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
Environment
‘Sovereignty comes with responsibility:’ U.S. lawmakers to Canada on wildfires
As wildfire smoke blankets parts of the country, and spills into the United States, some U.S. lawmakers are calling on Canada to do more.
Canada
No sharing of Gordie Howe bridge tolls until debt is repaid, Carney says
Details of a new deal were announced late last week that will reportedly send about half of the money collected to the U.S., including toll revenues.
Health
Where cyclosporiasis cases stand in Canada as U.S. parasite outbreak rages
Cyclosporiasis is an illness of the intestines caused by a parasite called cyclospora, which is only spread through eating food or drinking water that contains the parasite.
Canada
Canada will buy 190 armoured vehicles from Ontario firm, Carney says
The prime minister said every single vehicle will be built at the company's Ontario factory with parts sourced from providers across the country.
Canada
No ‘analysis’ on if denying residential schools should be hate speech: minister
Bill C-9, known as the Combatting Hate Act, received royal assent in June and was aimed at combating antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate against marginalized groups.
Health
Legionnaires’ bacteria found in New York museum cooling systems: report
There were 63 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the city by Wednesday, along with 13 hospitalizations, local officials said. No one has died as a result of the outbreak.
Consumer
RBC agrees to $45M class-action settlement over mutual fund fees
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Guitar maker Fender sues German retailer Thomann in copyright dispute
Crime
R. Kelly asks Trump to commute his 30-year sentence for sex trafficking
Entertainment
‘Jurassic Park’ actor Sam Neill cause of death revealed
Canada
Evacuations continue as hundreds of wildfires ravage northern Ontario
Health
Add Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab to Canada’s public drug plans, agency says
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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