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U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement as he is joined by executives and cabinet members during a meeting with on artificial intelligence in the East Room of the White House.
Fenced in
Donald Trump’s untenable strategy for AI
The president’s desire to unleash the technology is running into political reality
Gold leaf gates stand at the entrance to the quadrangle of All Souls College.
Soul crushing
Are exams evil?
Critics of the “hardest exam in the world” might think so. The paper hints otherwise
A general view of the crude oil refinery Sinopec Jinling Petrochemical Plant in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 8, 2026.
Peril at the pump
How China manages its oil woes will have global repercussions
The crisis in Hormuz is beginning to take a toll
Putin walks away from a trail of blood, with a row of national flags behind him.
The Telegram
Vladimir Putin and the pariah problem
Emphasising the Russian leader’s wickedness must not come at Ukraine’s expense
Illustration of a calculator with an OpenAI button.
Number crunch
OpenAI claims to have solved hundreds of long-standing maths problems
It is judgment day for mathematics