Film
Ice Cream Man: a lactose-fuelled zombie apocalypse
Culture
American classicist Daniel Mendelsohn calls The Odyssey a blueprint for all comedy
The Bard College professor and New York Review of Books editor brings levity and moral gravity to his new Penguin Classics translation of Homer.
Culture
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey brings Hollywood spectacle to Homer's epic
The director's new adaptation sparks casting debate while the original poem remains untouched.
Culture
Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s canon for children
Culture
George Cottrell's U.S. money-laundering case and ties to Nigel Farage
The British operative pleaded guilty to U.S. wire fraud charges before resurfacing in London with Nigel Farage.
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U-s-news
ICE releases body camera video in agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says
The rollout comes after recent fatal shootings by officers enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown have intensified pressure for accountability.
Canada
Canada won’t pay fee as observer in Europe’s fighter jet program: feds
Canada recently became the first country to gain "observer status" with the Global Combat Air Program, a fighter jet under joint development by Italy, Japan and the U.K.
Economy
Did Canada add jobs in July? StatCan to release figures
Statistics Canada is set to release its latest labour force survey for the month of July this morning.
World
At least 7 dead in student gunman shooting in Thailand, officials say
Five school staff members, including teachers and administrators, died in the shooting around 10 a.m. at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of Bangkok.
Politics
Conservative MP Larry Brock announces he will resign next month
Brock is the seventh MP to leave Poilievre's caucus since the 2025 election, with four of them crossing the floor to the Liberals.
Canada
As wildfire flames closed in, a 90-year-old Okanagan man with dementia was left behind
The Desert Cove resident, who lives with dementia, hadn't evacuated as the fire rapidly approached. His daughter, Shiloh, who lives in Vancouver, soon realized
Health
Quebec lettuce growers operating at a loss amid U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak
U-s-news
Trump orders ‘birth tourism’ ban in new bid to limit birthright citizenship
Canada
Canada must ‘be vigilant’ of foreign actors targeting technology: minister
Health
Avoiding these 3 things in middle age may delay dementia risk by 13 years
Crime
Teen dressed as clown in doorbell videos has been detained for homicide
Tech
Investors want ‘real proof’ AI spending is paying off, new report suggests
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Europe failed Spain in Ceuta
The Ceuta crisis will strengthen “Fortress Europe”
Europe’s age of fire
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
The new nuclear terror
The responsibility of scientists
Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
The betrayal of the South African dream
Society
The Bonehill-Paine affair leaves the Tories with questions to answer
Politics
Before Count Binface, there was Catmando
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
Reform vs Restore
Even the Royal Navy can’t save Nigel Farage
Polling
Has Zack Polanski reached his peak?
Comment
The revenge of Old Labour
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
British Politics
Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative Party’s only hope
The Weekend Report
The battle for Birmingham’s flags
The Weekend Essay
“Don’t say climate change”
Politics
Are we living under “woke Blue Labour”?
Culture
Mario Vargas Llosa’s demons
Silver Spoon
What we owe to bread
TV
In praise of crap daytime TV
Theatre
Sarah Kane’s Cleansed leaves you feeling anything but
Art & Design