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‘We’re not going away’: UK strike trio bullish over battle for Amazon union | Amazon

“Jeff Bezos has got more money than he could spend in a hundred lifetimes. He built the company up, but we’ve kept it going.”...

Giant review – medical ethics and 18th-century freakshows create a compelling new opera | Opera

Medical ethics and the question of whether the pursuit of scientific knowledge should override the express wishes of the individual are central to composer...

‘I wish I could be her hero’: the teenage sweethearts who face motor neurone disease together | Australian books

Few people who make vows to stay together in sickness and in health give the words a second thought.For Rachel Yerbury, the promise she...

Third Roland Garros win sets Iga Swiatek on the path to greatness | French Open 2023

In the days leading up to the 2020 French Open, Iga Swiatek was struggling through one of the biggest crises of her career. Having...

Marvellous Marrakech: finding your way around the maze of Morocco’s gem | Marrakech holidays

1. For a hidden oasis… The secret gardenA remarkable newly restored garden, Le Jardin Secret was the site of one of the largest riads...

Novak Djokovic v Casper Ruud: French Open men’s singles final – live | French Open 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature*Djokovic 0-2 Ruud Djokovic hits such ridiculous lengths with his groundstrokes, but at...

Dialogues des Carmélites review – jeggings not wimples but Poulenc’s opera grips and haunts still | Opera

Heavy, pained breathing. Voices of unseen figures, whispering. The brisk clicks of a potato peeler. It has taken almost 50 years for Poulenc’s doomed...

‘Fastest mum in the world’: Rachel Atherton wins UCI Downhill World Cup | Cycling

Rachel Atherton triumphed in the UCI Downhill World Cup in Lenzerheide on Saturday, staking her claim as “the fastest mum in the world”.The six-time...

World Test Championship final: Australia v India, day five – live | World Test Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature49th over: India 186-5 (Rahane 31, Bharat 5) Two off that Boland over...

The week in TV: The Idol; Gods of Tennis; Davina McCall’s Pill Revolution; Significant Other – review | Television

The Idol (Sky Atlantic) | Sky/Now) Gods of Tennis (BBC Two) | iPlayerDavina McCall’s Pill Revolution (Channel 4) | channel4.com Significant Other (ITVX) |...

Court couture: why tennis fashion owes it all to Suzanne Lenglen | Fashion

Before the French tennis star Suzanne Lenglen boarded an ocean liner in 1926 to take her to New York (where she would embark on...

Jurassic Park at 30: Spielberg’s sleek blockbuster remains a grave warning | Jurassic Park

In the face of various leadership disasters, it’s become common meme-ing practice in recent years to note that the mayor of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws...

Russia-Ukraine war live: US citizen detained in Moscow; Ukraine counteroffensive reported in four areas | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOpening summaryWelcome back to our continuing coverage of the war in Ukraine, I’m...

‘War criminals: whatever you do, we’ll record it’: the ‘merciless’ Ukrainian film about Mariupol | Ukraine

Kyril, aged 18 months, struggles for his life after a Russian rocket hits the family’s apartment block in the early days of the siege...

Josh Taylor v Teófimo López: WBO junior welterweight title fight – live | Boxing

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRound 5Another good round by López, who is dialled-in and having his best...

‘The modern day gay icon’: Jennifer Coolidge delivers camp and delight to fans at Sydney’s Vivid festival | Vivid festival 2023

When Garth Saville heard that Jennifer Coolidge was coming to Sydney: “I think all of our camp little juices sort of overflowed. It was...

Amazon plane crash: Colombian children survived on cassava and fruits, family say | Colombia

Cassava flour and some familiarity with the rainforest’s fruits were key to the extraordinary survival for 40 days of four children in the Amazon...

Manchester City scrap their way to a first Champions League win | Champions League

Manchester City scrapped and fought their way into the history books – a victory in adversity – to win their first Uefa Champions League,...

‘You have to be lucky’: Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola grateful for small margins | Manchester City

A delighted Pep Guardiola said Manchester City’s 1-0 victory over Internazionale at Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium that claimed the Champions League and a historic...

Guardiola vindicated as Stones thrives in ‘Barnsley Beckenbauer’ role | Champions League

Not all tactical tweaks are the result of overthinking. Pep Guardiola did not simply pick the obvious starting XI. He did not pick the...

Rodri breaks Internazionale resistance to seal Manchester City’s treble glory | Champions League

For Manchester City, it was the crowning glory, the trophy that they have craved to complete the ultimate set. It is often said that...

‘Almost a spiritual aspect’: the NSW naturists attempting to normalise nudity | New South Wales

“A nudist is a person who gets their gear off whenever they can,” Mick says.“A naturist has … almost a spiritual aspect.”Mick’s the head...

Usman Khawaja: ‘I would not be where I am now without my faith’ | Australia cricket team

Usman Khawaja wonders whether we’ve ever met. “No?” he says as he shakes my hand. “That’s probably a good thing, I used to hate...

Manchester City v Inter: Champions League final – live | Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureScott Carson: Manchester City’s 37-year-old third choice goalkeeper is on the bench tonight...

Corey Pereira: ‘Golf had to take a step back … now I’m buzzing for US Open’ | US Open

“Dude, it has been crazy.” At this point in 2022, Corey Pereira had no clue of the battles that lay ahead. His key concern...

Britain is ‘recklessly exposed’ to new pandemics, expert warns | Coronavirus

Ministers have “systematically dismantled” critical vaccine plans drawn up during the Covid crisis and left the country recklessly exposed to another pandemic, one of...

Why Saudi Arabia can afford to play a long game in bid to control sport | Saudi Arabia

It’s not often that a multi-millionaire sports star is a pawn in a global power play, but that was the situation Rory McIlroy found...

Iga Swiatek v Karolina Muchova: French Open women’s singles final – live | French Open

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe coin toss and I think Swiatek has won, choosing to serve first....

Three scenes that sum up the classified documents case against Donald Trump | Donald Trump

By laying out Donald Trump’s own admissions and incriminating eyewitness accounts from his employees, the indictment unsealed on Friday provided compelling evidence that the...

Impunity is Putin’s middle name. Now he must pay for his crimes | Simon Tisdall

Of course the Russians did it. Blowing up Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine last week is cowardly Vladimir Putin’s long-planned response to what...

Nick Offerman: ‘I was told I’d never not be Ron Swanson’ | Nick Offerman

At the weekends, Nick Offerman likes nothing more than to sit at home with his wife, Will and Grace’s Megan Mullally, doing puzzles while...

‘What I do is still taboo’: the people who sell images of their unlikely body parts online | Life and style

Dirty feetGeorge Woodville, 20, UK“The dirt is a real thing,” says George Woodville, AKA The Barefoot Guy. “Most people don’t want to see wet...

World Test Championship final: Australia v India, day four – live | World Test Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMatch report? Fancy a match report? I can testify in court that Simon...

How Jack Grealish went from meh man to a main man at Manchester City | Manchester City

It is safe to assume that Jack Grealish got involved and helped to drink “all the alcohol in Manchester”, as Pep Guardiola had it,...

Disco then shower at 33,000ft: Dubai hotelier launches £10k-an-hour ‘party jet’ | The super-rich

Forget partying on the ground: the super-rich are being told to do it at 33,000ft by a multimillionaire Dubai hotelier launching a £10,000-an-hour “five-star...

Russia-Ukraine war live: humanitarian crisis ‘hugely worse’ after Kakhovka dam collapse, says UN aid chief | Ukraine

Ukraine's humanitarian crisis 'hugely worse' after Kakhovka dam rupture, says UN aid chiefUN’s top aid official Martin Griffiths has warned Ukraine faces a “hugely...

From ornamental tree to fruit ‘of the gods’: Australians discover the joy of feijoa | Australian food and drink

Apples and oranges are the lowest hanging fruit during Australia’s autumn and winter. But this time of year is also the short, sweet season...

Italian special forces storm Turkish cargo ship after migrants attempt hijack | Italy

Italian special forces have stormed a cargo ship sailing from Turkey to France after about 15 migrants armed with knives attempted to hijack the...

Lamecha Girma and Faith Kipyegon set world records at Paris Diamond League | Athletics

Everywhere you looked on this deliriously balmy Parisian night, world records were being attacked, toppled, torn apart.Officially there was a 20,000-capacity crowd in the...

Indictment charging Trump with mishandling classified documents unsealed | Donald Trump

Donald Trump twice disclosed national security information in separate incidents in 2021 and took steps to retain classified documents that he knew he could...

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis | Ukraine

Every week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the Ukraine war, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and opinion.Ukraine’s...

Guardiola the GOAT? Beyond the billions he has changed world football | Champions League

Istanbul Is The New Cool. Or at least it is according to the city’s latest tourism advert, a collage of chic, blase young people...

New Zealand’s warming seas threaten Māori food sources relied on for generations | Māori

Danny Paruru crouches at the water’s edge, letting it wash over his hand. Behind him, at the far hill-line, the sharp peaks mark out...

Edin Dzeko: Inter’s big-game Mr Reliable who continues to defy time | Champions League

Edin Dzeko learned long ago not to worry about the dry spells. The Bosnian striker went 19 games without a goal for Internazionale this...

Champions League ‘obsession’ can take Manchester City to win, says Guardiola | Champions League

Pep Guardiola believes a healthy obsession with winning the Champions League can propel Manchester City to beat Internazionale in Saturday’s final at Istanbul’s Ataturk...

Novak Djokovic outlasts cramping Alcaraz to race into French Open final | French Open 2023

The highly anticipated semi-final encounter between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic ended in bitter anticlimax on Friday afternoon. After two intense, high-quality sets, Djokovic...

Erling Haaland: ‘The only thing City miss is the Champions League. I am here for a reason’ | Erling Haaland

For Erling Haaland, the moment of truth comes as he goes through what, by his standards, must be considered a drought. In the countdown...

Trump-appointed judge may oversee Mar-a-Lago case; ex-president reportedly bragged on tape he kept secret file – live | Donald Trump

Trump-appointed judge may oversee Mar-a-Lago caseHugo LowellA federal judge appointed by Donald Trump who last year drew scrutiny for a ruling that was seen...

‘A mum shouldn’t have to go to her child’s funeral’: Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen on making moving TV | Television

If Best Interests – a drama about a mother who takes the NHS to court after doctors decide to allow her teenage daughter to...

Carlos Alcaraz v Novak Djokovic: French Open 2023 semi-final – live | French Open 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAlcaraz 1-2 Djokovic* A terrific forehand from Djokovic, thwacked cross-court and on the...