Politics

Blockers by Michael Lewis review

The author of Moneyball author brings his exceptional narrative skills to bear on Musk’s anti-government crusade

Flydubai attack investigation widens as alleged hijacker’s training in New Zealand scrutinised

Hamam al-Hammami spent 175 days in New Zealand until May 2019, as Australian Jewish group calls for full investigation into his time in Melbourne

October 7 Revived Ancient Hatred, in the Middle East and on U.S. College Campuses

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How Death Penalty Opponents Share the Blame for Botched Executions

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As the mother of a student in Paris, I see what’s happening: reasonable demands met with awful violence

The debate around the schools protests is angry and polarised. I fear this is a foretaste of how election tensions next year will play out

I was tortured because I’m a Somali woman who dared to speak out

I was sentenced to three years in jail for insulting government institutions. Now I am free, I will carry on fighting for the women I met in prison

The Return of the Tudors

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Naval drone hits oil tanker off Russian resort city Sochi, triggering massive blaze

Russian officials said a Liberian-flagged tanker was attacked and a crew of 23 Indian nationals rescued

In Maine Senate debate, Collins says she's "not exactly" Trump's "favorite senator"

October 7, 2026 / 12:03 AM EDT / CBS News

Yemen civil war: what sparked latest escalation and who is involved?

Conflict between UN-recognised government and Iran-backed Houthis has impacts far beyond country’s borders

'I was so out of control!' Bez on cocaine, Happy Mondays, his ‘sexless marriage’ to Shaun Ryder, organic courgettes…

Drugs, drink and dancing made Bez famous. Thirty-five years on, has he really swapped it all for filtered water, intermittent fasting and walks with the dogs?

Takeaways from Maine Senate debate between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) underscored her differences with President Donald Trump during Maine’s first Senate debate Tuesday, telling viewers that she is “not exactly his favorite senator.”