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No stopping Le Pen? French appeals court clears way for 2027 presidential run

Did a court decision just alter the outcome of a French presidential election that's less than 300 days away? Marine Le Pen's conviction for funnelling EU parliamentary staff funds to her far-right National Rally party initially left her facing 30 months of ineligibility to run for public office. But that…

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The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s byelection stunt: spectacle is not scrutiny

Editorial: The Reform UK leader wants voters to overrule parliamentary accountability. Labour should expose the trick, then offer a politics that works

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The Guardian view on prisons: the public deserves better than this litany of failure

Editorial: Drugs and violence continue at disturbing levels. But a minority of jails show that progress is possible

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There's only one acceptable path for designer babies

Designer babies who are genetically engineered for desirable health, physical, and intellectual features are now within reach using existing technologies, a prospect that raises far-reaching societal and ethical questions not unlike those associated with advances in AI. One difference, though, is that the institutions needed to open an ethical path…

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The mining challenge

Since 2024, villagers in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai living along the Kok, Sai, Ruak and Mekong rivers have suffered water pollution caused by runoff from gold and earth mines in Shan State, northern Myanmar.

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Make tax fit the real Thailand

The recent policy debate surrounding a negative income tax (NIT) in Thailand offers a promising vision for fiscal restructuring. By guaranteeing an income floor through the tax system, NIT could theoretically streamline welfare and mitigate the challenges of an ageing society.

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Local governance is being hollowed out

Thailand is once again being asked to imagine what the next constitution, now being drafted by lawmakers, will look like. Yet one important question has received remarkably little attention: will the new charter restore genuine local self-government, or will it simply be old wine in a new bottle, with the…

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I’m rich – defend me, be happy for me, says Farage to poor voters in Clacton. They are just his collateral damage

The Reform UK leader’s ruse to head off scrutiny by forcing a byelection may work, but it’s all about him: no one else gains anything from it, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Whether you’re Team Charles or Team Harry, this latest twist in their relationship is desperately sad

It had seemed as if the Duke of Sussex’s visit to London could be a breakthrough in relations with his father. But not any more, writes Polly Hudson

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Pore substitute: can AI be trusted when it comes to skincare advice?

There are more than 3,000 conditions in dermatology, experts warn – and chatbots’ recommendations can be flaky

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Europe doesn’t need to worry about Andy Burnham. He has the makings of a great ally

Defence strategists fret about the next PM’s inexperience. But he knows about local resilience. That’s the kind of skill Nato urgently needs, says political analyst Jessica Berlin

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Why is Trump attacking ‘communists’? Because he’s run out of cards to play

With the economy, foreign policy and immigration all going poorly for the president, he’s scrambling before the midterms

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The US supreme court’s ruling on trans people in sports is an assault on bodily autonomy

Laws banning trans athletes claim to defend science, fairness and women’s safety. They do the opposite

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My handbag burst into flames – and I found a surprising bright side

It turns out my vaping habit is dangerous in more ways than one. But it could make me very popular in a survival scenario, writes Zoe Williams

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Why does JD Vance keep saying loony things?

Scratch their surface and you see exactly what he’s trying to do: stand up strong for intolerance and corruption

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So it’s Trump 1, Belgium 4 – and the world rejoices. Nothing like failed chicanery to bring us together, is there?

Joy is unbounded and when it dies down perhaps the guilty will be held to account for cheating and facilitation: perhaps they won’t. Still, enjoy the moment, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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People keep asking me why I’m choosing to have a caesarean – here are my reasons

This isn’t an argument against vaginal birth, and caesareans aren’t without risk. But in the context of failing maternity services, it gives me the greatest sense of calm, says Sharon Gaffka, a reality TV star and political activist

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Sleaze is back and children are hungry – for Project Burnham, these have to be top priorities

Our new PM will be hit by multiple crises when he enters No 10. Success or failure will depend on the decisions he makes in first 100 days, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Indecent proposal: why social media’s rebrand of surveillance tech normalises harassment and non-consensual filming

By selling AI glasses as aspirational, cool and fashion-forward, tech elites are trying to pacify their entry into the mainstream world

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Trump’s World Cup intervention has tarnished the game

We try to teach our children to follow the rules. Now an American president has chosen the opposite tack

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France's Macron to hold post-Assad visit to Damascus: Why the Syria stopover?

As Iran buries its late Supreme Leader who was killed last February, Hamas has announced it will disarm. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron is going to Damascus. The visit will be the first for a French head of state since Nicolas Sarkozy met the deposed President Bachar Al-Assad in 2009.…

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Power to the people

The Anutin government's decision to allow householders to sell their excess rooftop solar energy to the electricity authorities marks a major milestone in the country's clean energy transition. It is also a rare and welcome instance of a government fulfilling its promises to the public.

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Strong medicine for a sick economy

Listening attentively for 52 minutes to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas' diagnosis of Thailand's deep economic malaise, one could easily have suffered a heart seizure. Fortunately, he used the analogy of a patient with cancer who must determine what treatments are required to cure the disease in…

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US, Thai govts should choose life

Two developments on opposite sides of the world, in Thailand and the United States, underscore a troubling reality: some governments continue to embrace the death penalty regardless of the global movement to abolish state-sanctioned killings.

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Collaboration key to escaping competitiveness trap

Throughout the developed world, you hear the same anxious story. From Brussels to Washington, political and business leaders warn that our economies have grown uncompetitive because wages are too high, and regulation too burdensome. Make labour cheaper and deregulate, we are told, and private investment will abound.

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