World

Bretons are a broody people, not much given to uproar, reflects Walter in this week’s letter.

President Xi Jinping has an increasingly fractious population to add to his economic woes.

The First Minister has made a big mistake in claiming the next election will be a de facto referendum.

Qatar has been rightly criticised when other sporting hosts have not – but the World Cup could go down as a big success for the Gulf state.

New research has put a figure on the price of war – a tab Russia has made the world pick up.

Accepting that the independence ship has sailed would mean we could move on to making Scotland better for all of us.

The recent recapture of Kherson marks a clear decision point for Ukraine. Russian forces are now definitively on the defensive.

The nationalist dream of Scottish independence appears more distant than ever today.

The UK’s highest court has ruled that the Scottish government cannot hold a second independence referendum without the permission of Westminster.