China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet that Beijing is advancing towards producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

READERS of The National will not have been much moved by the criticism from the likes of the right-wing tabloids the Daily Mail or Daily Express of Rachel Reeves’s first Budget. The day after the ...

I’M not a great fan of Remembrance Day commemorations – at least, not as they have evolved. In fact, I’m feeling increasingly ...