Amanda Craig, Charlotte Wood, David Trueba and Nicola Maye Goldberg This week's best new fiction
This portrait of Brexit Britain reveals a country hopelessly divided by class and geography. London ad strategist Hannah's marriage has collapsed and she's cleaning houses to feed her daughter. Read more...
Oil prices have doubled in a year. Here's why
The price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past year after bottoming out at per barrel in February 2016. Read more...
Share Your 2020 College Application Essays
Did you apply for undergraduate admission for the fall 2020 semester? Did you write an essay about money, work or social class? Wed like to read it and perhaps publish it. Read more...
Statue of Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie is smashed to pieces in Wimbledon park by 100-strong gang
The incident in Cannizaro Park appears to be linked to unrest in Ethiopia sparked by the killing of popular singer Hachalu Hundessa on Monday. Read more...
Do Empty Stadiums Affect Outcomes? The Data Says Yes
When the Bundesliga resumed its season without fans, it became a valuable laboratory. Other leagues should take note of what it learned. Read more...
White House Dismisses Reports of Bounties, but Is Silent on Russia
Robert C. OBrien, the national security adviser, told Fox News that President Trump knew nothing about the reports because the briefer decided not to share unverified intelligence with him. Read more...
Shocking moment police officer PUNCHES a woman at Miami Airport
A police officer punched a woman in the face and pushed her to the ground at Miami International Airport on Wednesday evening, in a startling blow filmed on an officer's body camera. Read more...
The year of the great British staycationHere's how UK regions are shaping up and what to expect
July 4 has been bandied about as the date when staycations will finally snap into action in the UK. Here is the latest from around the country, as tourist boards and hotels proceed on that basis. Read more...
Warning The world won't hit climate goals unless energy innovation is rapidly accelerated
Solar and wind power are booming. Electric vehicles are so promising that Tesla is now worth more than ExxonMobil. Coal is collapsing. Read more...
Kidney donors and recipients meet for the first time
Just prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the kidney pair donation program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital allowed four donors to be matched to four unknown recipients. Watch the eight donors and recipients meets for the first time via video call. Read more...
At Syrian Aid Summit, a Struggle to Raise Enough to End Downward Spiral
As the civil war enters its 10th year, Syrias economy is collapsing and the pandemic is adding to the woes. Donors pledged .7 billion in aid Tuesday, an amount not nearly enough to end the misery. Read more...
Novak Djokovic Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
The world No. 1 in mens tennis is the fourth player found to be infected after he organized an exhibition series in Croatia and Serbia. Read more...
SpaceX set to launch tenth batch of Starlink satellites
Bad weather could delay SpaceX's tenth launch of Starlink satellites into orbit. Isolated storms could bring heavy cloud cover and lightning, which would ground the Falcon 9 rocket June 26. Read more...
Former French PM Francois Fillon and his British wife found guilty of fraud
Franois Fillon, 65, and his 64-year-old wife Penelope, have been found guilty of fraud and handed prison sentences in a fake jobs scandal that crushed his ambitions to become President of France. Read more...
Daily Report Divergent Fortunes in Cloud Computing
The earnings reports released by Amazon and Microsoft reinforced that cloud computing is a booming, multibillion-dollar business. Read more...