International Politics
Vladimir Putin has no way out
But he may not want one
Comment
Violence has infected our politics
America’s original biggest loser
The abuse suffered 250 years ago by Thomas Hutchinson for upholding the law has echoes in US governance today
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.
Books
What did women want?
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
The Odyssey is more Hollywood than Homeric
Exclusive: Andy Burnham appoints No 10 policy chief
The appointee, Graeme Cooke, is seen as an intellectual ally of James Purnell
From Canada
via Global News
Consumer
RBC agrees to $45M class-action settlement over mutual fund fees
Canadians who held mutual funds with RBC through discount brokers could be getting some money back in their pockets if a proposed class-action settlement gets approved.
Trending
Guitar maker Fender sues German retailer Thomann in copyright dispute
Fender argues that the Harley Benton-brand guitars developed and sold by Thomann, one of its largest global retail partners, copy the classic Strat shape.
Crime
R. Kelly asks Trump to commute his 30-year sentence for sex trafficking
'The White House has a thorough review process for all clemency requests, with the President being the ultimate decider,' a White House official told Global News in a statement.
Entertainment
‘Jurassic Park’ actor Sam Neill cause of death revealed
Philip Grenz, Sam Neill's longtime agent, said he decided to reveal the cause after speaking to the actor's family to correct 'inaccurate and outright falsehoods.'
Canada
Evacuations continue as hundreds of wildfires ravage northern Ontario
OPP said Thursday that they are assisting in evacuation efforts in five communities and First Nations across northwestern Ontario.
Health
Add Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab to Canada’s public drug plans, agency says
Lecanemab is an antibody that targets the buildup of amyloid plaque in the brain, which is believed to be an underlying cause of the disease.
U-s-news
Trump expected to focus on election conspiracies in national address
Canada
Canadian diplomats in U.S. face gun violence, housing woes: audit
Tech
Google must share search data, open Android to rival AI firms, EU says
Canada
Wildfire smoke persists in Toronto, conditions may improve Friday: Environment Canada
Canada
B.C. officials brace for increased wildfire activity from dry lightning
Canada
‘They’re paying back the money’: Ford breaks silence on hotel expense scandal
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Culture
Canada's World Cup superfans are betting savings, sleep and sanity on a home tournament
Meet the people who handle the King’s billions
Under siege on the Gaza flotilla
The global crises Andy Burnham cannot escape
Comment
The shop window is being rebuilt in data — and Canada is dangerously unprepared
“This is the Nato summit of reactionary nationalism”
In Hong Kong, I saw the coming Chinese century
Mehdi Hasan: No one in America cares about the UK
Business
The Bank of Canada is quietly running out of room — and Carney knows it
No party in this USA
Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t lost the battle yet
Politics
Strangers in our midst
Politics
Canada Football 2026: A nation's confidence test
Editor’s Note
Andy Burnham knows our nostalgia
Politics
Labour’s iron discipline
British Politics
Nigel Farage is “the establishment”
Man vs bin
Nigel Farage wants to be humiliated
The Weekend Essay
The transcendence of Thomas Tuchel
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
The Weekend Essay
Lawless in Gaza
Posh George
What George Cottrell knows about money laundering
Culture
Daniel Mendelsohn: “The Odyssey is a blueprint for all comedy”
TV
Diane Morgan’s very human robot
Book of the Day
The fables and failures of Édouard Louis
Like a Rolling Stone