The Guardian Articles

Olaf Scholz has lost a historic vote of confidence in the German parliament, paving the way for early national elections following the collapse of his government.

The German chancellor had called the vote in order to deliberately lose it, urging the Bundestag, or lower house of parliament, to declare its …

The UK government has waved through the historic takeover of Royal Mail’s owner by the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský.

Here is what you need to know about the businessman and the takeover.

Who is Křetínský?

Křetínský, the son of a computing professor and a senior judge, studied political science and …

Canada’s deputy prime minister and minister of finance has resigned amid growing tensions with the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, over the looming threat posed by Donald Trump’s “America First” economic nationalism.

Chrystia Freeland stood down on Monday, just hours before she was due to release the country’s first economic plan …

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation will receive a two-year $83m funding boost in Labor’s midyear economic update, which will bank $14.6bn of additional savings and rack up $8.8bn of “unavoidable spending”.

The update, to be delivered on Wednesday, will also reveal an increase of $16.3bn in payments and programs, with billions …

It starts with a low rumble, then an explosion and a deafening roar. A pyroclastic flow bursts from the volcano and hurtles towards us at a frightening speed. Showers of ash appear to pummel the space around us – well technically, it’s a pumice lapilli unique to Mount Vesuvius – …

An uncle of the recently ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used an adviser in Guernsey to secretly manage his wealth, which included a vast European property empire worth hundreds of millions of euros that prosecutors claim was acquired with funds looted from the wartorn state.

Rifaat al-Assad, known as the …

Winds of at least 140mph from Cyclone Chido have

devastated the French overseas département of Mayotte

Here is a brief look at the small archipelago – and why it is so ill-equipped to …

The United Nations envoy to Syria has told Islamist militants who toppled Bashar al-Assad that they need to oversee a “credible and inclusive” transition, as world powers sought to engage with the country’s new rulers.

Geir Pedersen, a Norwegian diplomat, met the Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known by …

Dozens of asylum seekers stranded on one of the most remote islands in the world in conditions described as “hell on earth” were unlawfully detained there by the UK for three years, a judge has found.

The government could now face a bill of millions in damages for unlawfully detaining …

Keir Starmer has defended his government’s greater openness towards Beijing following revelations about an alleged Chinese spy who forged a close relationship with Prince Andrew, saying it was “important to engage”.

Questioned for the first time about the case, amid

calls from some MPs