August 20, 2026

The country’s coming election will not be decided by the American president.

The impact from the bond market sell-off could prove more enduring, wide-ranging and globally consequential than prior episodes of market volatility.

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Tim Martin may have spent the better part of a decade trying to convince people

Dwindling donations and stiff competition from secondhand sellers online prompt review but ‘no plans for closures yet’ Oxfam is reviewing the operations of its three warehouses in Batley, Bicester and Milton Keynes

This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come This summer could be the

Most allotment holders say the heat has meant more work for smaller crops, although some have found a silver lining After a summer of repeated heatwaves and exceptionally dry weather in the

A look at six of the best and worst of the new season’s strips gives us Pro Evo chic, throwbacks done right, and how – and how not – to use stripes

Many species under threat use the African-Eurasian flyway, one of the planet’s largest mass-migration systems It may still feel like summer, but in the world of birds, autumn migration is already well

Men born in Ukraine who fought for Russia are tried for treason, but at a prisoner of war camp in western Ukraine, many believe they were defending their homeland.

At least 14 of the 20 people wounded in the strike on Kyiv have been hospitalised, officials say.