The chaos of the Tokyo Games shows what the Olympics is really about – money
If the International Olympic Committee had cancelled the Games, they would have had to refund roughly £2.9bn to broadcasters.
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Shades of gold: Why California is a bellwether of the world to come
Devastating wildfires are reshaping California, a state that has always been both a wild frontier and a bastion of progress.
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Why there is no solution to our age of crisis without China
For decades, the West has ignored the significance of China's rise – but we must recognise that it will be instrumental…
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Is Emmanuel Macron’s coercive vaccination strategy an example for the rest of Europe?
Growing numbers of countries are introducing restrictions on the unvaccinated population to incentivise immunisation.
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After two years as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s unfitness for office has never been clearer
Rarely has a rich, sophisticated Western country fallen as far and as fast as the United Kingdom has under Johnson.
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The UK now has the highest daily rate of Covid-19 cases in the world
The rate of daily infections is the highest it has been since mid-January, with 55,000 new cases recorded.
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Why the UK’s new Covid-19 strategy is uniquely dangerous
The government’s policy of standing back and letting the virus reproduce freely is an invitation to disaster.
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Tokyo 2020: How Covid-19 could still disrupt the Olympic Games
The Olympics were supposed to symbolise Japan’s recovery from crisis but they now represent the pandemic’s continuing grip.
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