Comment
Britain’s £50bn nuclear reckoning
Maintaining the deterrent, and hitting spending goals, will require a fundamental reordering of the state
The Politics Column
What will Labour’s newly dispossessed do next?
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.
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?
Watching Mayo win, I said goodbye to Ireland
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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World
60K migrants enter Spain’s Ceuta as military response leaves 34 dead
The border crisis boiled over Thursday and continued on Friday with security forces clashing with migrants on the Moroccan side of the border.
Economy
GDP climbed 0.3% in May, says StatCan
The economy was growing steadily in May and appeared on track for a solid rebound in the second quarter as a whole, Statistics Canada said Friday.
World
Hamas says it agrees to disarm after Trump announces Gaza peace proposal
U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal comes nine months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire to end the fighting between Israel and Hamas was signed.
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U.S. men convicted of murdering Quebec couple on Caribbean island
Jonathan Lehrer and Robert Snyder Jr. were convicted of killing Daniel Langlois and his partner, Dominique Marchand, who were found dead in December 2023.
Sports
Simu Liu, Jeremy Lin bring hoops, hope to Markham
Even during his bachelor party in Ontario's Muskoka region, Simu Liu had Markham on his mind.
Sports
Williams, Miles and Collier power Lynx past Tempo
Courtney Williams, Olivia Miles and Napheesa Collier scored 15 points apiece to help the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynx extend their win streak to nine with a 104-72 victory over the Toronto Tempo on Thursday.
Economy
Carney says B.C. port expansion necessary to boost exports, independence
Economy
Sawmill closures ‘gut-wrenching’ amid lumber industry headwinds: Canfor CEO
Crime
Defence to appeal murder verdict in killing of Quebec couple in Dominica
Environment
Global burning at record low, despite North American and European wildfires
Sports
What’s behind growing European threats to boycott the next FIFA World Cup?
World
U.S. says ‘error’ mislabelled every African country on AIDS conference map
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Europe’s age of fire
Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump
The betrayal of the South African dream
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
Andy Burnham must not bow to Trump
Zelensky hands Putin an unexpected gift
Under siege on the Gaza flotilla
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
British Politics
The Prime Minister against the mainstream media
British Politics
Inside the Green Party’s defence divide
Burnham bounce
Labour’s lead may not last
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
Exclusive
Who’s who in John Healey’s top political team
British Politics
At last, a government that looks like it’s trying
Manchester heist
The Green plan to steal the Manchester mayoralty
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
Left Hook
Stop calling Keir Starmer a good man
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
The Weekend Essay
Lawless in Gaza
Comment
Supporting North Sea drilling is an extremist position
Cinema
Is David Thomson still watching?
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