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Commonwealth of Nations

  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    Donald Trump
    Trump says he would be happy for US to become ‘associate’ Commonwealth member

    US president posted Sun news story that referred to a supposed ‘secret offer’ King Charles is due to extend

    Donald Trump stands beside Keir Starmer at the White House.
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    Alec Russell
    How the west should re-engage with the global south

    The erosion of the post-1945 world order requires the UK and its allies to define new forms of multilateralism

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan
  • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
    Commonwealth leaders agree to consider reparations for historic slavery

    Pledge comes despite British efforts to prevent the issue from being mentioned in official communique

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparations ahead of Commonwealth summit

    PM plans to focus on ‘future-facing challenges’ such as climate change but Caribbean leaders hope to raise issue

    Keir Starmer
  • Monday, 21 October, 2024
    Starmer flies to Samoa to answer tricky questions from Commonwealth allies

    Slavery reparations and Britain’s shrinking aid budget up for debate at annual summit this week

    Painted portraits of King Charles III and Queen Camilla are displayed at a school in Apia, Samoa
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    The FT ViewSport
    The Commonwealth Games are in jeopardy

    Sporting jamboree needs to be made more attractive to hosts and sponsors

    Australia’s Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva competes with the ribbon for third place and the bronze medal in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final at the Arena Birmingham, on day eight of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, on August 5, 2022
  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    Sport
    Australian state pulls plug on 2026 Commonwealth Games

    Official says event ‘all cost, no benefit’ for indebted Victoria

    Vanessa Amorosi performs during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England
  • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
    King Charles III
    King Charles faces balancing act as Commonwealth head

    Opinion split on what organisation stands for and role of hereditary monarch in 21st century

    Prince Charles in the Cayman Islands in March 2019
  • Friday, 9 September, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain enters the era of King Charles III

    The new monarch inherits a kingdom feeling less united than it has for some years

    King Charles III’s years of advocacy on issues that transcend party or national politics give him, if used with discretion, real moral authority
  • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The grace, humanity and fortitude of Elizabeth II

    Deep affection for the Queen reflected a life of extraordinary service

    Queen Elizabeth smiling, wearing a turquoise dress with pearls and brooch
  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    UK politics
    Boris Johnson fails to oust Lady Scotland as Commonwealth chief

    Former Labour attorney-general defeats rival by 27 votes to 24 in fresh political blow to UK PM

    Lady Patricia Scotland addresses the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, on Friday
  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    UK politics
    Johnson prepares to defend plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

    Prime minister due to meet Prince Charles at Commonwealth heads of government summit

    An aircraft waiting on the tarmac in Wiltshire to transport migrants to Rwanda
  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    News in-depthAustralian politics
    Australia’s quest to become a republic

    The appointment of a minister focused on removing the Queen as head of state has rejuvenated the movement

    Queen Elizabeth carrying a bunch of flowers, with cheering crowds in the background
  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    Queen Elizabeth II
    The Queen’s absence from St Paul’s shows a monarchy in transition

    Prince Charles leads the royal family at thanksgiving service to mark platinum jubilee

    A view of St Paul’s Cathedral during the jubilee thanksgiving service yesterday. By illustrator Lucinda Rogers
  • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
    Home Office
    Windrush compensation scheme ‘bungled’ by Home Office, MP claims

    Chair of key parliamentary committee says only a fraction of scandal victims have received payout

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
    Sport
    Athletes’ village axed for Commonwealth Games

    Ministers to take tighter control over preparations for the 2022 showpiece event in Birmingham

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2005
    World
    How the Commonwealth can regain its relevance
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