Geopolitics
The global crises Andy Burnham cannot escape
The PM-in-waiting will find himself stretched between Manchester, Westminster and the international stage
The Sketch
In the cult of Kemi, nothing is real
The downfall of the Oxbridge don
British academic life was not prepared for the shocks of student protests and Thatcherism
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
As Google, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity reshape online discovery, brands are discovering that visibility now depends on whether AI systems can understand, trust and cite them.
Mythos
The avengers of the Odyssey
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
PKB Petrobalt rarely features in discussions of Moscow's naval power. Now the EU is examining its role in designing the civilian vessels Western officials fear are mapping undersea cables and pipelines.
Film
Rosebush Pruning delights in its own bad taste
Politics
Carney's ‘AI for All’ is a pro-worker plan that forgot the workers
The Prime Minister has bet more than $2bn on artificial intelligence and 250,000 new jobs. But a strategy with no duty to retrain — or even to warn — is straining the limits of his pro-worker branding.
Britain must now unite behind Count Binface
A court without fools is a dangerous place
Four things we learned from PMQs
From Canada
via Global News
Consumer
PepsiCo blames ‘inflationary pressures’ and high gas prices for sales drop
PepsiCo reported its beverage sales in North America have been falling as rising inflation and higher gas prices force consumers to keep up with the cost of living.
World
68-year-old man dies during special forces-inspired event on Welsh mountain
Race organizers say the event is 'used as the first major indicator of whether a candidate has the physical and mental aptitude to complete the legendary Selection course.'
Trending
Florida’s West Palm Beach airport is now named after Donald Trump
The renaming of the airport, which is minutes from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, was projected to cost upwards of US$5.5 million, according to Politico.
Fire
‘A wound that cannot be repaired’: Two fallen N.W.T. wildfire fighters identified
Two of the three people who died after a plane fighting wildfires in the Northwest Territories went down last month have been identified.
Consumer
Bought beef since 2015? Customers could get a piece of an $8M settlement
A proposed class-action settlement worth nearly $8 million stemming from allegations of beef price-fixing could eventually see some Canadian customers receiving compensation.
Crime
Suspect arrested in Coney Island shooting that left 8 injured, including 4 children
The suspect has been charged with eight counts of attempted murder with multiple victims and eight counts of attempted murder, according to the NYPD.
Entertainment
Katie Couric reveals bout of temporary amnesia syndrome
Canada
Turkish president gifts personalized guns to Carney, other NATO leaders
Entertainment
Justin Baldoni breaks silence on Blake Lively legal battle: ‘We didn’t want to add to the noise’
Weather
Heat wave could push humidex to 45 in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
World
U.S. and Iran exchange fire as interim peace deal unravels
Politics
Anand calls Iran’s attacks on Gulf ships ‘unacceptable’ and ‘unjustified’
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Culture
Canada's World Cup superfans are betting savings, sleep and sanity on a home tournament
Inside Britain’s Muslim Brotherhood
“This is the Nato summit of reactionary nationalism”
In Hong Kong, I saw the coming Chinese century
Comment
The shop window is being rebuilt in data — and Canada is dangerously unprepared
Mehdi Hasan: No one in America cares about the UK
No party in this USA
Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t lost the battle yet
Business
The Bank of Canada is quietly running out of room — and Carney knows it
“I’m Palestinian, it’s impossible to look away”
Last gambit
Nigel Farage resigns, triggering Clacton by-election
Education
Government mis-sold student loans to a generation, report finds
Politics
Canada Football 2026: A nation's confidence test
British Politics
How to solve the Neet crisis
British Politics
Who will be Labour’s next general secretary?
A struggle to the death
Your Party, an autopsy
Northern Soul
Real devolution is a vision worth fighting for
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
The Weekend Essay
Lawless in Gaza
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
Strike back
Britain’s next leader must be ready for war with Russia
US
Americans love queuing even more than we do
Culture
Ludovico Einaudi repeats himself
Theatre
To Kill a Mockingbird proves that America has regressed
TV
Larry David, honorary Englishman
The Hillbilly Gospel