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- Ukraine latest news: Russia forced to redeploy units in battle for east, says UK, after reports of ‘colossal losses’ – live
- ‘Gas was like our drug’: defiant Poland vows to wean itself off Russian energy
- Russia bombards Kharkiv but Ukrainians having ‘tactical successes’, says Zelenskiy
- ‘Someone has to do it’: the volunteers exhuming Kyiv region’s dead
- ‘What am I going to do?’: soaring prices fuel calls for US government to step in
- JD Vance’s Senate run is a test of Trump’s influence on the Republican party
- Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans
- Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn sex trafficking conviction
- British-born Islamic State member receives life sentence in US trial
- Los Angeles mortuary owner left bodies to rot in ‘sad and shocking’ case
- Twitter employees grill CEO Parag Agrawal over fears of post-Musk exodus
- Covid vaccine inequity due to racism rooted in ‘slavery and colonialism’
- Blast at Kabul mosque kills more than 50 worshippers
- Trump mocked for fearing protesters would throw ‘dangerous’ fruit at him
- US women of color increasingly seeking alternatives to hospital births – study
- Malcolm Nance, TV pundit turned fighter in Ukraine: ‘I believe in the defense of democracy’
- ‘Democrats can’t catch a break’: election maps setback spells midterms trouble
- Airbnb embraces home working with location-blind equal pay model
- Depp v Heard: second week of trial takes sheen off celebrity glamor
- Return of the ‘nerd prom’: Covid-19 and Ukraine war loom over White House correspondents’ dinner
- Joe Alwyn on Conversations With Friends and sex scenes: ‘They’re like filming fights – quite mechanical’
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- Tim Dowling: I’ve got Covid, and my wife seems set on ruining the experience
- ‘It’s part of our culture to marginalize minorities in America.’ Ben Crump wants to change that
- Americans believe nothing is getting better. Biden feeds that disillusionment | David Sirota
- Could space-going billionaires be the vanguard of a cosmic revolution? | Martin Rees
- How uncompetitive markets are driving up the cost of living | Andrea Coscelli
- I’m an out and proud lesbian – but after a recent attack, being visible feels scary | Lucy Knight
- The Guardian view on Putin’s nuclear threats: Russia is losing in Ukraine | Editorial
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- Angel City FC win fairytale NWSL debut before 22,000 fans – in pictures
- Joel Embiid out indefinitely with orbital fracture in huge blow to 76ers’ title hopes
- New York Mets silence Phillies for second no-hitter in 9,588-game history
- Taylor puts unbeaten record on the line in battle for the ages with Serrano
- Hope Solo asks to delay Hall of Fame induction while in alcohol rehab
- MLB bans Dodgers’ Trevor Bauer for two full seasons under sexual assault policy
- Chelsea sale: Boehly group the preferred bidder despite late Ratcliffe bid
- ‘Deep-sea gold rush’ for rare metals could cause irreversible harm
- Children’s author Simon James Green: ‘I just wanted to show LGBT+ kids that it’s not all doom and gloom’
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- Khashoggi row goes unmentioned as Erdoğan seeks to boost Saudi trade ties
- Leave space missions to billionaires and robots, says astronomer royal
- Ethiopian drought leading to ‘dramatic’ increase in child marriage, Unicef warns
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- ‘I feel your pain’: confessions of a hyper-empath
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| Posted: 30 Apr 2022 12:51 AM PDT The UK ministry of defence says Russia has had to redeploy 'depleted and disparate units from failed advances in north-east Ukraine'
Parts of an oil terminal and adjacent territory in Russia's Bryansk region have been hit by shells on Saturday, according to reports in Russian state media, which cited the region's governor. The incident happened after Moscow's air defences prevented a Ukrainian aircraft from entering the region, according to RIA news agency. Bryansk is less than 100 miles from the border with Ukraine. Queues and rising prices at gas stations are seen in many regions of our country. The occupiers are deliberately destroying the infrastructure for the production, supply and storage of fuel. Russia has also blocked our ports, so there are no immediate solutions to replenish the deficit." Continue reading... |
| ‘Gas was like our drug’: defiant Poland vows to wean itself off Russian energy Posted: 29 Apr 2022 09:00 PM PDT Moscow's long-feared halt to supplies has met stoicism, trepidation – and a renewed determination to go it alone Headteacher Natalia Pałczyńska was in a state of shock after the heating and hot water at her primary school went off without warning on Wednesday. "We were completely taken aback," she said. Unless the gas starts flowing again soon, she said, "we'll have no choice but to close our doors until it does". The school, in Mieśisku, a village in western Poland, was in one of about 10 administrative districts in which homes, health centres, kindergartens and local businesses – as well as thousands of residents – lost heating after Moscow halted gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria at 8am on Wednesday. The affected area was relatively small, and unusual in that it was solely dependent on Russia for gas. But it was seen as an indication as to what could happen on a wider scale if Moscow turned off supplies to countries far more dependent than Poland which, while it gets 40% of its gas needs from Russia, only uses gas for 9% of its energy requirements. Continue reading... |
| Russia bombards Kharkiv but Ukrainians having ‘tactical successes’, says Zelenskiy Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:50 PM PDT Nearby village of Ruska recaptured, says Ukrainian president, as Sergei Lavrov says peace talks must include lifting sanctions Russia has bombarded Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, as part of its renewed push in the east of the country, while claiming the "draft of a possible treaty" between the two countries is being discussed on a daily basis. One person was killed and five were injured "as a result of enemy artillery and mortar strikes", Kharkiv's regional military administration said on Telegram. Despite the bombardment, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said: "The situation in the Kharkiv region is tough. But our military, our intelligence, have important tactical success." Continue reading... |
| ‘Someone has to do it’: the volunteers exhuming Kyiv region’s dead Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT Grisly work in woodland and cemeteries in push to officially record civilian deaths Borodianka, Kyiv region – In the woods on a roadside near Borodianka, 40 miles from Kyiv, police were overseeing the exhumation of two men who were executed and buried next to what locals say was a Russian military checkpoint. Alongside the officers were four men in civilian clothing wearing gardening gloves – ordinary Ukrainians with no previous experience of this gut-wrenching work who have become volunteers collecting the hundreds of bodies still being dug up in towns bordering the capital. Continue reading... |
| ‘What am I going to do?’: soaring prices fuel calls for US government to step in Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT Large corporations are passing on higher-than-needed price increases to customers under the cover of inflation, war and supply chain squeezes, experts say Outside a Dollar Tree in Detroit, Latasha Holmes lamented the rising cost of toilet paper, beverages, food and other items she had just purchased. The price increases, she said, were forcing her to choose among necessities for her and four kids. "What am I going to do? Prices are up everywhere, all over town," she said. "I can't afford everything." Continue reading... |
| JD Vance’s Senate run is a test of Trump’s influence on the Republican party Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT Trump's primary endorsement has split voters and the party in Ohio in a race already defined by 'meanness and pettiness and just plain craziness' "America's Hitler." "A total fraud." "A moral disaster." Those were a few of the descriptions that JD Vance, bestselling author of the memoir Hillbilly Elegy, once offered for Donald Trump. But none of that past criticism was evident here last Saturday night, as Vance shared a stage with Trump to accept the former president's endorsement in the Ohio Senate Republican primary. "He's the guy that said some bad shit about me," Trump said of Vance during his rally at the Delaware county fairgrounds. "If I went by that standard, I don't think I would have ever endorsed anybody in the country." Continue reading... |
| Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans Posted: 29 Apr 2022 10:00 PM PDT Demand for products emblazoned with 'Theranos' logo have soared with set of five pens selling for a eye-popping $150 Fans and followers of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes can now take home an expensive original piece of the company. On eBay, more than a dozen allegedly authentic products from the now-defunct Silicon Valley firm are being sold – and much like the company itself, are listed at inflated prices. Continue reading... |
| Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn sex trafficking conviction Posted: 29 Apr 2022 04:34 PM PDT Socialite was convicted in December of five counts for bringing teenage girls to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein The judge in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking case has upheld her conviction, according to a ruling issued Friday. In rejecting Maxwell's request for acquittal, Judge Alison Nathan said the guilty verdict was "readily supported by the extensive witness testimony and documentary evidence admitted at trial". "Further, those counts of conviction matched the core of criminality charged in the Indictment, presented by the Government at trial, and on which the jury was accurately instructed," Nathan said. Continue reading... |
| British-born Islamic State member receives life sentence in US trial Posted: 29 Apr 2022 09:57 AM PDT Alexanda Kotey of the so-called 'Beatles' terror cell given a life sentence for each of the eight counts he pleaded guilty to A member of an Islamic State group that beheaded western hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "the Beatles" for their British accents, has been sentenced to life in prison in the US. Alexanda Kotey, 38, originally from Paddington, London, stood motionless as Judge Thomas Selby Ellis delivered his verdict at a district court in Alexandria, Virginia, while members of his victims' families watched. Continue reading... |
| Los Angeles mortuary owner left bodies to rot in ‘sad and shocking’ case Posted: 29 Apr 2022 05:28 PM PDT Mark B Allen faces 22 counts of misdemeanor for mistreating remains of 11 people, including infants A Los Angeles funeral home owner illegally left the remains of 11 people, including infants, in stages of decay and mummification and faces more than a decade in jail, prosecutors said Friday. Authorities opened an investigation into the Mark B Allen Mortuary and Cremations Services Inc., after receiving complaints from families. The mortuary, owned by Mark B Allen, is now closed and phone numbers listed for the business were disconnected. Continue reading... |
| Twitter employees grill CEO Parag Agrawal over fears of post-Musk exodus Posted: 29 Apr 2022 04:03 PM PDT Workers raise questions about job security and advertising concerns as executives brace for billionaire's takeover Twitter's chief executive, Parag Agrawal, sought to quell employee anger on Friday during a company-wide meeting where employees demanded answers to how managers planned to handle an anticipated mass exodus prompted by Elon Musk. The meeting comes after Musk, the Tesla chief executive who sealed a $44bn deal to buy the social media company, repeatedly criticized Twitter's content moderation practices and a top executive responsible for setting speech and safety policies. Continue reading... |
| Covid vaccine inequity due to racism rooted in ‘slavery and colonialism’ Posted: 30 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT Global failure to redress race-based injustice has led to higher death rates and worsened discrimination, UN says Racism rooted in slavery, colonialism and apartheid is responsible for higher Covid death rates among people of African and Asian descent, as well as Roma and Indigenous peoples, a UN body has said. That the vast majority of Covid-19 vaccines were administered in high and upper-middle-income countries replicated "slavery and colonial-era racial hierarchies", according to the committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (Cerd). Continue reading... |
| Blast at Kabul mosque kills more than 50 worshippers Posted: 29 Apr 2022 09:50 AM PDT Explosion in Afghan capital is latest in string of attacks on civilians during Ramadan A powerful explosion has killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, the latest of a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan during Ramadan. The blast hit the Khalifa Sahib mosque in the west of the capital in the early afternoon, according to Besmullah Habib, the deputy spokesperson for the interior ministry. Continue reading... |
| Trump mocked for fearing protesters would throw ‘dangerous’ fruit at him Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:11 AM PDT Late-night talkshow hosts juice former president's testimony to attorneys representing a group of protesters suing over 2015 rally Donald Trump has been mocked for fearing protesters would throw "dangerous" fruit at him, with late-night talkshow host Trevor Noah calling it "one of the most crazy defenses I've ever heard". The revelation came during the former president's testimony to attorneys representing a group of protesters suing over their violent removal from a Trump campaign rally in 2015. Continue reading... |
| US women of color increasingly seeking alternatives to hospital births – study Posted: 29 Apr 2022 04:00 AM PDT Severe maternal morbidity has also increased in recent years, especially among people of color, according to NPWF report A growing number of non-white women are resorting to alternatives to hospitals for labor and delivery in the US, a new report has revealed. According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonprofit organization that focuses on public policies surrounding women and families, community births – births carried out at home or in community birthing centers – increased by 20% from 2019 to 2020, with the spike largely situated among communities of color. Continue reading... |
| Malcolm Nance, TV pundit turned fighter in Ukraine: ‘I believe in the defense of democracy’ Posted: 29 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT The MSNBC counter-terrorism expert and former US navy servicemember discusses his decision to take up arms in Ukraine Malcolm Nance, MSNBC'S former military and counter-terrorism expert, is always fighting someone. As a personal and professional acquaintance of Nance, I wasn't the least bit surprised when the literary agent to whom I had introduced him a few months ago, interrogated me about whether I knew that Nance had joined the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine in March. Michael Harriot is a writer and author of the upcoming book Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America Continue reading... |
| ‘Democrats can’t catch a break’: election maps setback spells midterms trouble Posted: 29 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT New York ruling that 26 congressional districts were illegally distorted deals major blow to party's quest to retain House New York's highest court on Wednesday dealt national Democrats a major setback in their quest to keep control of the US House, when it struck down the state's 26 congressional districts because they were illegally distorted in favor of Democrats. New York is critical for Democrats in the decennial process of redrawing congressional districts. The state's 26 seats offer the party one of the richest opportunities to use mapmaking power to their advantage. Democrats currently have a 19-8 advantage in the congressional delegation, but drew a map that gives them three additional seats, increasing their advantage to 22-4 (New York is losing a congressional seat because of population loss). It would give the party 85% of the congressional seats in a state Joe Biden won with about 61% of the vote. Continue reading... |
| Airbnb embraces home working with location-blind equal pay model Posted: 29 Apr 2022 04:31 AM PDT Firm to pay staff in US, UK and other countries flat rates regardless of their region's living costs Airbnb staff will be able to work from almost anywhere they want, the company has announced, and they won't see their pay docked if they move outside metropolitan areas. The new model will apply to staff in the US, but also those in the UK and other countries. To make it work, the company said it would focus in-person collaboration on roughly quarterly get-togethers and aim to bundle work together into two product releases a year, its chief executive and co-founder, Brian Chesky, said. Continue reading... |
| Depp v Heard: second week of trial takes sheen off celebrity glamor Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT Court – and public – hears a painful story of substance abuse, a deeply dysfunctional marriage, professional woes and plotting Amber Heard has sat impassively through 10 days of Johnny Depp's $50m defamation against her stemming from their volatile 15 month marriage. Next week, the 36-year-old actor will get to present her version of events in support of a $100m counter claim for nuisance. Whomever prevails in the end, and perhaps neither, the trial between the pair has been an unedifying spectacle of a horrifying relationship that so far only Depp has had the opportunity to present to the court. Continue reading... |
| Return of the ‘nerd prom’: Covid-19 and Ukraine war loom over White House correspondents’ dinner Posted: 30 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT The gala comes amid a surge of Covid cases in Washington, with many journalists skipping the would-be super spreader It is a sign that political life in Washington is getting back to something like normal. It is the return of "nerd prom". On Saturday the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) will host its annual dinner for the first time since 2019 after a coronavirus-enforced hiatus, and Joe Biden will become the first US president to address the gala since Barack Obama in 2016 following a boycott by Donald Trump, who made little secret of his contempt of the media. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT He's about to make you swoon in the new adaptation of the Sally Rooney blockbuster. The actor talks about earning the author's seal of approval and winning a Grammy alongside Taylor Swift The plan was to meet Joe Alwyn at an old‑fashioned pub in the area of London where he grew up. It's a nice pub, tiny, a selection of beers with wacky names on tap, percentage proofs that would make your eyes water. But we both arrive just before noon, and the doors are locked, so we awkwardly hang around outside, peering in through the window, looking to all the world as though we are desperate for a late-morning drink. I am not sure that Alwyn is as desperate to speak to me, though over the course of a slow and steady pint, he is very polite and easy company. The actor, 31, has been on the brink of being a big star ever since he left drama school in 2015, but his route to fame has run at a slightly different angle from his route to acting success. His partner is Taylor Swift, one of the most famous women on the planet, so there is that. He is tall, handsome, with floppy 90s heart-throb hair. He is quick and funny and confident, low-key in a fleece and jeans. Continue reading... |
| What I’ve learned from 10 years of therapy - and why it’s time to stop Posted: 30 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT Therapy was like finding a key for a door that had been locked my whole life. Here are the nine things it's taught me Listen to an audio version of this article I am standing outside an ordinary house in a tree-lined street on a midsummer afternoon, about to change my life. I glance through a window and see the reassuring domestic ephemera of books, a computer monitor, a child's drawing. Next to the front door is a small, typed sign with the details of a psychotherapist. I draw myself up, feeling both grown up and childishly nervous, and ring the buzzer. It is June 2012, and I am nearing 38. The country is preoccupied with whether the Olympics will be ready on time and if England might crash out of the Euros. I have other things on my mind. A few weeks earlier, I made a call. The woman on the end of the line was polite, warm and to the point, and we agreed to meet. Waiting for her to answer the door, I start to sweat: will I like her? Will she think I am a time-waster? What am I going to say? Continue reading... |
| Tim Dowling: I’ve got Covid, and my wife seems set on ruining the experience Posted: 29 Apr 2022 10:00 PM PDT I catch the virus so late in the game that there are no restrictions left – not even against mowing the lawn During the last two years of the pandemic I felt pretty immersed in the collective experience: I suffered from anxiety, isolation, boredom and a lack of exercise. I was unable to visit relatives, and saw whole chunks of my calendar cancelled. I simultaneously complained about and helped to create shortages of common consumer goods. And I grew anxious all over again as restrictions were eased. But I missed out on one bit of the saga: getting Covid-19. For most of last winter I never went out without coming home and thinking: I bet I've caught Covid from that. But I hadn't. Continue reading... |
| ‘It’s part of our culture to marginalize minorities in America.’ Ben Crump wants to change that Posted: 29 Apr 2022 02:37 PM PDT The prominent civil rights attorney represented George Floyd and Breonna Taylor's families. Now he's going after Big Pharma and big banks Civil rights attorney Ben Crump sees a throughline from representing the family of Patrick Lyoya, who was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to his racial discrimination lawsuit against Wells Fargo bank. "America has to come to grips with the racial discrimination that exists in all the institutions of American society. We shouldn't expect policing to be any different from banking or environmental injustices. It's part of our culture to marginalize minorities in America," Crump, who represented George Floyd's family, told the Guardian on the same day a state report found that Minneapolis police had engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination. Continue reading... |
| Americans believe nothing is getting better. Biden feeds that disillusionment | David Sirota Posted: 29 Apr 2022 05:38 AM PDT As his poll numbers crater, Biden appears to be offering no course correction. He still hasn't signed a stack of potentially wildly popular executive orders on matters ranging from debt cancellation to drug pricing Continue reading... |
| Could space-going billionaires be the vanguard of a cosmic revolution? | Martin Rees Posted: 30 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT For humanity truly to slip the surly bonds of Earth, private funds and intrepid thrill-seekers will be required
I'm old enough to have watched the grainy TV images of the first moon landings by Apollo 11 in 1969. I can never look at the moon without recalling this heroic exploit. It was achieved only 12 years after the first object, Sputnik-1, was launched into orbit. Had that momentum been maintained, there would surely have been footprints on Mars a decade or two later. That's what many of our generation expected. However, this was the era of the space race between the United States and the USSR, when Nasa absorbed up to 4% of the US federal budget. Once that race was won, there was no motivation for continuing this huge expenditure. To young people today, these exploits are ancient history. Yet space technology has burgeoned. We depend on satellites every day, for communication, weather forecasting, surveillance and satnav. Robotic probes to other planets have beamed back pictures of varied and distinctive worlds; several have landed on Mars. And telescopes in space have revolutionised our knowledge of the cosmos. What's more, humanity, or rather a narrow sliver of us, may be on the verge of an era of space exploration that makes the moon landings seem parochial by comparison. Martin Rees is the astronomer royal and a former president of the Royal Society. His new book, co-authored with Donald Goldsmith, is The End of Astronauts: Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration |
| How uncompetitive markets are driving up the cost of living | Andrea Coscelli Posted: 29 Apr 2022 05:04 AM PDT Competition is weaker than ever. Without pressure to keep prices down and quality high, all of us will suffer
At a time when household budgets are already being squeezed, it is more important than ever that companies feel the heat of competition to force them to keep prices down. But across too much of our economy, that isn't happening. Recent analysis finds that the level to which markets are dominated by a limited number of companies is higher than before the 2008 financial crisis. Andrea Coscelli is chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority Continue reading... |
| I’m an out and proud lesbian – but after a recent attack, being visible feels scary | Lucy Knight Posted: 28 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT It's great that we have Lesbian Visibility Week, but I know that being seen and perceived as 'different' carries risks too Over the years we've been together, my wife and I have become increasingly "visible" as lesbians. There's the somewhat obvious fact that we're a couple, which automatically makes us more identifiably gay than we were when we were single. But there's also been the evolution of our haircuts from straight-passing, to short and choppy, our recent adoption of a cat (it's a thing, look it up), and the fact that sizeable proportions of our wardrobes consist of dungarees and blazers. Moulding to stereotypes isn't, of course, the pinnacle of "lesbian visibility". But I do think that, having grown up believing that "looking gay" was an insult, the fact that both of us now generally view that description as a compliment demonstrates some degree of self-acceptance. And acceptance – whether it be of yourself or of others – is surely what Lesbian Visibility Week (which we're currently in, by the way) is all about. Lucy Knight is commissioning editor, books at the Guardian Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on Putin’s nuclear threats: Russia is losing in Ukraine | Editorial Posted: 29 Apr 2022 10:29 AM PDT With 2,000 tactical warheads at his disposal, we must hope the Russian president's warnings are tactical As the war in Ukraine and its consequences weaken Russia's conventional military, Vladimir Putin's government has resorted to nuclear threats designed to project strength. Mr Putin wants to intimidate his opponents. But his strategy is failing. Instead of Ukraine's allies backing down, they are stepping up their support. The US Congress this week approved $11bn of arms to Ukraine, three times the total military aid Washington has so far given. The US president, Joe Biden, was right to call out Mr Putin for making "idle comments" about nuclear weapons. It is unthinkable that blunders and miscalculations would take the world to the edge of the nuclear abyss. Yet that is where the world is heading. Whereas the Cuban missile crisis lasted 13 days, Russia's war is already into its third month. With no clear end in sight, more deadly battles look inevitable – increasing the chances of mistakes. Continue reading... |
| Quarterbacks go few and far between as NFL draft continues into second day Posted: 29 Apr 2022 07:42 PM PDT
It took 42 selections Friday before a second quarterback was taken in the NFL draft. And it was a proven commodity in college, Cincinnati's Desmond Ridder. A full 54 spots after Kenny Pickett of Pittsburgh went 20th to the Steelers on Thursday night, Ridder was taken by Atlanta. Continue reading... |
| Angel City FC win fairytale NWSL debut before 22,000 fans – in pictures Posted: 30 Apr 2022 12:10 AM PDT Angel City FC made their NWSL debut on Friday night, winning 2-1 over the North Carolina Courage before a star-studded Banc of California Stadium crowd Continue reading... |
| Joel Embiid out indefinitely with orbital fracture in huge blow to 76ers’ title hopes Posted: 29 Apr 2022 06:23 PM PDT
Joel Embiid feared this would be the case. Turns out, he was right. The Philadelphia 76ers announced Friday night that Embiid – the NBA scoring champion and an MVP finalist – has a right orbital fracture and a mild concussion. Those injuries, for now anyway, have him listed as out on the injury report and will keep him there for the foreseeable future. Continue reading... |
| New York Mets silence Phillies for second no-hitter in 9,588-game history Posted: 29 Apr 2022 10:38 PM PDT
Tylor Megill and the New York Mets bullpen kept throwing and throwing, the crowd growing louder with every toss. A 159-pitch gem, it was. Continue reading... |
| Taylor puts unbeaten record on the line in battle for the ages with Serrano Posted: 30 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT There is danger for Ireland's undisputed lightweight champion as she tops the bill in New York against a ferocious opponent There have been blue skies and plenty of sunshine in New York this week but, as soon as you step outside, a cold bite in the air feels jolting. In a similar way all the lavish positivity surrounding Saturday night's historic fight at Madison Square Garden will assume a chilling edge as the first bell rings. When Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano leave the safety of their corners, the serious danger of boxing at the very highest level will wipe away all the polite and admirable words they have shared. Taylor is undefeated as a professional, having won all 20 of her fights, and she enters the ring as the undisputed world lightweight champion and the No 1 in the pound-for-pound rankings. Serrano, meanwhile, has lost only once in 44 bouts and that solitary defeat came 10 years ago this week when she was outpointed in Sweden by Frida Wallberg. The Puerto Rican has won world titles in seven different weight categories in a staggering statistic which also reveals the paucity of competition which has blighted women's boxing until recently. But Serrano looks immensely hungry because she has not had the plaudits or purses Taylor has accumulated. Continue reading... |
| Hope Solo asks to delay Hall of Fame induction while in alcohol rehab Posted: 29 Apr 2022 04:50 PM PDT
Former United States women's national team goalkeeper Hope Solo said that she will be entering an in-patient alcohol treatment program and has requested that her induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame be postponed until 2023. Solo, 40, was arrested last month after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her two-year-old twin sons inside. Continue reading... |
| MLB bans Dodgers’ Trevor Bauer for two full seasons under sexual assault policy Posted: 29 Apr 2022 12:56 PM PDT
Major League Baseball has suspended Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer without pay for two full seasons under its domestic violence and sexual assault policy. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced the punishment on Friday following an extensive investigation by MLB's Department of Investigations, according to a news release. Continue reading... |
| Chelsea sale: Boehly group the preferred bidder despite late Ratcliffe bid Posted: 29 Apr 2022 10:42 AM PDT
Todd Boehly's consortium has been chosen as the preferred bidder in the race to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich, despite Sir Jim Ratcliffe announcing that he had made a late offer worth more than £4bn. Sources around the process said on Friday that Boehly's group had seen off competition from rival bidders. There has been no official confirmation from any of the parties involved in the sale but a decision is expected to be announced soon. Continue reading... |
| ‘Deep-sea gold rush’ for rare metals could cause irreversible harm Posted: 28 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT Mining companies are planning to profit from the new industry, but environmental campaigners warn of disastrous consequences In a windowless conference room in Canary Wharf, dozens of mining executives, bankers and government officials are being promised unique insights into how to profit from "the deep-sea gold rush". The hoped-for gold rush lies thousands of miles away on the bed of the Pacific Ocean, where trillions of potato-sized nodules of rare earth elements vital to power the next generation of electric cars have been discovered 4,000m below the surface. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2022 07:35 AM PDT The gay writer who was banned from visiting a London school discusses why young LGBT+ people need representation more than ever A few weeks after he was banned from visiting a London school by the Catholic church, Simon James Green was confronted with an array of protest paraphernalia. The author, whose stories for young adults have been applauded for reflecting the upside, as well as the angst, of queer teen lives, was at an awards ceremony in Bristol. Members of a local school's LGBT+ society had made banners and leaflets proclaiming their solidarity, and denouncing "kids in Catholic school locked in the closet". "It was so touching, so all-round impressive," Green says. Neatly, it also encapsulates the core message of Gay Club!, his latest novel for young adults, which follows chess geek Barney on his mission to shake up his own school's LGBT+ society. "Pinning some rainbow flags to our club noticeboard won't change anything," says Barney. "We need to unite and fight. Campaign. Be visible." Continue reading... |
| The Right review: conservatism, Trump, regret and wishful thinking Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT Matthew Continetti's history of 100 years of the American right is ambitious, impressive and worrying America's tribes frequently clash but they rarely intersect. Over the past 60 years, the Democratic party has morphed into an upstairs-downstairs coalition, graduate-degree holders tethered to an urban core and religious "nones". Meanwhile, Republicans have grown more rural, southern, evangelical and working class. Within the GOP, Donald Trump has supplanted the legacies of Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln. According to Matthew Continetti, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, being a conservative in 2022 is less about advocating limited government and more about culture wars, owning the libs and denouncing globalization. Continue reading... |
| Shining Girls review – Elisabeth Moss is perfect for this time-hopping thriller Posted: 29 Apr 2022 02:29 AM PDT Ferociously intense, remarkably nuanced and completely unflinching, Moss excels as a traumatised, time-slipping newspaper worker on the trail of a serial killer I understand, entirely, if you are a bit done with murderers – serial, one-offs, opportunistic, take your pick from the array forever before us on our screens. Or simple terrorisers of women. But I would urge, even if that is your current position, to give Shining Girls (Apple TV+) a try, though the premise may be unalluring. The premise, taken from the 2013 novel of nearly the same name by Lauren Beukes, is that six years ago, Kirby Mazrachi (Elisabeth Moss) survived a near-fatal attack by an unknown assailant who was never caught. Since then she has been experiencing shifting realities. Sometimes the alterations are small and a pet cat is now a pet dog, or she returns to a different desk at work; sometimes they are large and she finds her hot mess of a mother reborn in a more literal sense than usual as an evangelical Christian, or that Kirby herself is now married to a man called Marcus instead of still isolated and single. One constant is that she is always a newspaper archivist with the Sun Times (her story, which is more central than in the book, is set in early 90s Chicago), the closest she could manage to her ambition of becoming a reporter in the wake of the life-changing assault. Continue reading... |
| Macbeth review – Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga soar but there’s magic missing Posted: 29 Apr 2022 01:00 PM PDT Longacre Theater, New York Sam Gold's inventively staged take on the classic tragedy has its moments but there's something missing at the centre For tragedy to really tear your heart out, it has to feel preventable. What if Juliet's messenger had arrived on time? What if Othello had trusted his wife? What if Caesar had just stayed home that day and caught up on the latest papyrus? Watching the brisk, mordant Broadway revival of Macbeth, which stars a muscled, de-Bonded Daniel Craig, you might entertain another what-if: what if medieval Scotland had maximally effective therapy? Sam Gold's production performed on a seemingly bare stage, designed by Christine Jones and lit, thrillingly – in shocking blues, reds and greens – by Jane Cox. It begins with a precis of attitudes toward early modern witchcraft, delivered, drolly, by Michael Patrick Thornton. An incantation follows. A cast member (Danny Wolohan, later to endure worse) is hung upside down in an inverted cross while other members stir a bubbling pot with suspiciously red contents. Is that smell garlic? Or something more sinister? Still, this swift, savvy Macbeth never winds its charm too tightly; only rarely does it feel unearthly. Continue reading... |
| Is anyone excited about Avatar 2, or is James Cameron’s 3D revolution doomed? Posted: 29 Apr 2022 03:38 AM PDT The first trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water promises an extravaganza – but do we really want to put our eyes through the meat grinder all over again? As far as we know, there's no such thing as time travel in the Avatar universe, which is weird because there was a distinct whiff of 2009 coming off this week's industry reports about a screening of the first trailer for the newly titled Avatar: The Way of Water. The Hollywood Reporter said delegates at CinemaCon in Las Vegas were wowed by the movie's impressive 3D and high frame rate, which 20th Century Fox and Disney will be rolling out across the globe when the movie finally hits multiplexes in December. You'd think not more than a couple of years had gone by since the release of the original Avatar, a time when it felt like the entire film industry was about to go through a radical journey into high-end stereoscopy and accelerated frame rates. Unfortunately for Hollywood, it has actually been more than a decade since we last hung out with Jake Sully and his Na'vi comrades. Are we expected to get excited about this stuff all over again? The problem with 3D is that it has had more comings than Jesus caught in a time loop. There was the original 1950s phase, then that brief period in the 1980s when Jaws 3-D landed at cinemas, and finally around 2009 when James Cameron seemed to think stereoscopic film-making was about to become more popular than the Beatles. In between now and then we've also had 3D TVs, which ran out of steam around 2017 amid a chorus of unbothered shrugs. As for higher frame rates, Peter Jackson was forced to dull down his Hobbit trilogy after viewers complained they didn't really need to see Bombur's blackheads in such excruciating detail when viewing An Unexpected Journey at 48-frames per second. Continue reading... |
| The radical power of sewing: the artist turning textiles into activism Posted: 29 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT A Los Angeles exhibit by Aram Han Sifuentes shows the connection between fabric and her passion for political action Sewing and textiles have always been a part of the artist Aram Han Sifuentes' life. Her South Korean immigrant parents operated a dry cleaning business, and she mended her own clothing from a young age. But it wasn't until she began learning more about immigrant justice and social justice, while making art on the side, that she saw the connection between textiles and her passion for political action. She turned her interests into a career, using textile tools and materials, along with communal workshops, to put that intersection in the spotlight. Continue reading... |
| ‘Emotional support witches’: farewell to Grace and Frankie, TV’s greatest female friendship Posted: 29 Apr 2022 01:00 AM PDT Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin's on-screen bond has seen them through a whole voyage of self-discovery – from divorce to arthritis-friendly vibrators Pop culture has long taught us that the worst possible thing that could happen to a woman is for her to end up alone – with cat ladies serving as warnings of the fate awaiting anyone left without someone to love her. By those standards, the premise of Grace and Frankie should have been the beginning of the end for its main characters: two septuagenarian frenemies discovering that their husbands had been having an affair for two decades. How easy it would have been for them to check out of their final chapters and simply run down the clock. And yet this week, when Netflix's longest-running original series drops its final episodes, it will also be the end of one of television's greatest female friendships, brought to life by the irresistible chemistry of Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, real-life friends for 40 years. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2022 01:00 AM PDT (Bureau B) Cassette culture may now seem like some quaint hipster affectation but, for a generation growing up in East Germany in the years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was the prime medium for underground music. Fans would smuggle in recordings of new music from West Germany on tape, while avant-garde musicians in the eastern bloc's most repressive country could circumvent state controls over vinyl pressing plants – and avoid the watchful eyes of the Stasi – by copying their own music on to cassettes and distributing them (like samizdat newsletters) to likeminded freaks. One of these freaks, Jörg Thomasius, ostensibly worked in East Berlin as a boiler mechanic and art gallery technician, but his real vocation was music. He was a member of the Zappa-ish collective Das Freie Orchester, ran a home studio called Tomato and hosted a show on pirate radio, drawing inspiration from experimental krautrock bands on the other side of the iron curtain. In the 1980s, he sneaked out three albums on cassette, and Acht Gesänge der schwarzen Hunde (Eight Songs of the Black Dog) – the latest in Bureau B's Experimenteller Elektronik-Underground DDR series – compiles 10 tracks from these DIY releases. Continue reading... |
| Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels Posted: 29 Apr 2022 04:00 AM PDT Astral phenomena, Greek goddesses, deadly family curses and the best new YA fiction How to Count to ONE by Caspar Salmon and Matt Hunt (Nosy Crow, £6.99) The Comet by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye, £12.99) |
| Platform for success: how TikTok has made one shoe brand the hottest on the planet Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT Naked Wolfe's six-inch 'Spice' platform boots have topped Lyst's 'heat' index and been a hit with Tik Tok users and celebrities alike You might think that unfeasibly high, pumped-up platform boots by the London-based brand Naked Wolfe would only enjoy niche appeal. At first glance, they look more at home with Camden's cybergoths or Catwoman wannabes than the mainstream. On Wednesday it was revealed that the six-inch "Spice" platforms are officially the hottest item in the world, according to fashion shopping app Lyst. Each quarter, Lyst releases a "heat" index, ranking the fashion products that have generated the most sales, searches and views within its app, as well as social media engagement worldwide. Continue reading... |
| Picture perfect: how to take, store and print photos from your phone Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT If you keep precious camera moments locked away on a mobile they are at risk of being lost Photos are precious records of our lives, and as the summer kicks off many of us will be adding to our collection as we enjoy holidays and celebrate special occasions. For many of us, however, these pictures end up locked on our phones, taking up storage and at risk of loss. Continue reading... |
| Weekend podcast: Arcade Fire, Marina Hyde and lessons from therapy Posted: 29 Apr 2022 09:00 PM PDT In this week's episode, Marina Hyde on the anger surrounding Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter (1m47s), Laura Barton interviews the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire (8m55s), Hannah Booth explores the important lessons she has learned from going to therapy for 10 years (23m58s), and bestselling author Joanna Cannon explains why hyper-empaths should use their emotions for good (45m29s) Continue reading... |
| Experience: I bake recipes I find on gravestones Posted: 29 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT A woman in Alaska got a whipped cream logo carved on her headstone It all started during lockdown. Like many people, I tried baking for the first time and got a TikTok account. Less commonly, I started learning a lot about cemeteries. I'm studying to be an archivist, and when the pandemic began I had just started an internship at Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC, one of the oldest cemeteries in the US. Soon my interest became about more than just work. During the pandemic, my local cemetery was one of the few places I could go for a daily walk and I began to see how interesting cemeteries are as repositories for history: you can see how gravestone styles have changed over the years, how different symbols have become more or less important, and also what kind of information people choose to put on their gravestones. In the past it was all names and dates, genealogical stuff, but nowadays people like to add their hobbies or something more personal such as their sexual orientation. Continue reading... |
| You be the judge: should my husband spend less time playing video games? Posted: 29 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT She wants quality family time; he wants to wage magical warfare in the wilds of Valoran. We ask you to take charge of the controller and deliver a verdict If you have a disagreement you'd like settled, or want to be part of our jury, click here He spends all his evenings in the corner of our dining room, immersed in a fantasy world Continue reading... |
| Houseplant of the week: Mexican rose Posted: 29 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT With its pleasing, rose-like leaves, this pretty succulent adores the sunshine – and may even reward you with spring blooms Why will I love it? Light or shade? |
| Trump White House overrode Covid guidance for churches, emails show Posted: 29 Apr 2022 07:03 AM PDT CDC planned to suggest in 2020 that religious communities hold services online but key passages were struck out Donald Trump's administration overrode Covid-19 guidance to religious organizations, according to newly released emails, which would have encouraged churches to consider virtual religious services rather than in-person worship. In May 2020, as coronavirus cases and deaths surged, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent the White House a draft of its planned guidance to faith-based communities, seeking approval for publication. Continue reading... |
| Barr: it would be ‘big mistake’ for Republicans to nominate Trump in 2024 Posted: 29 Apr 2022 07:23 AM PDT 'I don't think he should be our nominee,' ex-president's attorney general tells Newsmax William Barr, Donald Trump's former attorney general, said in an interview on Thursday that it would be a "big mistake" for the Republican party to nominate Trump for president in 2024. Appearing on the Newsmax television channel, Barr said Trump, who has hinted that he will run again, would not be a sound choice. Continue reading... |
| California accuses ExxonMobil of deceiving public on hazards of plastics Posted: 29 Apr 2022 08:06 AM PDT Attorney general has launched an inquiry into fossil fuel companies' role in causing global environmental crisis California's attorney general has subpoenaed ExxonMobil as part of what he called a first-of-its-kind broader investigation into the petroleum industry for its alleged role in causing a global plastic pollution crisis, allegations that the company called meritless. Attorney general Rob Bonta said on Thursday that the industry for decades has encouraged the development and use of petroleum-based plastic products while seeking to minimize public understanding that their widespread use harms the environment and public health. Continue reading... |
| US army replaces cake it stole from Italian girl 77 years ago Posted: 29 Apr 2022 04:16 AM PDT Meri Mion, 90, was 13 when soldiers took her birthday cake as it cooled on windowsill in San Pietro Repentant American soldiers have presented an Italian woman with a birthday cake to make up for the one their predecessors stole from her as it cooled on a windowsill 77 years ago. It was the eve of Meri Mion's 13th birthday when US troops arrived in her village of San Pietro, near Vicenza in northern Italy, to fight against German soldiers. Continue reading... |
| UK set to impose direct rule on British Virgin Islands as premier faces cocaine charges Posted: 29 Apr 2022 10:39 AM PDT In a further twist, the islands' premier has been arrested in a Miami sting operation on suspicion of drug trafficking Britain is poised to impose a form of direct rule over the British Virgin Islands after the Caribbean territory's premier was arrested in Miami on suspicion of drug running, and a UK-appointed commission of inquiry found rampant failings in governance. Andrew Fahie appeared in federal court in Miami on Friday, a day after he was arrested by the US Drug Enforcement Agency in an elaborate sting operation that also snared the chief executive of the BVI port authority and her son. Late on Friday night it emerged federal prosecutors had charged him with cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. Continue reading... |
| Priest among 12 people convicted of murder of Malawian man with albinism Posted: 29 Apr 2022 01:00 PM PDT MacDonald Masambuka, 22, was murdered during wave of assaults against people with the condition A Catholic priest, a police officer and hospital worker are among a dozen people convicted over the gruesome murder of a Malawian man with albinism in 2018. Five out of the 12 were found guilty of killing MacDonald Masambuka, 22, at the height of a crime spree that saw more than 40 murders and 145 assaults on people with the condition in the country. Continue reading... |
| Khashoggi row goes unmentioned as Erdoğan seeks to boost Saudi trade ties Posted: 29 Apr 2022 10:07 AM PDT Analysis: regional rivals reconcile in Jeddah while reason for three-year rift remains elephant in the room With awkward embraces and fixed grins, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Mohammed bin Salman struck a pose of reconciliation. For the past three years, the presence of the Turkish leader and the Saudi crown prince in the same room would have been unthinkable, but in a drawing room of a Jeddah palace on Friday, both tried to signal a new beginning. There was no sign of the acrimony that had set the regional rivals apart and – most definitely – no mention of the reason for the rift: the Saudi murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Continue reading... |
| Leave space missions to billionaires and robots, says astronomer royal Posted: 30 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT More sophisticated AI means space agencies should not use public funds for risky human missions, says Lord Martin Rees The world's space agencies should scrap plans to send astronauts to the moon and Mars and leave them to explorers and billionaires who can privately fund and risk such adventures, the astronomer royal says. Lord Martin Rees said technical improvements and more sophisticated artificial intelligence meant robotic missions were becoming ever more capable of exploration, and even construction, in space, making it unnecessary for space agencies to front far-flung human missions. Continue reading... |
| Ethiopian drought leading to ‘dramatic’ increase in child marriage, Unicef warns Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:15 PM PDT With hunger across Horn of Africa and 600,000 children out of school, 'desperate' parents push more girls into early marriage Drought-afflicted areas of Ethiopia are seeing "dramatic" increases in child marriage as the worst climate-induced emergency for 40 years pushes people to the brink, the head of Unicef has said. Three consecutive failed rainy seasons have brought hunger, malnutrition and mass displacement to millions of people in the Horn of Africa, including parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti. Continue reading... |
| Gunmen steal 200 Eid outfits from Pakistani tailor in Islamabad Posted: 29 Apr 2022 06:51 AM PDT Muhammad Razzaq says two armed men tied up and beat his staff and made off with 240 shalwar kameez Gunmen have stolen more than 200 outfits made for the customers of a Pakistani tailor for the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. Muhammad Razzaq said two armed men barged into his store in the capital, Islamabad, tied up and beat his staff, before making off with 240 completed or near-finished traditional shalwar kameez outfits. Continue reading... |
| America’s food deserts start seeing influx of healthy foods thanks to federal funds Posted: 29 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT American Rescue Plan funds are helping attract or revive stores in underserved neighborhoods and reservations Communities across the US are using federal stimulus money to bring grocery stores and healthy food to food deserts, as the pandemic and rising costs put nutrition further out of reach for many. The regions using American Rescue Plan funds include Montana's Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, a 1,000-sq-mile expanse shared by the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes. Most of the reservation is considered a food desert by the US Department of Agriculture, meaning most residents have little access to healthy food. Continue reading... |
| Prehistoric women were hunters and artists as well as mothers, book reveals Posted: 29 Apr 2022 05:34 AM PDT French book and documentary coming to the UK in September seeks to 'debunk the simplistic division' of gender roles From academic works giving women a supporting role to hunter-gather men, to Raquel Welch's portrayal of a bikini-clad cavewoman in the 1966 film One Million Years BC, the gender division of the stone age is firmly entrenched in public consciousness. While men strode out to spear woolly mammoths, women, as mothers or exploited objects of male desire, sheltered in caves from the violent world, according to an understanding said to be increasingly removed from the latest research. Continue reading... |
| ‘I feel your pain’: confessions of a hyper-empath Posted: 29 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT Do you feel other people's experiences and emotions as strongly as your own? It's overwhelming being a hyper-empath, but you can also harness it for good As a very small child, I returned from a weekend in Cromer with not only a collection of sea shells and a new bucket and spade, but an exceptionally broad Norfolk accent. At first, everyone found this highly amusing, but it was less funny when I was still talking that way several weeks later. My mother tells me a similar thing happened when they took me to Wales. And North Yorkshire. Because, like a sponge, I soaked up whichever accent I was exposed to. It wasn't just accents, either. As a five-year-old, during a particularly boisterous garden game with a friend, I ran into the kitchen sobbing hysterically and clutching my hand. '"Whatever have you done to yourself?" my mother said. "It's not me!" I frantically rubbed my wrist. "It's Susan! She's fallen over!" Because Susan's pain was my pain and I felt it just as keenly as if I'd done the damage to myself. Back then, we didn't have a name for this subconscious appropriation of other people's emotions (and accents), but now it's fashionably referred to as being an empath. Or in some cases, a hyper-empath. Relating to someone else's pain is a natural human response; we're all empaths to a degree. But hyper-empaths are different. Do you sob when people win a large amount of money on a quizshow? Do you start to feel queasy if someone says they feel sick? Hyper-empaths take everything on (noise, colour, conversation), so often find crowds overwhelming. Continue reading... |
| Are bargain wines really worth buying? | Fiona Beckett on drinks Posted: 29 Apr 2022 06:00 AM PDT As retail prices soar, some retailers are trying to undercut the market by offering super-cheap bottles. Are they drinkable, or do you get only what you pay for? With prices soaring across the board, last month's news that Tesco has launched a range of wines at under £5 might seem welcome – but how good a wine can you really get for that kind of money? The answer, I found, is not that great. After all, once you've factored in duty, tax, bottling, packaging and all other costs, there's only about 20p of wine in a bottle costing less than £4, say. While none of them was actively undrinkable, there wasn't much wine character in the two Casa Maña wines I tried (a red tempranillo and a rosé), made, incidentally, by Felix Solis, the outfit that produces Tesco's own-label alcohol-free wines. Continue reading... |
| US soldiers give Italian woman birthday cake to replace one stolen in second world war – video Posted: 29 Apr 2022 07:40 AM PDT The US army has presented an Italian woman with a birthday cake to replace the cake that American soldiers stole from her as it cooled on a windowsill 77 years ago. Meri Mion, who turned 90 the day after the presentation, wiped away tears at a ceremony in Vicenza and said she had not been expecting the cake, although she clearly remembered the moment when the one baked for her 13th birthday had 'disappeared'. The event marked the anniversary of the day on which the 88th Infantry Division fought its way into the city on 28 April 1945, during one of the final battles of the second world war Continue reading... |
| Russia bombs Kyiv as UN head visits – video report Posted: 28 Apr 2022 10:27 PM PDT Russia hit Kyiv with cruise missile strikes while the UN secretary general was visiting the city, and a few hours after Joe Biden had announced a doubling of US military and economic aid to Ukraine Continue reading... |
| War in Ukraine 'an absurdity in the 21st century', says UN chief – video Posted: 28 Apr 2022 08:11 AM PDT The Russian war in Ukraine is evil, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said during his visit to the country. Guterres visited Irpin, Borodianka and Bucha, and inspected a mass grave before meeting the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, said on Wednesday that Moscow would launch a 'lightning-fast' response against countries attempting to interfere in Ukraine Continue reading... |
| Twenty photographs of the week Posted: 29 Apr 2022 01:16 PM PDT A funeral in Irpin, protests in Bogota, the Russian bombardment of Hostomel and the aftermath of the floods in South Africa: the most striking images from around the world this week
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| Eid al-Fitr and a Broadway curtain call: Friday’s best photos Posted: 29 Apr 2022 05:51 AM PDT The Guardian's picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading... |
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