Politics
Andy Burnham must not bow to Trump
Our posture on the world stage needs radical change
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The betrayal of the South African dream
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.
Zelensky hands Putin an unexpected gift
Large crowds in Ukraine are protesting the decision to fire the country’s popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov
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.
Burnham’s Labour left allies call for a “progressive chancellor”
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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Politics
Hoekstra says Trump serious about tariff threat over wildfire smoke
The U.S. ambassador says frustration is growing south of the border over Canadian wildfire smoke.
Sports
Trump won’t hesitate to postpone World Cup final over Canadian wildfire smoke: U.S. ambassador
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said conversations with FIFA were currently taking place about the air quality ahead of the final between Spain and Argentina.
Canada
Accused Bishnoi gang associate agrees to deportation order
Sahibjot Singh is the latest of dozens of Indian nationals to face deportation for their involvement in extortion gangs.
Crime
Convoy organizer Pat King guilty of intimidation, Appeal Court rules
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King is guilty of intimidation and has ordered a new sentencing hearing.
Canada
Trump says he’ll be ‘holding Canada responsible’ for wildfire smoke
U.S. President Donald Trump says he plans to hold Canada accountable for wildfire smoke blowing across the border, vowing the cost will be added to the American tariffs.
Canada
How Canada helped in past U.S. wildfires as Ford says some are ‘chirping’
As wildfires continue to burn across Canada, American politicians have been vocal about their displeasure surrounding smoke that has made its way to American skies.
World
Laos charges in deadly tourist methanol poisoning not harsh enough: parents
Crime
New trial ordered for Quebec man who spent 33 years in prison for 4 murders
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Cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce at Taco Bell, Mexico supplier
Environment
June storms result in more than $1.1B in damages across Canada
Canada
Chinese EV issue part of U.S. trade talks, Mexico foreign secretary says
U-s-news
12 U.S. states sue over Paramount-Warner merger, cite competition concerns
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Meet the people who handle the King’s billions
Under siege on the Gaza flotilla
The global crises Andy Burnham cannot escape
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
“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
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
No party in this USA
Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t lost the battle yet
Constitution climbdown?
Andy Burnham is already under pressure over electoral reform
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
Comment
Violence has infected our politics
Politics
Strangers in our midst
Editor’s Note
Andy Burnham knows our nostalgia
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
Politics
Labour’s iron discipline
We hardly knew ye
PMQs review: A farewell to Starms
British Politics
Exclusive: Andy Burnham appoints No 10 policy chief
The Weekend Essay
The Catcher in the Rye still speaks to our profoundest desires
A matter of principle
Count Binface is the establishment at its worst
TV
Diane Morgan’s very human robot
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