- China Evergrande will make crucial bond payment to avert looming default – reports
- The Korean debt crisis that inspired Squid Game’s dark dystopia
- Auckland’s lockdown has finally given me what I always wanted – a licence to pry | Leni Ma'ia'i
- Smuggling Australian rock lobsters into China a national security threat, Hong Kong customs chief says
- Covid may have killed up to 180,000 health workers globally, WHO says
- ‘Not our approach’: NRL won’t follow AFL in mandating Covid-19 vaccine
- New Zealand Covid: Ardern unveils post-lockdown ‘traffic light’ system linked to 90% vaccination rate
- ‘Sorry, a slight distraction’: Jacinda Ardern unruffled as earthquake interrupts press conference
- Lana Del Rey: Blue Banisters review – as perplexing as she is captivating
- Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
- Covid booster jabs could be brought forward as UK daily cases hit 52,000
- The Shark Is Broken review – biting drama about the making of Jaws
- Human remains found in Florida are those of Brian Laundrie, FBI says
- Shootout in Mexican tourist hotspot of Tulum leaves two foreign women dead
- US plastics to outstrip coal’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, study finds
- The Queen spent night in hospital after cancelling Northern Ireland visit
- California family found dead on hike likely killed by heat and dehydration, sheriff says
- Andy Murray admits ‘my attitude was poor’ after European Open exit
- House holds Trump ally Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress
- European football roundup: Roma humiliated 6-1 by Bodø/Glimt
- Lewis Hamilton cool on relations with F1 rival Max Verstappen
- West Ham v Genk, Rangers v Brøndby and more: Europa League – live!
- UK agrees to end tax on US tech giants when global deal takes effect
- Suspect in David Amess MP killing plotted attack for years, court hears
- England and David Willey handling wet balls in T20 World Cup buildup | Simon Burnton
- Ivory poaching has led to evolution of tuskless elephants, study finds
- Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped US missionaries
- ‘Never sold a painting in his life – but died worth $100m’: the incredible story of Boris Lurie
- Young women are sick of being told to stick together and watch their drinks | Gaby Hinslif
- Language used to describe the climate becoming more urgent, study finds
- I do not want children, but my boyfriend (and his mother) feel differently
- Natural habitats of 30 cities around the world at risk due to ‘coastal hardening’, study suggests
- I locked eyes with a stranger crossing the street and felt the blast of pure eros | Brigid Delaney
- Matildas under spotlight but focus can turn to football with Brazil in town | Emma Kemp
- Mix-and-match Australia face tough assignment at T20 World Cup | Geoff Lemon
- Tiny outback town’s offer of ‘free land’ draws interest from the coast to Hong Kong
- Melbourne freedom day: world’s most locked down city takes first cautious steps to reopening
- Police officer who fatally shot Justine Damond gets nearly five years in prison
- Largest triceratops ever unearthed sold for €6.6m at Paris auction
- GPs in England threaten industrial action over in-person appointments
- Split over surge in energy prices overshadows EU climate strategy
- Angela Merkel calls for compromise amid row over Polish ECJ snub
- US border agents engaged in ‘shocking abuses’ against asylum seekers, report finds
- UK’s neighbours criticise Covid policies as cases begin to surge across EU
- Top Saskatchewan health official moved to tears by unchecked Covid spread
- Eldest of world’s last two northern white rhinos retired from breeding programme
- Manchester United fight back again and Bruce bows out – Football Weekly Extra
- How Hope Powell became a football legend: ‘I’m not afraid of anybody’
- Solskjær’s great entertainers thrill Old Trafford but lack grander purpose | John Brewin
- Ai Weiwei on the death of Diane Weyermann: ‘Like a bridge of hope washed away in the storm’
- Stephen Colbert on Steve Bannon: ‘I feel a lot of contempt for that criminal’
- Agent was ‘insistent’ for Emiliano Sala flight to go ahead, court told
- Barbados elects first president as island drops Queen as head of state
- Fifa criticised over handling of sexual harassment case in Mongolia
- Self Esteem: Prioritise Pleasure review – Britain’s funniest, frankest pop star drums out her demons
- A Russian taboo: film explores death of private soldier in Syria
- France hails victory as Facebook agrees to pay newspapers for content
- Afghan refugees may be housed in UK hotels for up to a year, say councils
- Germany coalition candidates united on lowering voting age to 16
- Dave Gahan: ‘Regret is a weird word. I don’t look back on my life like that’
- Almost all Tory voters agree company tax avoidance morally wrong, poll finds
- House to vote to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for defying subpoena – live
- Britain’s Covid numbers show we need to move immediately to ‘plan B’ | Kit Yates
- Sex, Love and Goop review – coming to a bedroom near you: Gwyneth Paltrow
- Riddle of the sand: David Lynch’s 1984 version of Dune reviewed
- No formal Cop26 role for big oil amid doubts over firms’ net zero plans
- Jeremy Hunt calls for shorter wait for Covid booster jabs before Christmas
- ‘It’s going to be bigger, stranger’: Neil Gaiman on the return of The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- South Korea launches its first homemade space rocket
- Boy charged with murder of Logan Mwangi appears in court
- Why shouldn’t a writer for children talk of refugees, persecution and genocide? | Michael Rosen
- Dubai: A Riveting Mystery – Jessica Alba and Zac Efron’s new tourist ad continues a Captivating Saga
- Megachurch buys Golders Green Hippodrome after mosque plan blocked
- A rescue mission and a suit made of mirrors: Thursday’s best photos
- Maid: how the devastating drama become a word-of-mouth smash
- Drone search widens for dogs trapped by La Palma eruption
- Moscow announces one-week lockdown as Russia Covid deaths rise
- Man charged with murder of Tory MP David Amess
- The cricketer who dazzled on her Test debut but was never picked again
- ‘Not good for us’: Bayer Leverkusen CEO on Premier League’s spending power
- Made in Bury: Elephant in the Room – video
- ‘Everybody’s excited’: Amazon workers in Staten Island to file for union vote
- Oscar Isaac films – ranked!
- Life after loneliness: ‘I was homeless, hungry, skint and isolated. Then I found the secret of reconnection’
- ‘It has to change’: Mikel Arteta says managers need protection from abuse
- Group that spread false Covid claims doubled Facebook interactions in six months
- Oil and coal-rich countries lobbied for changes to UN climate report, leak shows
- Americans don’t have faith in the US supreme court any more. That has justices worried | Russ Feingold
- Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of being in denial over climate crisis
- Colin Powell: a career marked by Faustian bargains in service of war | Cynthia A Young
- There are no real climate leaders yet – who will step up at Cop26? | Greta Thunberg
- Jitney review – August Wilson’s subtle dissection of the American dream
- ‘Glad to be home’: Bill Clinton says he is recovering after hospital stay
- Carrie Fisher, ghostly jesters and a curious motoring fine – take the Thursday quiz
- The NHS leads the world in green healthcare. But it faces a political roadblock | Polly Toynbee
- ‘Nobody cares I have nowhere to live’: wildland firefighters struggle with homelessness
- Norway reveals plans for river trap system to protect wild salmon
- What is driving the rise in UK Covid cases?
- UK Covid live: ministers should act now to prevent need for lockdown, urges Tony Blair
- Chile far-right candidate rides anti-migrant wave in presidential poll