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‘I feel the wing-draught of dozens of hummingbirds’: the wild beauty of Panama | Panama holidays

Suddenly the road loses the plot. Deep holes spread like a rash, then become pits that expand into missing sections filled with rainwater. An...

What’s really changed 10 years after the Snowden revelations? | Edward Snowden

It was the day his life changed forever. When Edward Snowden blew the whistle on mass surveillance by the US government, he traded a...

Why is it so smoky? Canada wildfires spark air-quality alerts in north-east US | Wildfires

Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning....

Russia-Ukraine war live updates: thousands evacuated as UN says scale of dam disaster will only be clear in coming days – latest news |...

UN says scale of dam disaster will only be clear in coming daysUN aid chief Martin Griffiths told the UN security council that “the...

Russia floundering in ‘mud of lies’ over Kakhovka dam destruction, Ukraine tells UN | Ukraine

Russia’s UN envoy was accused of floundering in a “mud of lies” after he claimed at an emergency session of the security council that...

‘We torment others’: the dark side of South Korean school life | South Korea

Clutching an iron hair curler radiating scorching heat, a schoolgirl torments a classmate in a desolate school gymnasium.The curler sizzles raw flesh, as the...

More wildlife-friendly farming needed to stop decline of insects in Britain, says report | Insects

Conservation measures over the past 30 years have failed to stop the decline of insects on British farmland, a new report shows. Populations of...

‘Gigantic victory for sportswashing’: old truths will haunt golf’s new dawn | Golf

For nearly two years, the battle for golf’s soul has raged across fairways and in courtrooms, between Middle East and west, oil money and...

PGA’s ‘merger’ with LIV can’t be seen as anything other than a Saudi victory | Golf

The cliches have already been trotted out – a great moment for golf, a long-awaited delivery of a united front. Some would have you...

As flood waters rise around them, Kherson residents cast blame for destroyed dam on ‘inhumane’ Moscow | Ukraine

On what should have been a Kherson street corner, Larysa Musian, a hydrologist, sits and watches the flood waters rising. The Dnipro River used...

‘A biblical deluge’: people along Dnipro river wake up to catastrophe | Ukraine

In the early hours of Tuesday morning all was calm at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. It was a mild night. Nothing appeared to...

‘Thanks, honestly’: Karim Benzema leaves Real Madrid with legacy secure | Real Madrid

Fourteen years have passed since a car pulled up on Rue Youri Gagarine, Lyon, and the president of Real Madrid got out, but Karim...

Feel the force: the thrilling Icelandic soundscapes of Anna Thorvaldsdottir | Classical music

Artists’ workspaces are often revealing. Think of maverick painter Maggi Hambling’s studio, which she once described as “the largest ash-tray in Suffolk”. Or the...

First steps agreed on plastics treaty after breakthrough at Paris talks | Global development

Nation-state representatives have taken the first concrete step toward a legally binding treaty to regulate plastic, described as the most important green deal since...

‘There will be sex!’ Inside A Strange Loop – the queer, Black Broadway megasmash now hitting Britain | Theatre

In the bowels of the brutalist Barbican, the young cast of A Strange Loop are having a tea break. It’s a concept foreign to...

Transfer window: 10 players who could strengthen Arsenal’s midfield | Arsenal

Declan Rice is Arsenal’s big target in the transfer window this summer. Edu and Mikel Arteta are waiting patiently for West Ham to play...

The best albums of 2023 so far | Music

Bar Italia – Tracey DenimPerhaps the pandemic forced us to appreciate the art of lolling about, but for whatever reason, the sound of slacker...

‘Congrats! You didn’t marry the wrong guy!’ 25 years of Sex and the City nailing life as a single woman | Television

Twenty-five years ago, a big-haired, well-heeled sex columnist made her debut in a bold new comedy about women over 30 dating in New York....

‘The world has never been the same’: George Floyd’s uncle on the tragedy that fuels his fight against racism | George Floyd

Three years ago, footage of the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis emerged online, sparking a firestorm of outrage that spread well beyond...

Prince Harry due to give evidence in Mirror Group phone hacking trial – live | Prince Harry

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePrince Harry is about to enter the witness box to give evidence, becoming...

Declan Rice in line for one grand final farewell with West Ham | West Ham United

Around West Ham, there is zero bitterness at the thought of their most cherished talent moving on this summer. They have been crucial to...

Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up Nova Kakhovka dam near Kherson | Ukraine

The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River, and called for people living downstream to...

Didn’t You Use to Be Chris Mullin? Diaries 2010-2022 review – blasts from the sidelines | Autobiography and memoir

It’s always hard for a beloved actor to know when to leave the stage. So no wonder that political diarist Chris Mullin was tempted...

‘I knew the terror of lost time’: how my father’s dementia echoed my own alcoholism | Alcoholism

The radio was playing in the background of my parents’ kitchen the first time my father forgot how to eat. It was July 2015...

My life was turned upside down by Beijing threats, wife of Chinese ex-official tells US court | China

The wife of a Chinese former official has described in court the moment their life in the US was “turned upside down” by Chinese...

Jim Hines, the first man to break 10 seconds in 100m sprint, dies aged 76 | Athletics

American sprinter Jim Hines, the first man to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres, has died aged 76.Hines clocked 9.95 seconds when...

Wolverine spotted for the second time ever in California in the last 100 years | California

A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that’s only been seen one...

Revealed: government looking at four more sites for asylum vessels | Rishi Sunak

Thousands of asylum seekers could be housed in vessels moored near Newcastle, Harwich, Felixstowe and the Royal London docks, the Guardian has learned.Rishi Sunak...

Ukraine’s troops attack along front in apparent precursor to counteroffensive | Ukraine

Ukrainian troops went on the attack at multiple points along the frontline in the Donetsk region on Monday, driving back Russian forces in at...

Talking Horses: Derby’s profile will make it a renewed target for activists | Horse racing

Relief and pride at a job well done were, according to Nevin Truesdale, the Jockey Club’s chief executive, the primary emotions at Epsom on...

Revised report on impact of Covid lockdowns ‘adds little insight’ | Health

The overwhelming majority of academic studies have one chance to make a splash. Once that moment has passed – which tends to be when...

Postecoglou has steeliness to handle challenge of rebooting Tottenham | Tottenham Hotspur

“Let’s not beat about the bush … I was a joke when I was appointed,” Ange Postecoglou said on Saturday, the Scottish treble completed...

Apple reveals Vision Pro AR headset at its worldwide developers conference | Apple

Apple has lifted the lid on the worst kept secret in Silicon Valley and revealed the Vision Pro, a $3,499 VR headset.“With Vision Pro,...

Lab-shepherd mix Zoey recognized for world’s longest dog tongue by Guinness | US news

Virtually everyone who met Drew and Sadie Williams’s dog after the married couple from Louisiana first adopted Zoey three years ago could tell the...

Tributes paid to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira a year on from their deaths | Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Indigenous leaders, politicians and friends and relatives of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira have paid tribute to the two men on the anniversary of...

Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – giant cocktail umbrella gives the park a party vibe | Architecture

Long wooden ribs fan out from the centre of the roof of this year’s Serpentine pavilion, like the gills of a gigantic portobello mushroom....

There may never have been a fight for survival in La Liga quite like this | La Liga

“Life hits you hard sometimes; this is one of those times,” Papa Pezzolano said when at last it was over and it was confirmed...

The best TV of 2023 so far | Television

AtlantaDisney+Over its four series, Donald Glover’s always-excellent show seemed determined to stretch the parameters of what one programme could be. Sometimes a horror, sometimes...

Prince Harry not in court for phone-hacking trial ‘due to daughter’s birthday’ – live | Prince Harry

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe journalists who wrote the articles presented as part of Harry’s claim were...

Sunak claims small boats plan ‘is starting to work’, saying crossings down by 20% – UK politics live | Politics

Key eventsSunak says the government has made more progress on this issue “than anyone has made in a very long time”.Sunak says government has...

Apple cider vinegar: the ultimate panacea – or wildly overhyped? | Health & wellbeing

Feeling peckish one day in 2017, Darshna Yagnik, an immunologist and lecturer in biomedical science at Middlesex University, took a punt on something that...

‘The end of peak television’: has the era of prestige TV just ground to a halt? | Succession

Now that Succession has finally lived up to its writers’ most-loved phrase and decided to “fuck off” at the end of its fourth season,...

Oil price up as Saudi Arabia pledges output cuts; UK mortgage rates rising – business live | Business

Key eventsLewis Shaw, owner of the mortgage broker Riverside Mortgages, told The Times that mortgage lenders risk being ‘swamped’ by customers trying to secure...

TV tonight: controversial music-biz drama from the makers of Euphoria | Television

The Idol9pm, Sky AtlanticProudly declaring itself “the sleaziest love story in Hollywood”, this full-throttle drama from the creator of Euphoria, Sam Levinson, caused quite...

Country diary: An orange tip rescue mission | Butterflies

My hands reek of garlic. I’ve been pulling up invasive Alliaria petiolata, alias garlic mustard. Our resident population of orange tip butterflies lay eggs...

Kathleen Folbigg pardoned and released after 20 years in jail over deaths of her four children | Australia news

Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned and released after two decades in prison over the deaths of her four children, following a decision of the...

Brazil police charge alleged mastermind behind murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira | Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Brazilian police have charged the alleged leader of a “transnational criminal organization” with being the mastermind of the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno...

China’s war chest: how Beijing has rearranged the diplomatic pieces ahead of a potential conflict | China

In diplomatic terms, China could be said to have already won its battle against Taiwan. Most of the world’s governments – including the US...

Sydney’s newspaper rebellion: the night the censors called armed officers on the press | Australian books

Eighty years ago, in September 1943, Australia’s newspaper owners feared the worst when Labor’s Arthur Calwell was sworn in as minister for information in...