JULY 30. 2025

Lionesses get the reception Boris Johnson refused

England's Euros-winning squad have made it to Downing Street after the former prime minister declined to offer an invite three years ago

Meet the new face of Reform in Wales

Laura Anne Jones, Nigel Farage's first member of the Senedd, has an uncanny ability for making headlines. Just not good ones

The General sleeps

As former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari’s death is mourned with official reverence, a generation remembers the eight years that drove them out.

Will Gaza Ever Know a Real Ceasefire, or Just a Pause Before the Next Bomb?

What does hope mean when your city is flattened and everyone you know is slowly starving?

The Philippine Missile Crisis: U. S. Deployed Arms to the Philippines and No One Noticed But China

The U. S. deployment of missiles in the Philippines is an escalation that has angered China and could come back to bite Filipinos most of all.

International Law Now Demands Climate Action—and It’s Actually a Huge Deal

The International Court of Justice’s landmark ruling shifts the obligation of climate action from moral appeal to legal duty.

GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions

This GIJN guide offers reporting best practices, key resources as well as what questions to ask when investigating methane emissions from landfills and how to reduce them.

JULY 29. 2025

We’ve been living in a fantasy world for centuries

The meanings of fancy and fantasy have diverged rather considerably over the centuries, just as the spellings have also changed

The parallel geography of violence in Mexico

In Sinaloa, the threat of death and chaos hangs in the air as the brutal cartel war shows little sign of abating

Arvo Pärt’s angel music

The most-performed living composer celebrates his 90th birthday

Welcome to the future of dating

A whole new wave of apps offers a whole new world of opportunity

Letter of the week: Why Starmer must be tougher with the media

Write to letters@thenewworld. co. uk to have your views voiced in the magazine

Gore Vidal, the man who lived for verbal jousting

An unashamed member of the educated liberal elite, he parlayed his wit and access into a career of TV interviews and debates

Everyday philosophy: Does everything come down to luck?

There is a difference between riding your luck and being lucky, just ask Leah Williamson and the Lionesses

The revenge of Alice Cooper

As Ozzy Osbourne bows out, rock’s other shock legend returns to his roots – and reminds us who did it first

Sandie Peggie and the dangers of gender groupthink

A female nurse in Scotland became the focus of a witch hunt that shows how Britain’s institutions have become overcome by an elite ideology

Hear the paintings sing: the art of Emily Kam Kngwarray

The Aboriginal artist’s vibrant works celebrate ancestral land, culture and a deep connection to nature

Grand designs: Britain’s forgotten housing revolution

Social housing in the UK has a reputation for drabness. Other countries have done it far better – it’s time to learn from the ones who got it right

Why we need to be more chill about language change

It appears that our vocabulary is entrained with the Zeitgeist, whether we like it or not

The dwindling town of Srebrenica

Thirty years on, the genocide is remembered annually, but locals feel forgotten and struggle with ongoing division