitats.
1 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Online expectations blight the course of true love
One strike and you're out? No wonder young people are suffering dating app burnout, says Sarah Manavis
3 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
The Salt Path raises questions of probity
The well-researched article by Chloe Hadjimatheou (“The real Salt Path”, News, last week) raises important questions for all of us.
1 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Ministers join fight to save Teach First from Whitehall red tape 'madness'
Battle to stop charity that sends high-flyers into deprived schools from being swallowed up by bureaucrats
3 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Ryanair hits all-time high on its 40th anniversary
“People either see me as Jesus, Superman or an odious little shit,” Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary once observed, in a moment of self-analysis. “I think I'm Jesus. A prophet in his own time.”
1 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
In a technology race against crime, it's the scammers who are streaking ahead
The police lack time, resources and the support of a public more fearful of violent crime. One solution is to make the banks take more responsibility
4 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Under fire and lacking leadership, BBC staff's default is: 'Avoid Gaza'
The scale of complaints has created a newsroom that is overthinking its coverage
3 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Sky's VIP concert prize failed wheelchair user
I am a Sky customer who won two tickets to attend a Guns N' Roses concert at Wembley after entering a Sky VIP competition. I have multiple sclerosis and limited mobility, so immediately contacted Sky to let it know that I would need to swap the standard seats for accessible ones for myself and my partner.
2 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
As a former Penguin executive, I'm not shocked. Publishing is now about profit before truth
How shocking are the allegations that Raynor Winn may have twisted the truth in her bestselling memoir, presenting as fact what appears to be an extremely partial version of events?
4 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Musk's chatbot praises Hitler then says 'sorry, my bad, I fell for a hoax'
The deaths by drowning on 4 July of 27 attendees at an all-girls Christian summer camp in Texas gave rise to a mysterious spat on X.
2 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Pseudo-democratitis
By the people, but not for them
3 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Trump’s big tariffs on copper make it harder for US to compete
Tariffs have worked well for Donald Trump in one way, by making headlines that highlight something he considers a problem.
1 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Cancer study discovers way to rewind chemo resistance
Researchers have found a way to reset chemotherapy resistance for ovarian cancer.
2 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Statistics crisis leaves Bank and chancellor flying blind
MPs identify failings and deep-seated problems in the UK's economic data machine that need urgent attention. Barney Macintyre and Simon Briscoe report
3 min |
July 13, 2025
The Observer
Bad Bunny puts Puerto Rico on the map – and sends a signal to Trump
As his residency opens in San Juan, the world’s biggest rumbero is giving voice to millions of Latinos facing deportation in the US.
4 min |