Rachel Reeves must handle bond sell-off with care, but this is not a Truss-level event Unlike 2022, bond markets have not been shocked, but the chancellor will know threat of a doom loop is not far away
Politics

I can’t forget the confused old man on the bus the other day He wouldn’t sit down, wouldn’t get off, couldn’t or wouldn’t tell us what he wanted. What could we do?
Opinion

Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’ Tech boss suggests move to self-learning synthetic data though some warn this could cause ‘model collapse’
Technology

New York court declines to block sentencing in Trump’s hush-money case The president-elect has now asked the supreme court to call off the sentencing, which is scheduled for tomorrow
US news

Visual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad? Santa Ana winds, drought and a hotter planet have helped exacerbate the fires in California
US news

Stephen Colbert on Angelenos: ‘Doing everything they can to help one another’ Late-night hosts discuss the wildfires besieging Los Angeles while Donald Trump fixates on annexing Greenland and other nonsense
Culture

Birkenstock sues ‘copycat’ rivals claiming its sandals are applied art German maker of fashionable cork-based footwear files three lawsuits alleging copyright infringement
World news

I chose to be childfree. I didn’t think I was choosing isolation, too I’ll never stop trying, but parents and childfree people both have to work hard to maintain a community
Wellness

Out-of-state residents made up vast majority of Kansas abortions in 2023 Rise in abortions and patients from states such as Texas show how access has shifted since Roe’s overturning
US news

London has a congestion charge – and traffic in gridlock. We need other ways to end the obsession with cars The charge was seen as draconian, but new thinking is now essential. Look to the cities trying a range of bold ideas, says author Jonn Elledge
Opinion