Our cartoonist looks at the latest major stories from the World Cup as England reach the last eight but the US slump out ...

Kelsey Pfendler, 32, says she hopes her solo 2,400-mile trek across the mid-Pacific inspires other women to take risks ...

Defiance of ‘maximum pressure’ from the US legitimises government and adds to sense of freer negotiating hand ...

Maine’s party leadership calls for Platner to withdraw after after sexual assault allegation emerges ...

Laws banning trans athletes claim to defend science, fairness, and women’s safety. They do the opposite ...

Reform UK leader confronts journalist after question about gifts from friend and convicted fraudster ...

The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly ...

Border police officer under investigation after CCTV footage shows him shouting at car’s occupants and throwing device ...

Joy is unbounded and when it dies down perhaps the guilty will be held to account for cheating and facilitation: perhaps they won’t. Still, enjoy the moment, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde ...

Two optimistic drinkers bumble around with a lovelorn student in tow in a depressing yet funny, faintly baffling tragicomedy ...

Group of 100 investors still discussing £10bn rescue proposal with officials from regulator Ofwat, says report ...

It turns out my vaping habit is dangerous in more ways than one. But it could make me very popular in a survival scenario, writes Zoe Williams ...