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9 days ago

The EU fined Apple and Meta – but failed to really hold them to account. Was that to appease Trump? | Alexander Hurst

Instead of bazooka-level fines on global turnover, this €700m was no more than a slap on the wrist. It’s a missed opportunity

The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, had some tough wo…

22 days ago

The big lesson for Europe? Trump backed down under pressure | Alexander Hurst

The EU neither ‘kissed ass’ nor unleashed its most powerful trade weapon. Now it must provide the world with an alternative to US chaos

My condolences to everyone who spent days trying to play 5D ches…

The big lesson for Europe? Trump backed down under pressure

The EU neither ‘kissed ass’ nor unleashed its most powerful trade weapon. Now it must provide the world with an alternative to US chaos

My condolences to everyone who spent days trying to play 5D ches…

40 days ago

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst

The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out

In six weeks, the Trump administration’s “rapid scheduled disassembly

45 days ago

What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America's unbeautiful suburban sprawl | Alexander Hurst

I drove 2,000 miles with a French friend across my home country – and saw the endless nowhere land that is the crucible of Trumpism

In 1941 Dorothy Thompson, an American journalist who reported from G…

54 days ago

What are smartphones stealing from us? When mine was taken away, I found out | Alexander Hurst

As a film extra, I surrendered my device and discovered the extraordinary connections I miss while staring at my screen

A few Thursdays ago was a wrap. For my brief acting career, that is. One of the …

4 months ago

Notre Dame rose again from the ashes – so too can France’s battered democracy | Alexander Hurst

With the country in stalemate, people have lost faith in government. But citizens’ assemblies show one way forward

When Notre Dame burned, something in the flames seemed to speak to the combustibility…

Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst

He has bankrolled elections, stoked riots and ignored laws. We mustn’t make the mistake of playing nice with the world’s richest bully

Elon Musk is, more or less, a rogue state. His intentions are sel…

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