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Top 10sFictionHe doesn’t appear very often in fiction, but in these books – by authors ranging from Fyodor Dostoevsky to John Updike – his impact is almighty God seldom features in fiction. Having been dispensed with by Enlightenment philosophes around the time the first novels were emerging, he must have seemed irrelevant. The novel was new and God was old. Even clergy, who were facing an existential crisis of great literary potential, seemed infra dig to most novelists.

The long read: Timothy Morton wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs, from the fantasy that we can control the planet to the notion that we are ‘above’ other beings. His ideas might sound weird, but they’re catching on Published: 15 Jun 2017 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRomKWdqGKvra3SnZyl

Tennessee This article is more than 1 month oldChemical leak at Tennessee cheese factory sends 29 workers to hospitalThis article is more than 1 month oldTwo leaks of anhydrous ammonia were reported at La Quesera Mexicana in Greeneville on Wednesday morning Twenty-nine workers at a Tennessee cheese factory were sent to the hospital on Wednesday morning after a leak of anhydrous ammonia, the Greeneville city manager, Todd Smith, said at a news conference.

Israel-Gaza war This article is more than 1 month oldDozens attend protest in Tel Aviv against Israeli bombardment of GazaThis article is more than 1 month oldDemonstration is first time abductees’ families have come together with other activists Israel-Hamas war – live updates Dozens of people attended a noisy fringe protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday night outside the Israeli military’s headquarters, protesting against the renewed bombardment on Gaza that they blame for the halt in the release of the estimated 130 hostages still held by Hamas.

Officials from the Tokyo prosecutors office prepare to search the office of Yoshitaka Ikeda, who has been arrested over a financial scandal that has sparked speculation about the future of prime minister Fumio Kishida. Photograph: Kyodo News/Getty ImagesOfficials from the Tokyo prosecutors office prepare to search the office of Yoshitaka Ikeda, who has been arrested over a financial scandal that has sparked speculation about the future of prime minister Fumio Kishida.

Denver This article is more than 8 years oldJury finds man guilty of pushing wife off cliff during hike on anniversaryThis article is more than 8 years oldHarold Henthorn, 59, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Toni Henthorn, who died when they were hiking Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park A federal jury has found a man guilty of murder for pushing his wife to her death off a cliff as they hiked in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park to celebrate their wedding anniversary, rejecting his claim that her fall was a tragic accident.

Science book clubAstronomyReviewThe astronomer royal addresses the cosmic coincidence that six numbers in physics are just right for the emergence of galaxies, stars, chemistry and peopleNext month's book club choice is The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan, which Tim will review on Friday 20 July Forget those 1,000 things you need to do before you die, the 10 commandments and seven deadly sins. Concentrate instead on six impossible things that, as the White Queen advised Alice, you must try to believe before breakfast.

Crime fictionObituaryMC Beaton obituaryCrime fiction writer who created the detectives Hamish Macbeth and Agatha RaisinThe best known pseudonym of the crime writer Marion Chesney Gibbons, who has died aged 83, was MC Beaton, although she also wrote as Jennie Tremaine, Sarah Chester, Ann Fairfax and Charlotte Ward. But all these names were eclipsed by those of two of her fictional creations, Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin. Chesney Gibbons wrote more than 160 novels in the romance and historical genres, but major success came with her switch to crime fiction and the introduction in 1985 of her Scottish police hero Macbeth.

Global developmentAfter waging war on ‘white saviourism’ and exposing scandal, NWS imploded after co-founder Kelsey Nielsen was accused of abusing her white privilege – and black staff When two young women teamed up to highlight racism in the development sector, and call out the celebrities and aid workers who pushed stereotypes that Africans needed saving, it was seen by many as a welcome intervention. The two social workers, Olivia Alaso, a black Ugandan and Kelsey Nielsen, a white American, began No White Saviors (NWS) in 2018 and its social media presence grew quickly, attracting a black and white liberal audience.