Politics
Andy Burnham: This is the biggest political change in 40 years
The new Labour leader reveals his plan to lead
French and far right
Madam President, Marine Le Pen?
Books
What did women want?
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.
Exclusive: Andy Burnham appoints No 10 policy chief
The appointee, Graeme Cooke, is seen as an intellectual ally of James Purnell
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.
Andy Burnham is already under pressure over electoral reform
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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Canada
Accused Bishnoi gang associate agrees to deportation order
Sahibjot Singh is the latest of dozens of Indian nationals to face deportation for their involvement in extortion gangs.
Crime
Convoy organizer Pat King guilty of intimidation, Appeal Court rules
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King is guilty of intimidation and has ordered a new sentencing hearing.
Canada
Trump says he’ll be ‘holding Canada responsible’ for wildfire smoke
U.S. President Donald Trump says he plans to hold Canada accountable for wildfire smoke blowing across the border, vowing the cost will be added to the American tariffs.
Canada
How Canada helped in past U.S. wildfires as Ford says some are ‘chirping’
As wildfires continue to burn across Canada, American politicians have been vocal about their displeasure surrounding smoke that has made its way to American skies.
World
Laos charges in deadly tourist methanol poisoning not harsh enough: parents
Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, 19, died after they were served tainted alcohol laced with methanol at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in November 2024.
Crime
New trial ordered for Quebec man who spent 33 years in prison for 4 murders
Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser said he found reasonable grounds to believe there may have been a miscarriage of justice in the case of Daniel Jolivet.
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Cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce at Taco Bell, Mexico supplier
Environment
June storms result in more than $1.1B in damages across Canada
Canada
Chinese EV issue part of U.S. trade talks, Mexico foreign secretary says
U-s-news
12 U.S. states sue over Paramount-Warner merger, cite competition concerns
Canada
Ford says it is a ‘miracle’ nobody has died as wildfires rip across northern Ontario
Canada
Government investigating CN’s actions after rail crew caught in wildfire
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
The global crises Andy Burnham cannot escape
“This is the Nato summit of reactionary nationalism”
In Hong Kong, I saw the coming Chinese century
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
Mehdi Hasan: No one in America cares about the UK
No party in this USA
Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t lost the battle yet
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
Politics
Strangers in our midst
Editor’s Note
Andy Burnham knows our nostalgia
Politics
Labour’s iron discipline
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
We hardly knew ye
PMQs review: A farewell to Starms
The next chancellor?
Even Labour voters are nervous about Ed Miliband
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
The Weekend Essay
Lawless in Gaza
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
British Politics
Burnham’s Labour left allies call for a “progressive chancellor”
Epstein
King Charles’ decency is irrelevant
TV
Diane Morgan’s very human robot
Book of the Day