The Saturday Essay

Morning Rundown

How the U.S. won despite World Cup adversity, Russia hammers Kyiv in deadly overnight strikes, and a sky-high influencer stunt in NYC

BREAKING

Home Secretary vows to 'right wrongs' after probe into Southport murders

Starmer calls forced adoption scandal 'a stain on our history' as he issues apology - follow latest

Home secretary vows to 'right wrongs' identified by inquiry into Southport killings - as government to accept its findings

Exclusive: Mamdani delays NYPD cops' holiday pay ahead of Fourth of July — as Finest pull 12-hour shifts for busy weekend

Exclusive: Sen. Elizabeth Warren presses Eric Trump for update on Capital One de-banking lawsuit

Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian officials say a major Russian attack on Kyiv killed at least 17 people overnight.

Ukraine ordered the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia to Europe, German prosecutors say

Russia's shadow fleet 'likely' behind mysterious drone sightings over Europe

Putin’s shadow tankers launched drones to spy on nuclear weapons in Britain

'We're not afraid of war': Watch Cuban president telling Sky News' Yalda Hakim of US threat

Test your brain power with today’s puzzles

Google loses legal fight over 4.1 billion-euro EU antitrust fine

Society of St. Pius X

Vatican excommunicates bishops from breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that consecrated them without Pope Leo's consent.

How the grammar school rat race left the white working class behind