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Hong Kong political cartoonist axed after 40 years following criticism from officials | Hong Kong

A decades-old political cartoon column has been scrapped by a respected Hong Kong newspaper after it faced a barrage of criticism from officials, in...

Thailand elections: young people want radical change in a country they say is stagnating | Thailand

As the date for the military draft loomed, Napasit Tonsiedee, 23, from Buriram, north-east Thailand, visited the temple, bathed in holy water and prayed...

Vincent Kompany: ‘Let’s not put a ceiling on how high we can go’ | Vincent Kompany

Good environment. The term crops up regularly in Vincent Kompany’s description of Burnley. His portrait is revealing, getting to the heart of why the...

Antonio strikes against AZ Alkmaar to give West Ham chance of final step | Europa Conference League

It was scrappy, it was messy, but West Ham only saw the beauty. They celebrated wildly when Michail Antonio bundled the ball over the...

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz rivalry could finally reignite in Rome | Tennis

Over the past 10 months, the duality of the ATP tour has been exasperating. Two exceptional players have pieced together dominant runs across multiple...

‘Man of 1,000 faces’ wins Deutsche Börse photography prize | Deutsche Börse photography prize

One of Africa’s most important living photographers and contemporary artists, who photographs himself in the style of leading historical figures including Martin Luther King...

Immigration authorities ‘already seeing large numbers of migrants at US border’ ahead of Title 42 ending – live | Mexico

Mayorkas says US seeing 'large numbers of encounters' with people at borderAs the White House press briefing kicked off, homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas...

Plaid Cymru stand-in leader says party is ready to sort out misogyny problem | Plaid Cymru

The interim leader of Plaid Cymru has promised the party is ready to tackle its misogyny scandal amid warnings it faces “existential questions” after...

CNN head defends Trump’s lie-strewn town hall: ‘America was served very well’ | CNN

CNN bosses have defended their decision to host a prime-time town hall with Donald Trump, after triggering widespread outrage by allowing the former president...

Adidas plans not to destroy unsold Yeezy stock but sell it off for charity | Fashion

Adidas has said it will not destroy the unsold merchandise from its defunct Yeezy partnership with Kanye West and will instead try to sell...

Pakistan supreme court rules arrest of Imran Khan to be illegal | Pakistan

Pakistan’s supreme court has ruled the arrest of the former prime minister Imran Khan to be illegal and ordered for him to be released...

Outrage over plans to build highway over site of Canada’s deadliest rockslide | Canada

Before sunrise on the morning of 29 April 1903, a deep rumble echoed through Crowsnest Valley in western Alberta, Canada. The peak of Turtle...

‘Nature is great. But when it becomes real, it’s something else’: filming The Eight Mountains | Film

“You’re out of focus!” I’ve just logged in to Zoom to talk to Belgian directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, and they’re laughing...

Actor Stephen Tompkinson found not guilty of grievous bodily harm | England

The actor Stephen Tompkinson has been found not guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm by punching a drunk man who was making noise outside...

County cricket: Lancashire v Somerset, Warwickshire v Essex, and more – live | County Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe very best of luck to Matt Dunn and his family and friends,...

I took anger management classes. Here’s what they get wrong about the world | Life and style

There are six rules of anger management, says my anger workbook. The first rule: “STOP, think, take a look at the BIG picture.” Then,...

Ash Barty: ‘What I miss the most is the thrill of the fight’ | Ash Barty

Fifteen months since deciding to step away from professional tennis, Ash Barty cuts a relaxed figure in the back yard of her Brisbane home...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine ‘operation’ is ‘difficult’ says Kremlin; US thinktank reports Russian forces ‘constrained’ in Bakhmut | Russia

Ukraine ‘operation’ is ‘difficult’ says Kremlin spokespersonRussia’s military operation against Ukraine is “very difficult” but will continue, Tass news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...

Toe-curlingly bad television: Trump’s torturous town hall backfires on CNN | US news

The nausea came gradually, then suddenly, and with disconcerting familiarity. We had been flung back in time to the political hellscape of 2016. Only...

Collapsing buildings, incoming missiles: Taiwan rehearses a Chinese assault on its cities | Taiwan

On a Thursday afternoon in Taipei, it was 26 August 2025 and China’s military had just fired a missile into the city, hitting an...

Social media firms should reimburse online fraud victims, say UK bankers | Scams

The boss of the banking industry body UK Finance has called on social media companies to reimburse victims of online fraud, accusing them of...

4000 Miles review – Eileen Atkins and Sebastian Croft connect in tale of distant relations | Theatre

Timothée Chalamet and Eileen Atkins were fully rehearsed for this family drama at London’s Old Vic when theatres closed due to Covid in 2020....

Dzeko and Mkhitaryan punish Milan’s slow start to put fearless Inter in charge | Champions League

After the silence, the explosion. It was the biggest game this city has seen in two decades, and if there was a certain restraint...

World Athletics awaits report into Rana Reider after coach reveals sanction | Athletics

World Athletics is awaiting a US Center for SafeSport report into Rana Reider after the renowned sprint coach revealed he had been sanctioned for...

Harder on song as Chelsea close on WSL lead with 6-0 demolition of Leicester | Women’s Super League

Pernille Harder: better, faster, stronger. Chelsea’s Danish forward returned to the starting XI for the Blues’ demolition of Leicester City and powered them to...

Google launches Pixel Fold, Tablet and 7a Android devices | Google

Google has announced a range of new Pixel mobile gadgets, including its first folding phone and an Android tablet that doubles as a smart...

Giro d’Italia: Evenepoel felled by dog before Cavendish slips on day of crashes | Giro d’Italia

Remco Evenepoel suffered two crashes during a dramatic stage five of the Giro d’Italia, first brought down by a stray dog and then falling...

Peter Day obituary | BBC

My father, Peter Day, who has died aged 95, worked as a senior designer in the visual effects department of the BBC for nearly...

Sabalenka’s progress faces test as she enters Swiatek’s Rome fortress | Tennis

Early in the second set of the Madrid Open final, Aryna Sabalenka was in full flow. After planting herself inside the baseline, Sabalenka unloaded...

Real Madrid v Manchester City: beauty and parity living on the razor’s edge | Manchester City

Perhaps the most telling moment of Tuesday’s 1-1 draw at the Bernabéu came nine minutes into the second half as Erling Haaland finally located...

A woman expresses how it feels to survive rape: Elisa Iannacone’s best photograph | Photography

My series The Spiral of Containment was about translating how people are made to feel after being raped. It tried to express trauma through...

Former PM Imran Khan appears before judge amid uproar in Pakistan | Imran Khan

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been presented before a judge at a police station in Islamabad, 24 hours after his arrest by...

Agustina Bazterrica: ‘Capitalism and cannibalism are almost the same’ | Books

Every day, upon leaving her Catholic high school, Agustina Bazterrica and her friends were followed by the same predatory man who would aim “the...

Mirror group phone-hacking trial featuring Prince Harry begins – live | Media

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe court is taking a short break.The scale and extent of the unlawful...

‘Like Nagasaki’: devastating wildfires will only get worse, new book warns | Canada

The wildfire that barrelled towards the northern Canadian city of Fort McMurray in 2016 was far more destructive and ferocious than anything anyone had...

UFC-backed skateboarding tour leans into right-wing media ties | Skateboarding

The Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Championship Tour made a thrilling return last month in Chicago. The event showcased some of the world’s best skateboaders,...

Longer lorries to be allowed on UK roads to reduce journeys; Asos swings to first-half loss – business live | Business

Key eventsEuropean stock markets have opened cautiously higher but are little changed, with the FTSE 100 index in London up nearly 6 points at...

‘It is hateful and mean’: fighting back with the banned book reading room | Exhibitions

“I was struck by somebody who felt so strongly about his art that he was willing to create something that would get him potentially...

US man leaves job interview, rescues baby in runaway stroller, then lands job | US news

Having experienced homelessness and unemployment for years, Ron Nessman was leaving a job interview at an Applebee’s restaurant in California when a baby in...

Air New Zealand to charge over $400 for a four hour snooze in the sky | New Zealand

New Zealand’s national airline will charge NZ$400-$600 (US$250-$380) for four hours in a six-person bunk bed cabin, under its “world-first” design for an economy...

US ethics watchdog calls on Clarence Thomas to resign over undisclosed gifts | Clarence Thomas

The conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas must resign, an ethics watchdog said on Tuesday, citing revelations about Thomas’s failure to declare lavish gifts...

De Bruyne finds key as Real Madrid are locked down in their super-prison | Champions League

Shortly after the post‑World Cup resumption Pep Guardiola made some comments about Kevin De Bruyne; sighing a little, looking sad, bemoaning by sly implication...

De Bruyne rocket rips through Real Madrid and fires Manchester City belief | Champions League

The ball was there to hit and how Kevin De Bruyne hit it. It was midway through the second half, Manchester City were behind...

Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused columnist E Jean Carroll | Donald Trump

A New York jury found on Tuesday that Donald Trump sexually abused the advice columnist E Jean Carroll in a New York department store...

‘They were little’: photos show children illegally working in US slaughterhouse | Nebraska

Harrowing photos released by the US labor department taken at a slaughterhouse plant in Nebraska show the conditions more than 100 children faced while...

‘Everything is gone’: entire Indian villages burned in ethnic violence | India

The road to Heirokland is smooth and freshly laid, with a sign proclaiming it part of an Indian government development initiative. But ethnic violence...

Rita Lee, Brazil’s undisputed Queen of Rock, dies aged 75 | Os Mutantes

Rita Lee, the legendary Brazilian musician, composer and founder of the trailblazing band Os Mutantes, has died at 75, prompting emotional tributes to Brazil’s...