The Guardian Articles

No sooner had the crucial presentations for the biggest job in sport ended than the guessing games began. Sebastian Coe mixed flattery with oratory over the course of his 15-minute pitch for the job of International Olympic Committee president, before promising the IOC’s 110 members he would lead them into …

The government and HM Revenue and Customs should urgently examine whether Roman Abramovich owes British tax authorities up to £1bn, more than 40 MPs and peers have said, after an

investigation by the Guardian and media partners

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, for pushing through proposals on migration and asylum with the backing of the far-right AfD.

In a rare intervention in public affairs since

stepping down from politics in December 2021

The bells of Hull Minster rang out as perhaps the city’s most famous adopted son was bid a fond farewell.

Two Jaguars brought John Prescott to the cathedral on Thursday in a nod to the “Two Jags” nickname he earned after it was revealed he used a ministerial one as …

A British army quartermaster defrauded the UK government out of almost £500,000 worth of supplies after feeling under pressure from his girlfriend to prove he was rich.

Jed Charlot, 45, who was married, placed more than 600 fraudulent orders and sold the items on eBay, using the proceeds to buy …

MPs from northern England have voiced fears of a “brain drain” to southern infrastructure projects after Rachel Reeves announced a string of major developments in the south.

The chancellor announced on Wednesday in a speech about driving growth that she would give

backing to the expansion of …

The European Central Bank has cut interest rates to ease the cost of borrowing across the 20-member eurozone as growth stagnates in the region.

The central bank cut rates by a quarter of a point to 2.75%, in line with expectations, after a run of bad news showing the bloc’s …

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British-Egyptian political dissident held in a Cairo jail for more than five years, has reached such a state of despair over the UK’s inability to secure his release that he has contemplated renouncing both his British and Egyptian citizenships, letters written by him reveal.

His family …

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Papua New Guinea is mourning the death of Sir Julius Chan, affectionately known across the country as Sir J – the last “founding father” of the country and its second ever prime minister.

The Chan family released a statement on Thursday afternoon announcing the death of Sir Julius at the …