International Politics
Madam President, Marine Le Pen?
With Marine Le Pen now free to run in next year’s election, France is entering uncharted political territory
British Politics
Andy Burnham is already under pressure over electoral reform
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
A Tech Town experiment in Yorkshire
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.
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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Fire
‘It was far away until it wasn’t’: Lodge owner details harrowing northern Ontario fires
Rylie Isaacs Laforge watched as a northern Ontario forest fire encroached on her lodge, burning a few campers before her and her family were forced to evacuate.
Canada
Corus to centralize Calgary, Edmonton news production, some jobs cut
Corus Entertainment Inc., the parent company of Global News, confirmed Thursday the technical production for its broadcasts in Calgary and Edmonton would be moved to Toronto.
Crime
Canadian fugitive wanted in Desjardins data breach investigation arrested in Mexico
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said Maxime Paquette was taken into custody by Mexican authorities in Cancun after being sought since June 2024.
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Pete Hegseth announces policy to test U.S. troops’ testosterone levels
The move comes as other Trump administration officials have begun advocating for men to have easier access to testosterone replacement therapies.
Politics
More Canadians now trust China under Xi than U.S. under Trump: poll
China executed four Canadian citizens in early 2025, with Beijing saying at the time all four were dual citizens and had been prosecuted on drug charges.
Canada
Canada doesn’t get credit for undoing ‘something bad,’ says U.S. trade czar
The United States' top trade official says the Trump administration isn't going to give Canada credit for its trade concessions.
Crime
2-year-old shot, killed by 4-year-old with unsecured gun left in car: police
Environment
‘Sovereignty comes with responsibility:’ U.S. lawmakers to Canada on wildfires
Canada
No sharing of Gordie Howe bridge tolls until debt is repaid, Carney says
Health
Where cyclosporiasis cases stand in Canada as U.S. parasite outbreak rages
Canada
Canada will buy 190 armoured vehicles from Ontario firm, Carney says
Canada
No ‘analysis’ on if denying residential schools should be hate speech: minister
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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
The next chancellor?
Even Labour voters are nervous about Ed Miliband
Comment
Nigel Farage doesn’t care about Clacton
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
Culture
King Charles’ decency is irrelevant
TV
Diane Morgan’s very human robot
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