The Weekend Report
Under siege on the Gaza flotilla
An account of Israel’s capture and abuse of hundreds onboard a human rights mission to Gaza
The Weekend Essay
The transcendence of Thomas Tuchel
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
Man arrested over Ann Widdecombe death
A murder investigation has been launched after the ex-Tory MP was found dead at home
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
From Canada
via Global News
Trending
Passenger’s head and shoulders sucked out of window on flight from Greece: reports
Passengers told Greek media that they heard a loud bang, that oxygen masks dropped and that the plane began descending, the Associated Press said.
Sports
Legal expert weighs in on Kawhi trade being paused
A Toronto-based legal expert says he was surprised by the latest twist in the Toronto Raptors-Los Angeles Clippers trade saga.
Canada
City says it kept surprise Ottawa fireworks secret over ‘public safety risks’
The City of Ottawa says it didn't publicize a late-night fireworks display originally scheduled for Canada Day because officials feared it would create a public safety risk.
Politics
Gordie Howe bridge set to open by late July after delay: sources
A ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for early June was postponed after the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority said the two countries needed more time to resolve “outstanding issues.”
U-s-news
ICE officer shot driver through passenger window, detainees tell lawyer
Tuesday's shooting during an attempted traffic stop by ICE officers in Houston has revived critical voices deriding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Consumer
Stellantis says this tiny Fiat EV could come to Canada if there’s demand
Orders are now being taken for Fiat's new tiny electric vehicle (EV) in the U.S., which the parent company, Stellantis, says could come to Canada depending on demand.
Trending
Art museum covers gallery floor in peanut butter to honour late Dutch artist
Canada
What’s happening to deer at Marineland? Questions swirl as CFIA probes animal removal
Canada
Canada orders deportation of ‘bottom-tier’ member of Bishnoi gang
Canada
Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival cancelled due to western Manitoba floods
World
Talks with Iran to continue, but ceasefire is over, Trump says
Trending
Man loses hand after buried explosive device detonates at California beach
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Culture
Canada's World Cup superfans are betting savings, sleep and sanity on a home tournament
The global crises Andy Burnham cannot escape
“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
Last gambit
Nigel Farage resigns, triggering Clacton by-election
Teflon man
Is there any scandal that can stop Nigel Farage?
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?
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
The Weekend Essay
Lawless in Gaza
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
The Weekend Essay
“How the World Declared War on America”
The Weekend Interview
Ludovico Einaudi repeats himself
Like a Rolling Stone
Mick and Keith’s album is reassuringly Rolling and serviceably Stones
Theatre
To Kill a Mockingbird proves that America has regressed
TV
Larry David, honorary Englishman
The Hillbilly Gospel