America

What can the global left learn from Mexico ? where far-right politics hasn?t taken off? | Thomas Graham

If you were to summarise the 2024 election year, you might say: grim for incumbents, good for the far right. Yet Mexico bucked both trends. Its govern...

Weather tracker: sandstorm turns Iraqi skies orange and empties the streets

Iraq was hit by its most severe sandstorm of 2025 this week, turning skies from blue to an orange haze. Visibility dropped to less than half a mile, c...

?She had no interest in the comfort zone?: celebrating the centenary of Celia Cruz, Cuba?s Queen of Salsa

On 13 November 1973, at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Puerto Rico, Celia Cruz took to the stage in a bejewelled, psychedelic blue dress and vast afro, ...

Why is Ed Miliband a target for all sides? Because he?s a lefty politician who gets things done | Andy Beckett

Why exactly does Ed Miliband make so many people so angry? At 55, 20 years into his parliamentary career, with rare ministerial experience under both ...

Club World Cup teams facing tax threat in new blow to expanded tournament

Fifa is facing complex negotiations with the US authorities before the Club World Cup after failing to secure tax exemptions for the 32 competing club...

Chess: Carlsen scores in Paris, leads Freestyle Grand Slam after two events

Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, scored a low-key triumph on Monday when he won the Paris leg of the $3.75m Freestyle Grand Slam by defeating his old r...