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
Britain must now unite behind Count Binface
A court without fools is a dangerous place
From Canada
via Global News
Weather
Heat wave fuels record-tying 10 tornadoes in Saskatchewan
Ten tornadoes tied Saskatchewan's one-day record Friday as extreme heat fuelled severe storms, with Environment Canada warning more tornadoes are possible.
Fire
Veteran pilot killed fighting N.W.T. wildfire was a trusted leader and patient mentor
A veteran pilot killed while supporting wildfire crews in the Northwest Territories is being remembered as a skilled aviator, mentor and leader with over 25 years of experience.
Consumer
New gene technology could help Canadian canola cope with extreme weather
Canadian researchers are developing hardier canola plants to better withstand heat and drought as a new agri-tech program helps bring climate-ready innovations to market.
World
Trump and Iran’s supreme leader trade threats as mediators try to save their crumbling deal
The U.S. and Iran exchanged fresh threats Saturday as fragile talks continued, raising new doubts about efforts to prevent a wider conflict in the Middle East.
Tech
How the federal government’s proposed digital regulator would work
The federal government plans to create a powerful new digital regulator overseeing online safety and privacy, drawing praise from some experts and concern from others.
Canada
Carney heading to Alberta for Calgary Stampede
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Calgary today for Stampede events, including meetings with Treaty 6, 7 and 8 First Nations leaders after returning from a Middle East trip.
Trending
Passenger’s head and shoulders sucked out of window on flight from Greece: reports
Sports
Legal expert weighs in on Kawhi trade being paused
Canada
City says it kept surprise Ottawa fireworks secret over ‘public safety risks’
Canada
Gordie Howe International Bridge to open July 27 after delay
U-s-news
ICE officer shot driver through passenger window, detainees tell lawyer
Consumer
Stellantis says this tiny Fiat EV could come to Canada if there’s demand
More headlines
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