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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced a seven-point family protection action plan, designed to promote marriage and families. Akos Stiller / Bloomberg

Declining birth rates are a stark illustration of the challenges facing working mothers

Moves to penalise women in Hungary, Japan and elsewhere overlook the ways in which social and economic structures are failing them

February 21, 2019

Danish Major General Michael Lollesgaard, who heads a United Nations team tasked with negotiating in Yemen. Abduljabbar Zeyad / Reuters

Withdrawal is first step on road to peace

Momentum must be seized to steer a course towards a political resolution to end Yemen's war

February 20, 2019

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the security summit in Warsaw. Sean Gallup / Getty

Washington is starting to realise the limitations of its diplomatic power

After a week in which its foreign policy contradictions caught up with the US administration, it is looking increasingly isolated

February 20, 2019

Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon continues to chart his own course in the music industry. Getty Images

Prefab Sprout and the second acts of a pop star's life

While some older artists are content to hit the heritage trail with a set full of hits, others – like Paddy McAloon – follow a different path

February 20, 2019

Traditional newspapers and magazines will face challenges, but Apple's new platform does have advantages. Suzanne Lee/The National.

Apple's 'Netflix for news' service will change the media's core business

The tech giant's new platform is unlikely to be kind to old-style, generalist publications, but dynamic and laser-focused publishing operations could fare much better

February 20, 2019

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are running out of options. Delil Souleiman / AFP

Caught between Damascus and Ankara, the Syrian Democratic Forces are weighing up a return to the regime

As the fight against ISIS has wound down, the Kurdish-led coalition has found itself manoeuvring in ever-smaller circles

February 19, 2019

Indian police officers carry the coffin of their fallen colleague, who was killed in a gun battle between suspected militants and security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. February 18, 2019 - Reuters

The intensity of India's anger makes it harder to hear calm voices

India and Pakistan have returned to a level of hostility not seen in decades after the attacks in Pulwama in Kashmir

February 19, 2019

Bridges, such as San Francisco's Golden Gate, are all about opportunity and innovation. Getty Images

Bridges will take us into the future, while walls will keep us trapped where we are

The world is becoming an increasingly divided place, but all around us valuable and courageous connections are still being made. Now we must all endeavour to do the same

February 19, 2019

Traffic in Dubai. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National

A solution to deal with congestion on UAE roads

Our readers have their say about traffic, education and Iran

February 18, 2019

Author Sally Rooney at the Costa Book Awards in London last year. Henry Nicholls / Reuters

Will Self was right: the best literary fiction is not being widely read today

Phones, social media, YouTube and Netflix all jostle for our attention, offering immediate gratification in a way that literary fiction never will

February 18, 2019

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Declining birth rates are a stark illustration of the challenges facing working mothers

Withdrawal is first step on road to peace

Washington is starting to realise the limitations of its diplomatic power

Prefab Sprout and the second acts of a pop star's life

Apple's 'Netflix for news' service will change the media's core business

Caught between Damascus and Ankara, the Syrian Democratic Forces are weighing up a return to the regime

The intensity of India's anger makes it harder to hear calm voices

Bridges will take us into the future, while walls will keep us trapped where we are

A solution to deal with congestion on UAE roads

Will Self was right: the best literary fiction is not being widely read today

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