Ursula von der Leyen says European Commission will decide on next steps to takeThe head of the European Commission has vowed a swift response to a ruling from Poland’s top court rejecting the supremacy of EU law, which has thrown relations between Brus…
Nintendo Switch OLED review – a luxury upgrade to a brilliant console
With its larger, brighter display and array of useful updates, this sleek new version of the Switch is expensive but desirableI will be for ever grateful to the Nintendo Switch for saving my sanity during the two most trying periods of my life: my firs…
EU could lift ban on UK sausages to sweeten Northern Ireland deal
Brussels to offer substantial package of proposals to improve post-Brexit arrangementsThe EU will seek to sweeten its package of proposals over the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland by lifting a prohibition on sausages made in Britain.The E…
French far right’s new face: the meteoric rise of Éric Zemmour
The controversial TV pundit recently overtook Marine Le Pen in presidential election opinion pollsHe has been convicted for inciting racial hatred, attacked by historians for claiming the Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Pétain saved French Jews rath…
Shia mosque bombing kills dozens in Afghan city of Kunduz
Large number of worshippers killed or wounded during Friday prayers in blast claimed by ISKPAt least 100 worshippers have been killed or injured in a suicide bombing that targeted a packed Shia mosque in Afghanistan during Friday prayers.Responsibility…
Senate Republicans sow disinformation after $480bn US debt ceiling deal
Republicans claim cap must be lifted to pay for Biden’s economic agenda – a sign of party’s approach to once non-partisan issuesTop Republicans in the Senate are advancing a campaign of disinformation over the debt ceiling as they seek to distort the r…
Nobel peace prize 2021: journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win – live
Nobel committee awards the 2021 peace prize to journalists from Philippines and Russia for ‘efforts to safeguard freedom of expression’Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prizeFacebook and fear in Manila: Maria Ressa’s fight for …
Could the global Covid death toll be millions higher than thought?
A data journalist and economics student have joined forces to measure the real pandemic death toll – and the results are startlingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage For the past 18 months, hunkered down in his Tel-Aviv apartme…
Digested week: which Squid Game are you on, my six-year-old asks | Emma Brockes
This week, horror everywhere: a failing eyesight fail, Roblox violence and a killer batBefore you can even get to the story, the numbers are staggering: there are 78,000 teachers in the New York City public school system, employed across 1,800 schools …
Experience: I was shot by a sniper
The road below was lined with tanks rolling out. Troops flooded the streets. The roof started shakingThe third of October 1993 was a beautiful day in Moscow. The sky was blue, the streets were busy and the air was chilly. I was a US paralegal living my…