Fate of Grangemouth shows we’re way off-track
Juliet Samuel in The Times
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The world cannot depend on the US to keep trade peace
Alan Beattie in the Financial Times
"When it comes to giving pirates a hard time to keep the arteries of global trade flowing, the US is definitely your go-to country," writes Alan Beattie in the Financial Times. Recent engagement in the Red Sea "underlines that the US's most critical work protecting supply chains is in hard-edged geopolitical and military situations". But as its "motives are more strategic than economic", its actions are "subject to political shifts".
Supporting Michaela
The Telegraph editorial board
The recent High Court action against head teacher Katherine Birbalsingh, "a hate figure for the Left", for stopping Muslim pupils from engaging in prayer rituals at her Michaela Community School in London "is a travesty", says The Telegraph in its editorial. Birbalsingh "insists on enforcing rules of behaviour and upholding values that a generation or two ago would have been completely unremarkable". Now "it is time someone senior in the Government spoke up to support" her.
There Are Too Many Ways to Exercise
Yasmin Tayag in The Atlantic
"We are living in a golden age of fitness," writes Yasmin Tayag in The Atlantic. "With workouts to accommodate every skill level, interest, time commitment, and social capacity, it should be easier than ever for novices to find one and get started". Yet "instead of finding a workout that suited me, choice overload left me even more inert, and less motivated, than I was when I started my search".
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