Major Hurricane Genevieve is roaring in the Pacific Ocean far from land while Tropical Storm Fausto increases impacts on Hawaii
US walks out on France at UN meeting to protest ally’s criticism of America’s human rights record
U.S. diplomats walked out as their French counterparts spoke at the United Nations after the European ally criticized the Trump administration’s human rights record
Secret Service agent charged in beatings police say were fraternity hazing
Florida authorities have arrested a U.S. Secret Service agent and two other men on felony charges, saying they committed brutal beatings as part of a fraternity hazing ritual
Ex-Olympian charged in Reflecting Pool damage sees ‘irregularities’ in proceedings
A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment
‘Climate hushing’ has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it’s a mistake.
A hush has fallen over the Democratic Party — a “climate hush,” to be precise. The phrase captures the push within the party to focus more on the high cost of living and less on the planetary crisis, in hopes of addressing a popular diagnosis of why Democrats lost the...
How Premier League Futures programme is helping former academy prospects
In six months Iyiola Adebayo went from captaining West Ham youth teams to delivering pizzas but he has found a new direction “Within six months of being the captain at West Ham and playing in the Youth Cup, I was delivery driving at Domino’s,” says Iyiola Adebayo. Adebayo had joined at...
Fifa president Gianni Infantino called to appear before Congress over Trump ties
Democrat Jamie Raskin pushes Fifa to release records of contact with Trump, administration and family business Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, has launched an investigation into Fifa president Gianni Infantino, seeking documents that would detail the ties between soccer’s governing body and Donald Trump and...
‘It’s human first, then athlete’: Ramsay-Peaty happy with second bronze in new reality
Former Olympic champion admits ‘superpower’ waning Scotland’s Archie Goodburn in final despite brain cancer Shortly after Adam Ramsay-Peaty had battled desperately to snatch another bronze medal at these Commonwealth Games, it was put to him that he was no longer a winning machine. Once upon a time, Britain’s greatest swimmer...
F1 summer report card: from top of the class Mercedes to the team that must do better
As the paddock disperses for its traditional mid-season three-week break, the race is on to catch Kimi Antonelli Mercedes came into the season as favourites and have lived up to the billing. Their car has been dominant with eight wins from 11 meetings, a strike rate greater perhaps even than...
Motorbikes and mountains: photographing the 2026 Tour de France – photo essay
Pete Goding has been photographing the Tour de France for 20 years – here he gives an insight into what it’s been like to document this year’s race Twenty Tours de France. It seems faintly ridiculous when I write it down. My first was the year Lance Armstrong’s carefully constructed...