
Regime change?
Andy Burnham still has everything to prove
If Burnham is serious about changing Britain, then this must be the beginning of his project, not the end

Westminster
Why did Andy Burnham pick John Healey?

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.

Andy Burnham appoints John Healey as Chancellor

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.

The betrayal of the South African dream
With mobs waging xenophobic violence on the streets, the promise of the anti-apartheid struggle has dissolved
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Economy
Trump’s 50% tariffs risk ‘further escalation,’ U.S. booze industry says
The U.S. said it will be imposing an additional 50 per cent tariff on Canadian imports due to retaliatory and 'discriminatory' measures Canada took in response to Trump’s tariffs.

Canada
Canada set to join European fighter jet program as an observer
Defence Minister David McGuinty, who is in the U.K. for a major international air show, has said the government is interested in learning more about the Global Combat Air Program.

Canada
Auto theft is falling, but few Canadians feel vehicles are secure: survey
A new survey from Équité Association found just 18 per cent of respondents believe vehicles being sold today can withstand modern auto theft tactics.

Canada
Woman killed while trying to rescue stray dogs in northern Manitoba
Amanda Nobiss, a 37-year-old animal rescuer from Winnipeg, was killed by stray dogs while volunteering to manage the overpopulation of dogs in a northern Manitoba community.

Canada
Marineland begins transporting 6 beluga whales to U.S. aquariums
The whales are expected to be moved from Marineland in Ontario and transported to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and SeaWorld in San Antonio.

Investigations
Search for missing Calgary boy prompts concerns over when Amber Alerts are issued
The search for a missing 11-year-old Calgary boy is into its fifth day. As the search drags on, questions are being asked about why an Amber Alert wasn't issued sooner.
Economy
Trump hits Canada with new 50% tariff over ‘discriminatory’ trade actions
Environment
Is Canada doing enough to prevent forest fires from getting out of control?
Weather
How do wildfires create lightning, pyro tornadoes and thunderstorms?
Crime
Tate brothers fight extradition to UK after arrest on sex crime charges
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New York artist who made statue of Charlie Kirk claims no one will buy it
Economy
Trump’s forced labour tariffs set to go into effect this week. What to know
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Zelensky hands Putin an unexpected gift
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
Westminster
Andy Burnham: this will be a “circuit breaker” for Britain
The Weekend Interview
Gary Stevenson: Ballooning billionaire wealth is a cancer
British Politics
Green Party plan to attack Shabana Mahmood revealed by internal memo
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
Politics
Andy Burnham: This is the biggest political change in 40 years
British Politics
Burnham’s Labour left allies call for a “progressive chancellor”
Constitution climbdown?
Andy Burnham is already under pressure over electoral reform
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
The Weekend Essay
Lawless in Gaza
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
Geopolitics
This is the end of Russia
TV
Diane Morgan’s very human robot
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