54+ min ago  (229+ words) Here is a round-up of the new albums and tracks our critics have been listening to this week. Make sure to follow our playlist, which is updated weekly with our picks of the latest tracks too. " Read more music reviews,…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (593+ words) A greater number of Americans now sympathise with Palestinians over Israelis for the first time in modern polling history, according to a survey. What had been steady US support for Israel over decades has shifted toward Palestinians, in a realignment…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (749+ words) A piece in Wednesday's Times about what our Paris correspondent (or at least the headline writer) called the death of "le long lunch" led to a chorus of nostalgic handwringing below the line about the similarly parlous state of workday…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago  (858+ words) America's most influential podcaster appears convinced that James Talarico should be president. First, however, the young Texan Democrat has to convince his own party. Talarico, 36, a state representative, former teacher and seminarian whose speeches are woven through with references to…...

7+ hour, 33+ min ago  (805+ words) The Green victory in Gorton & Denton has cemented the party's position as a new electoral force in Britain. It is sitting at 17 per cent in the polls, almost level-pegging with Labour, and if it remains there has the chance of…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1004+ words) As it enters its fifth year, Ukraine's war is frequently described in terms of strategic aims, attacks on energy infrastructure and the ping-pong passage of opaque negotiations, rather than in the lives and loves and desperate choices of the individuals…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago  (222+ words) The obstetrician-designed gadget " let's call it a small baton " claims to rejuvenate the area with its use of infrared light, the kind you might have seen in youth-enhancing face masks. So could LED be any good for this menopausal symptom?...

14+ hour, 5+ min ago  (755+ words) US officials have held talks with the grandson of Ra'l Castro, Cuba's former head of state, to explore a potential deal to ease American sanctions against the Communist regime in exchange for political reform. Aides to the US secretary of…...

16+ hour, 37+ min ago  (238+ words) Objectively, the funniest outcome in the Gorton & Denton by-election would be a Labour victory. What turmoil that would cause. Where would Reform UK's Matt Goodwin pretend to be from next? "An experience that has deeply shaped me," he might be…...

17+ hour, 54+ min ago  (333+ words) Electric cars have been around since the dawn of the automobile but, like jetpacks and Segways, have struggled to catch on. Now manufacturers claim that falling prices and ramped-up production mean they're finally at the point of mass take-up. Maybe…...