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The church is too diverse to be governed from Canterbury and should agree to disagree on issues such as women priests and bishops and sexuality.
Objectivity and balance aren’t enough when it comes to teaching journalists about ethics.
The Thai authorities have finally announced they are exploring a connection between the recent Bangkok bombing and Chinese Uighur separatists. Why?
The union can survive its current period of volatility, but moves like English votes for English laws and ruling out a UK coalition with the SNP could yet bring it down.
The angry right wing of American politics is mired in a swamp of outrage and victimhood. ‘Twas ever thus.
Twelve months on from the vote on Scottish independence, there are no signs of constitutional healing - nor elsewhere in the UK.
It’s not the first time there’s been an uproar about a national anthem but why does it matter so much?
Armed with a devilish crowdsourcing strategy, Jeremy Corbyn did his best to drain Prime Minister’s Questions of its boorish theatricality. Did he succeed?
New way of engaging in a scrum will be used at the World Cup this weekend.
Things are going from bad to worse in Turkey. Why – and where will it end?
Nobody is doing a great job, but three countries say they have no part to play in the refugee crisis.
A woman has been found guilty of tricking another woman into thinking she was having sex with a man. What does the law actually say about this?
By leveraging a wave of national celebration and a friendly state-funded media, Singapore’s authoritarian elite has as firm a grip as ever.
How asylum seekers became political pawns in Germany’s foreign policy agenda.
Western media tropes of black widows, deviant sexuality and unthinking compliance fail to explain why violence crosses the gender divide.
Many young people are part of the precariat – in low-paid insecure work.
The discourse about who is and isn’t welcome is taking on a disturbing new tone.
With one of the world’s heaviest refugee burdens and a government incapable of governing, Lebanon is very much on the edge.
The shadow cabinet has more women than men but there is a debate raging about which are the ‘top’ jobs.
It’s been hailed as the most radical course correction in Labour history. But is it?
The Conservatives could govern for a long time, but it won’t be an easy ride.
They were, they thought, the party’s best hope – and they were humiliated. What next for the New Labour believers?
With strong views on NATO and the EU, the new leader of the opposition is bound to ruffle feathers abroad.
Al-Jazeera has changed its style guide, while others continue to debate the issue.