Cover Story
The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe’s hollow centre
How the incursion revealed a continent divided against itself
The Politics Column
Andy Burnham is the Green Party’s biggest threat yet
The con man of anthropology
Even when the anthropologist Carlos Castaneda was exposed as a charlatan and cult leader, the credulous still followed him
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.
Cinema
Is David Thomson still watching?
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.
The Culture Interview
Is Kim Gordon still a Kool Thing?
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.
No one wants Jim Steinman’s house
Most homeowners would do anything to live where the great songwriter lived – but they won’t do that
Patients aren’t always honest with their doctors
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Canada
Super El Niño growing ‘faster than we’ve ever recorded’ as wildfires burn
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) forecasted in Jan. 2026 that this year 'will likely be among the hottest years on record.'
Crime
U.K. man jailed for storing dead mother in freezer and claiming her pension
Christopher Phillips, 60, a former company director, admitted to preventing the lawful and decent burial of his 89-year-old mother, Sylvia Phillips, after she died in March 2023
Fire
B.C. man watches his home of 31 years burn in the Bradley Creek wildfire
"We were holding our own, but homes around me began to start on fire and it changed the whole game," Jeff Moore, whose cabin was on Okanagan Lake, told Global News.
Consumer
Despite push for value meals, McDonald’s is seeing sales growth slow
In January, McDonald’s Canada started offering its McValue Meal to Canadian customers for $5 and a small coffee for $1 in a bid to attract low-income customers.
Economy
Canada’s weaker loonie helped drive a wider trade surplus in June: StatCan
Canada's trade surplus with the world widened in June as exports rose and imports fell, with a weaker loonie boosting the Canadian dollar value of those exports, says StatCan.
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Pilot caught with 70,000 ecstasy pills in luggage, Indonesian police say
The drugs were discovered by customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, after they noticed a suspicious suitcase during an X-ray screening.
Canada
Canada’s foreign influence registry is now active. Here’s how it works
U-s-news
U.S. clean energy project fund was improperly terminated, court rules
Health
Health Canada approves clinical trial for Moderna’s mRNA Ebola vaccine
Canada
7 more Marineland belugas head for new home at U.S. aquarium
Consumer
WestJet flight delays expected to last days despite strike ending
Economy
Ottawa moves to list Alberta-backed West Coast pipeline as national interest project
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Gen Z is afraid of porn, and Sabrina Carpenter
The new nuclear terror
The responsibility of scientists
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
Watching Mayo win, I said goodbye to Ireland
Europe’s age of fire
The Ceuta crisis will strengthen “Fortress Europe”
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump
The betrayal of the South African dream
Andy Burnham must not bow to Trump
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
Reform vs Restore
Even the Royal Navy can’t save Nigel Farage
Comment
The revenge of Old Labour
British Politics
Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative Party’s only hope
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
The Weekend Report
The battle for Birmingham’s flags
British Politics
Labour retains the Manchester mayoralty
Welcome back
Labour is a stronger party with Diane Abbott back in it
Left Hook
Football was ruined long before Gianni Infantino came along
American Affairs
Donald Trump is searching for a legacy
Food & Drink
Eating at London Zoo: At least it’s not camel
TV
In praise of crap daytime TV
Theatre
Trainspotting puts line dancing at the heart of the heroin experience
Film