Books May 23, 2026 The best books to read in May: new paperbacks from Ocean Vuong, RF Kuang and Nick Clegg Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some must-read paperbacks, from a campus novel to a history of language*** Continue reading... The best books to read in May: new paperbacks from Ocean Vuong, RF Kuang and Nick Clegg Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some must-read paperbacks, from a campus novel to a history of language*** Continue reading... See more
Italy May 23, 2026 Pope meets families who lost children to toxic waste in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’ Pastoral visit took in conversations with affected residents of polluted area around Naples seeking justicePope Leo XIV has greeted families who lost loved o... Pope meets families who lost children to toxic waste in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’ Pastoral visit took in conversations with affected residents of polluted area around Naples seeking justicePope Leo XIV has greeted families who lost loved o... Share
David Miliband May 23, 2026 UK needs ‘national consensus’ over rejoining EU, David Miliband says Ex-foreign secretary urges reset at ‘higher dosage’ after officials revealed to have pitched single market for goodsBritain needs a “national consensus” abou... UK needs ‘national consensus’ over rejoining EU, David Miliband says Ex-foreign secretary urges reset at ‘higher dosage’ after officials revealed to have pitched single market for goodsBritain needs a “national consensus” abou... Share
Agriculture and Farming May 23, 2026 How ‘Sentinel Gardens’ Help Spot Dangerous Bugs Abroad Scientists have planted American trees in China, Korea and elsewhere to attract hungry insects. Their hope is to identify the most damaging bugs before they... How ‘Sentinel Gardens’ Help Spot Dangerous Bugs Abroad Scientists have planted American trees in China, Korea and elsewhere to attract hungry insects. Their hope is to identify the most damaging bugs before they... Share
Quarantines May 23, 2026 White House Tells Congo’s Soccer Team to Isolate, Citing Ebola Outbreak The team, now in Belgium, must isolate there for 21 days or risk being denied permission to come to Houston for the World Cup, an official said. White House Tells Congo’s Soccer Team to Isolate, Citing Ebola Outbreak The team, now in Belgium, must isolate there for 21 days or risk being denied permission to come to Houston for the World Cup, an official said. Share
AI (artificial intelligence) May 23, 2026 Has the great AI backlash begun? | Fiona Katauskas The signs are thereSee more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading... Has the great AI backlash begun? | Fiona Katauskas The signs are thereSee more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading... Share
Kansas May 23, 2026 Federally protected bird’s nest holds up sale of Ford truck in Kansas A robin built a nest on a Ford-F-250’s tire and laid its eggs in it; a law prohibits removing it while inhabited by bird broodA truck sold by a Kansas dealer... Federally protected bird’s nest holds up sale of Ford truck in Kansas A robin built a nest on a Ford-F-250’s tire and laid its eggs in it; a law prohibits removing it while inhabited by bird broodA truck sold by a Kansas dealer... Share
Donald Trump May 23, 2026 Donald Trump’s revenge tour against Republican dissenters is in full swing. Will it backfire? With razor-thin majorities in Congress, the US president needs the votes of the very people whose careers he has destroyedAs Abba’s Dancing Queen played, Don... Donald Trump’s revenge tour against Republican dissenters is in full swing. Will it backfire? With razor-thin majorities in Congress, the US president needs the votes of the very people whose careers he has destroyedAs Abba’s Dancing Queen played, Don... Share
Tennis May 23, 2026 Nadal, Alcaraz and now Jodar: how Spain’s school of ‘suffering’ forges the stars of men’s tennis The 19-year-old nicknamed the ‘new Rafa’, seeded at this year’s French Open, is the latest talent to emerge from the country’s conveyor belt of championsSpai... Nadal, Alcaraz and now Jodar: how Spain’s school of ‘suffering’ forges the stars of men’s tennis The 19-year-old nicknamed the ‘new Rafa’, seeded at this year’s French Open, is the latest talent to emerge from the country’s conveyor belt of championsSpai... Share
Television May 23, 2026 Two Weeks in August review – Jessica Raine is extraordinary in this exquisite look at a holiday from hell Drugs, sex, scorpions, breakdowns … a summer trip in Greece goes diabolically wrong in the BBC’s immaculate new show that will give you a well-earned break f... Two Weeks in August review – Jessica Raine is extraordinary in this exquisite look at a holiday from hell Drugs, sex, scorpions, breakdowns … a summer trip in Greece goes diabolically wrong in the BBC’s immaculate new show that will give you a well-earned break f... Share
Global development May 23, 2026 UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study As Europe’s leading donor countries slash budgets, the result could be more than 11.5m preventable deaths, report suggestsCuts to foreign aid budgets by the... UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study As Europe’s leading donor countries slash budgets, the result could be more than 11.5m preventable deaths, report suggestsCuts to foreign aid budgets by the... Share
Canada May 23, 2026 At the Arctic Games, Canada and Greenland vs. Trump Feels Like Its Own Sport Geopolitics found its way to the podium in Whitehorse as athletes from the circumpolar North competed in sports as mainstream as hockey and as unusual as the... At the Arctic Games, Canada and Greenland vs. Trump Feels Like Its Own Sport Geopolitics found its way to the podium in Whitehorse as athletes from the circumpolar North competed in sports as mainstream as hockey and as unusual as the... Share
Stephen Colbert May 23, 2026 The show might go on: what happens to late-night TV without Stephen Colbert? The end of The Late Show, an American institution since 1993, leaves those still surviving within the format wondering what the future looks likeShare your f... The show might go on: what happens to late-night TV without Stephen Colbert? The end of The Late Show, an American institution since 1993, leaves those still surviving within the format wondering what the future looks likeShare your f... Share