In the face of climate change and deadly fires, states from California to Colorado are turning hungry animals loose on the countryside

Judge acquits Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe after one of Italy’s most embarrassing cases of mistaken identity

From a £220 toaster that makes one slice to loaves designed to crisp up better, the nation is being gripped by a new culinary obsession

The Kim Darroch leaks highlight how hard it is to keep any communication confidential. How can we regain our privacy?

A group of more than 100 descendants of Jewish refugees who fled the Nazi regime are challenging the German government’s rejection of their applications to restore their citizenship. Anyone who was deprived of their German citizenship during the 12 y

Star of a string of 60s classics fell foul of Hollywood because of his temper but found a fresh lease of life in comedy, from TV’s Larry Sanders Show to the Men in Black films

His fights with Dennis Hopper and Norman Mailer are the stuff of Hollywood legend, but he is best remembered as the cynical and cantankerous Artie, producer of The Larry Sanders Show

A group of eight projects by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright are now included on the list of 1,000 heritage sites around the world

The idea that people are creative or not is rubbish. And the risk of not engaging in creative action is far higher than that of making a fool of yourself

From Michelangelo’s suggestive David to a gender-fluid Hindu deity, cultural institutions are digging into their vaults to display once-hidden objects of same-sex desire and gender nonconformity

How did a friendly middle-class teen from Oxford become known as ‘Jihadi Jack’? John Letts and Sally Lane on their continuing ordeal

A Spaniard who went to sea to save refugees could go to prison in Italy for 20 years. He talks about why humanity must come before politics

As London prepares to host one of Britain’s biggest Pride marches, we spoke to six people about the importance of taking to the streets

Professionals say it is now rare for family members to be able to tie groom’s turban before wedding

Dirty money needs laundering if it’s to be of any use – and the UK is the best place in the world to do it. By Oliver Bullough

The ancient city of Babylon and an Icelandic national park replete with glaciers, ice caves and volcanoes are among the sites that have been added to Unesco’s world heritage list. More than 1,000 sites around the world – some cultural, some natural,

Carola Rackete is latest in string of rescue ship captains who challenge Italy’s closed-port policy

Behaviour doesn’t have to be actively abusive to make others feel bad – as human beings, we should aim to be kind

With the ‘fertility IV’ drip, the wellness industry hit a new low. Perhaps regulating bodies should take a look

Our weekly print magazine is celebrating a century of news. Here’s how it covered the Apollo 11 landings; Northern Ireland’s Bloody Sunday; Hillsborough; the fall of the Berlin Wall and Rwanda’s genocide

There are almost 5,000 criminal gangs in the UK. But the old family firms are gone – today’s big players are multinational, diversified and tech-savvy. By Duncan Campbell

Marium, who is five months’ old, was rescued off Thailand’s southern Krabi province after she was separated from her mother

If, like me, you want some uninterrupted time off, writing an effective message is essential. Here are a few strategies to try

Group who stormed legislative building defend their action as last resort after being ignored for years

It’s no surprise that Kim Kardashian West appropriated kimono to give sex appeal to her shapewear line, writes Akemi Johnson

The tourists travelling into China were never supposed to know their phones had been compromised. The surveillance app being installed on their devices should have been removed by the border officers tasked with the job. But their apparent carelessne

An arctic fox has walked more than 3,500km (2,000 miles) from Norway to Canada in just 76 days, astonishing researchers at the Norwegian Polar Institute. The animal, known as a coastal or blue fox, was fitted with a tracking device in July 2017. It l

My sons are just thrilled England are in a World Cup semi-final. That enthusiasm means a threshold has been crossed

‘I couldn’t relate to prog rock. We never had any wizards in my neighbourhood. We had ’58 Chevys and good-looking girls’

Corporations are stepping into the moral vacuum left by Republican officials. But their motives aren’t exactly altruistic