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‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites
[ad_1] More than four decades have elapsed since Evangelos Geroliolios made his first ascent to the home of the ancient gods. At the top of Mount Olympus, on the rocky...
If Trump really cares about forced labor, he should look at the US – rather than slap more tariffs on the world | Eduardo Porter
[ad_1] Don’t believe the Trump administration’s rationale for its new volley of tariffs against everybody.The new levies, ostensibly to punish countries for failing to do enough to curb forced labor,...
The week around the world in 20 pictures
[ad_1] Wildfires in Europe, Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, the cockroach protests in New Delhi and the World Cup final – the past seven days as captured by the world’s...
Feeling lost without the World Cup? Six ways to survive the weekend
[ad_1] The 2026 World Cup is over, and the millions of people who enjoyed it now find themselves presented with a yawning chasm this weekend. In the UK alone, ITV...
The World Is Full of Married Men review – Jackie Collins’ bonkbuster as a gloriously filthy puppet show
[ad_1] Did someone say Jackie Collins, that doyenne of literary raunch and observer of human sexual dynamics? Fantastic! And an adaptation of her first novel, which revealed her formative interest...
Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks world age record from 38 years ago
[ad_1] England’s 11-year-old talent Bodhana Sivanandan scored her best individual result last Saturday, when the Harrow schoolgirl defeated France’s 2628-rated grandmaster Marc’Andria Maurizzi, 19, in the opening round of the...
Ukraine war briefing: EU sanctions oust Russian president of world chess
[ad_1] Arkady Dvorkovich, the president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), said on Friday he ⁠was suspending his activity with the organisation after being placed on the EU list of...
From Popp to Diani: 10 women’s transfers you may have missed during the men’s World Cup
[ad_1] There were a host of big women’s football transfers which were hard to miss across June and July, despite the dominance of the men’s World Cup. Among them were...
Falkland Islands bowler criticises ‘disappointing’ Argentina World Cup banner
[ad_1] The Falkland Islands bowler Cecil Alexander called Argentina’s World Cup banner “disappointing” after his opening men’s singles match at the Commonwealth Games.Alexander, 45, made the comments after a straight...
Trossard, Ramos, Dumfries: 10 transfers you may have missed during the World Cup
[ad_1] Leandro Trossard to BesiktasAnnounced just before England’s soul-sucking semi-final defeat by Argentina, it would have been easy to miss Trossard’s £15.3m move to Istanbul. While, after three and a...