English has rules. Teachers insist on them. Exams depend on them. Grammar books list them carefully. And yet, English breaks its own rules all the time. Take pl ...

Governments and members of the European parliament have criticized the Commission president for overstepping her bounds on ...

The shared structures that have underpinned global cooperation for years are crumbling, according to world leaders. Can the international rules-based order be saved, and how could the future look ...

In February 2026, at the Munich Security Conference, world leaders dropped the usual diplomatic language. Germany’s chancellor said the global order “no longer exists”. France warned Europe must be ...

The English Football Association (FA) has fined and suspended a Manchester United player for calling an opposing player a ...

Global leaders warn that the post-war rules-based order is unravelling. But is the system collapsing or just under strain? The rules-based order is the international system in which countries interact ...

When do rules need to be followed and when are they just guidelines? In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about the language of rules at work and how to tell how serious a rule is ...

The rules-based world order "no longer exists", the German Chancellor has warned at a major security summit. Opening the annual Munich Security Conference, Friedrich Merz told other world leaders that ...

Formula 1's new era was always going to bring questions, but its first week of serious running has raised more than most. Preseason testing in Bahrain has offered flashes of performance and plenty of ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrived at the Munich Security Conference on Friday to deliver a “working-class perspective” on foreign policy. But on the world stage, the New York Democrat offered a ...

The world order has seen dramatic shifts over the last few years. Global leaders agree that the post-1945 world order had broken down, as they say it is an era of new geopolitics and a new world order ...