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- Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black female supreme court justice
- Liz Cheney calls Trump ‘a domestic threat we have never faced before’
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- US woman suspected in fatal shooting of elite cyclist arrested in Costa Rica
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- Russia-Ukraine war: new ‘iron curtain’ between Russia and west, Kremlin says, as Nato leaders pledge support to Kyiv – live
- Nato will stick with Ukraine as long as it takes, says Joe Biden
- What did the G7 and Nato summits really mean for Ukraine?
- Earliest Pacific seafarers were matrilocal society, study suggests
- How Kansas City became the 2026 World Cup’s most unlikely host city
- US supreme court case could give state politicians huge power over elections
- How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters
- Denise Richards: ‘If there’s a lost dog in the neighbourhood, they will always find me’
- ‘I was praying: don’t let anybody kill me’ – Oleksandr Usyk on life in Ukrainian army
- The killings of Black women: five findings from our investigation
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- Is Stranger Things even TV any more?
- Meat, monopolies, mega farms: how the US food system fuels climate crisis
- The US supreme court just made yet another devastating decision for humanity | Peter Kalmus
- The Roe ruling is not about states’ rights. It’s about power and control | Derecka Purnell
- Why are we feeding crops to our cars when people are starving? | George Monbiot
- The Guardian view on the Nato summit: new roles for old | Editorial
- Tuesday’s hearing was a masterclass on the threats posed by Trump to our republic | Lloyd Green
- Does Justice Clarence Thomas want to overturn a landmark freedom of the press ruling? | Larry Tribe and Dennis Aftergut
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- Ottawa braced for Canada Day protest by ‘freedom convoy’ supporters
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- Hong Kong tightens security as Xi visits for 25th anniversary of handover
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| US supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions Posted: 30 Jun 2022 07:38 AM PDT Court sides with Republican states as ruling represents landmark moment in rightwing effort to dismantle 'regulatory state' The US supreme court has sided with Republican-led states to in effect hobble the federal government's ability to tackle the climate crisis, in a ruling that will have profound implications for the government's overall regulatory power. In a 6-3 decision that will seriously hinder America's ability to stave off disastrous global heating, the supreme court, which became dominated by rightwing justices under the Trump administration, has opted to support a case brought by West Virginia that demands the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) be limited in how it regulates planet-heating gases from the energy sector. Continue reading... |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black female supreme court justice Posted: 30 Jun 2022 10:03 AM PDT She joins three women, Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Coney Barrett – the first time four women will serve together Nearly three months after she won confirmation to the supreme court, Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the court's 116th justice on Thursday as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retired. In a brief ceremony at the supreme court, Chief Justice Roberts administered the constitutional oath. Justice Breyer, who retired at noon, delivered the judicial oath. She is the court's 116th justice. Continue reading... |
| Liz Cheney calls Trump ‘a domestic threat we have never faced before’ Posted: 30 Jun 2022 08:32 AM PDT Vice-chair of January 6 committee tells fellow Republicans it is impossible to be loyal to both Trump and the US constitution Congresswoman Liz Cheney, vice-chair of the congressional panel investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, has warned that former president Donald Trump represents "a domestic threat that we have never faced before". Cheney, the daughter of former vice-president Dick Cheney, told fellow Republicans that it was impossible to be loyal to both Trump and the American constitution. Continue reading... |
| ‘People should be aware’: eggs of tiny infectious worm found in parks in New York and Europe Posted: 30 Jun 2022 09:09 AM PDT The Toxocara worm can spread to humans via cat or dog feces, making children who play in sand or soil particularly at risk Scattered in cat sandboxes and dog runs around the world, there's a parasite invisible to the naked eye that mostly infects these creatures. It's a tiny worm that lives in the animals' muscles and digestive systems, but can spread to others. Sometimes, though, it infects humans. Increasingly researchers are concerned that children are inadvertently consuming these parasites, known as Toxocara, and so they are studying places where humans and pets come into contact with one another: city parks. Continue reading... |
| Biden backs exception to Senate filibuster to protect abortion access Posted: 30 Jun 2022 08:57 AM PDT President in Madrid says he supports 'exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the supreme court decision' Joe Biden said on Thursday he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion, after the supreme court overturned the right in a historic ruling this month. "If the filibuster gets in the way, it's like voting rights," Biden said during a press conference at the Nato summit in Madrid, adding that there should be an "exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the supreme court decision". Continue reading... |
| A quarter of Americans open to taking up arms against government, poll says Posted: 30 Jun 2022 08:48 AM PDT Survey of 1,000 registered US voters also reveals that most Americans agree government is 'corrupt and rigged' More than one quarter of US residents feel so estranged from their government that they feel it might "soon be necessary to take up arms" against it, a poll released on Thursday claimed. This survey of 1,000 registered US voters, published by the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics (IOP), also revealed that most Americans agree the government is "corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me". Continue reading... |
| Leak of California gun owners’ private data far wider than originally reported Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:22 PM PDT An investigation has been ordered into the exposure which affects those who were granted or denied a concealed carry permit The California department of justice admitted it had exposed the personal information of as many as hundreds of thousands of gun owners in the state, in a controversial data breach that appears of a far broader scale than the agency first reported. The data breach temporarily made public the names, birthdates, gender, race, driver's license numbers, addresses and criminal histories of people who were granted or denied permits to carry concealed weapons between 2011 and 2021. The state's Assault Weapon Registry, Handguns Certified for Sale, Dealer Record of Sale, Firearm Certificate Safety and Gun Violence Restraining Order dashboards were also affected, the department said. Continue reading... |
| Iran accused of making ‘maximalist demands’ in nuclear deal talks Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:05 PM PDT Talks to save 2015 agreement on brink of collapse as Tehran is also accused of testing missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons Iran has been accused of making "maximalist demands" in the latest unsuccessful round of talks on reviving the nuclear non-proliferation deal at a grave session of the UN security council in which it was widely acknowledged that the talks – and the whole 2015 deal – were on the brink of collapse. Iranian and US officials, with the EU acting as mediators, held two days of talks in Doha in a bid to break a months-long impasse, but no progress was made on Iran's central demand that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps be removed from US sanctions and its list of foreign terrorist organisations. Continue reading... |
| US woman suspected in fatal shooting of elite cyclist arrested in Costa Rica Posted: 30 Jun 2022 02:42 PM PDT Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, a yoga teacher, is accused of fatally shooting Anna Moriah Wilson over alleged love rivalry A Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home has been arrested in Costa Rica, the US Marshals Service said Thursday. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, was arrested Wednesday at a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, the Marshals Service said in a statement. Wilson, 25, was found dead on 11 May, and Austin police on 19 May issued a murder warrant for Armstrong. Continue reading... |
| Beijing hits out at Nato strategy for ‘malicious attack’ on China Posted: 30 Jun 2022 05:03 AM PDT Western military bloc says China poses 'serious challenges' to global stability China has issued a strong rebuke at Nato, calling out what it said was "cold war thinking and ideological bias", after the western military bloc said Beijing posed "serious challenges" to global stability. Nato allies agreed for the first time to include challenges and threats posed by China into a strategy blueprint in its latest summit in Madrid this week. The alliance's previous document, issued in 2010, made no mention of China. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:02 PM PDT Russia's foreign minister says Moscow will no longer trust Washington and Brussels as Joe Biden says US and Nato allies will stick with Ukraine
The UK's foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said that one of the reasons that Russia was able to invade Ukraine was because of underspending on defence in Europe. Appearing on Sky News, she said: I've been very clear that the entire free world, the western alliance, does need to focus more on deterrence. We need to focus more on defence. And what we know is prevention is better than cure. The lesson that Putin learned from underspending on defence was that he could invade a sovereign nation, and we simply can't let our guard down again, we can't allow that to happen again. I would say that we need a full range of capabilities to deal with the threats that we face now. Whether those are cyber threats, whether those are land-based threats, naval threats, and we have the balance right. But of course we need to continue to evolve, because we're seeing, you know, we never expected in our lifetimes to see this kind of war on in Europe. We've seen the systematic rape of women. We've seen the attacking of civilians, including at the shopping centre this week. And what we need to make sure is not only are the Ukrainians successful in pushing Russia out of Ukraine, but also that people are held to account for these appalling crimes that have been committed. I've not met Vladimir Putin. I do not know the motivations for carrying out this appalling war. All I know is that we have to make it our absolute priority to stop this war, to push Vladimir Putin and the Russian troops out of Ukraine, otherwise we will live in a much less safe Europe. Continue reading... |
| Nato will stick with Ukraine as long as it takes, says Joe Biden Posted: 30 Jun 2022 10:14 AM PDT US president says he does not know how war will end, but 'it will not end with a Russian defeat of Ukraine' Joe Biden has declared that the US and Nato allies will stick with Ukraine "as long as it takes" at the end of a two-day summit that saw the military alliance promise hundreds of thousands more troops to defend eastern Europe. The US president also announced another $800m (£660m) of military aid to Kyiv – but questions remained about how much detail there was behind the plan to create a 300,000-strong force to deter any Russian attack. Continue reading... |
| What did the G7 and Nato summits really mean for Ukraine? Posted: 30 Jun 2022 10:36 AM PDT Analysis: Volodymyr Zelenskiy needs ammunition, not words – but the meetings in Bavaria and Madrid were still highly significant Over five days, the leaders of the G7 and Nato shifted from the pastoral backdrop of the Bavarian Alps to the more prosaic plains of Madrid, but at no point was there a shortage of photo opportunities, trumpeting of democracy, multibillion-dollar announcements or pledges of unstinting resolve to help Ukraine. But as the leaders head home to their more mundane domestic challenges, it is legitimate to ask how far these promises change the balance of power on the battlefield, or put doubt in the mind of Vladimir Putin. For although these summits were an exercise in reassurance to domestic electorates, and to a lesser extent to Ukraine, the target audience was really one man: the Russian president. Continue reading... |
| Earliest Pacific seafarers were matrilocal society, study suggests Posted: 30 Jun 2022 11:00 AM PDT DNA analysis of 164 individuals from 2,800 to 300 years ago shows men would move to be with their wives The world's earliest seafarers who set out to colonise remote Pacific islands nearly 3,000 years ago were a matrilocal society with communities organised around the female lineage, analysis of ancient DNA suggests. The research, based on genetic sequencing of 164 ancient individuals from 2,800 to 300 years ago, suggested that some of the earliest inhabitants of islands in Oceania had population structures in which women almost always remained in their communities after marriage, while men left their mother's community to live with that of their wife. This pattern is strikingly different from that of patrilocal societies, which appeared to be the norm in ancient populations in Europe and Africa. Continue reading... |
| How Kansas City became the 2026 World Cup’s most unlikely host city Posted: 30 Jun 2022 02:00 AM PDT The city will be the smallest US metro area to host games at the tournament, but it has a long and proud soccer history to call on Kansas City was hardly a sure bet to be named that day as one of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup, but Kathy Nelson was confident enough to arrange for one of those big-screen watch parties in the trendy Power & Light District downtown when Fifa confirmed the choices on 16 June. Nelson, the president of the Kansas City Sports Commission, felt that the city, even though it is the 31st-largest metropolitan area in the US, had made a strong bid. But Fifa had leaked nothing. When Kansas City was picked, the crowd roared. She cried, a little. Continue reading... |
| US supreme court case could give state politicians huge power over elections Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:05 PM PDT Nation's highest court to hear North Carolina case seeking to remove state courts' oversight of elections for federal office The US supreme court agreed on Thursday to hear a case that could dramatically upend the fight over voting in America and give state lawmakers enormous power in setting rules for elections to federal office. The case, Moore v Harper, asks the supreme court to endorse the "independent state legislature theory" – the idea that state legislatures have exclusive authority to set the rules for federal elections. Republicans have complete control of government in 23 states, and have used redistricting to lock in their advantage for the next decade in many places. Continue reading... |
| How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT Pipeline companies facing opposition in blue states have launched a $10m PR campaign targeting the Democratic base American energy corporation the Williams Companies was facing yet another setback in its attempts to build a natural gas pipeline in New York. After a years-long battle, state regulators and pushback from protesters had forced the company to cancel its previously proposed Constitution pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York. And in May 2020, another major Williams project – a nearly $1bn gas pipeline that would run underwater from New Jersey to the Rockaway peninsula in Queens – was rejected for a second time. Continue reading... |
| Denise Richards: ‘If there’s a lost dog in the neighbourhood, they will always find me’ Posted: 30 Jun 2022 02:52 AM PDT The Starship Troopers and Wild Things star answers your questions on her canine charity work, being a Real Housewife and the embarrassment of shooting sex scenes Do you reflect on the characters you've played once filming has finished? Did Carmen from Starship Troopers live to regret dumping the film's hero, Johnny Rico, or did she live her happily ever after? RoteHahn I usually think more about what happened off camera and where I was in life at that time. Starship Troopers was pretty much our first movie, we were all unknowns, so it was a wonderful bonding moment. Some of the characters I've played have died, so I know what happened to them. But I don't think Carmen regrets breaking up with Johnny. She probably misses him but it was important for her to grow into a woman. Continue reading... |
| ‘I was praying: don’t let anybody kill me’ – Oleksandr Usyk on life in Ukrainian army Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT The world heavyweight champion on fighting in Ukraine and how fellow soldiers encouraged him to take on Anthony Joshua in a rematch Oleksandr Usyk, the IBF, WBA and WBO world heavyweight champion, is one of the greatest fighters on the planet but he is not embarrassed to express the fear he felt this year as a soldier in the Ukrainian army. Soon after Vladimir Putin unleashed Russia's onslaught on Ukraine on 24 February, Usyk and his friend Vasiliy Lomachenko, another of the best boxers in the world, joined the military. But as he patrolled the streets, carrying a machine gun rather than boxing gloves, dread gripped Usyk. "Every day I was there," he says, "I was praying and asking: 'Please, God, don't let anybody try to kill me. Please don't let anybody shoot me. And please don't make me shoot any other person." Continue reading... |
| The killings of Black women: five findings from our investigation Posted: 30 Jun 2022 04:15 AM PDT A 33% rise in rate of homicides of Black women and girls in the US in 2020 rivals that of Black men, analysis shows Five Black women and girls were killed every day in the United States in 2020, as a national increase in gun violence during the pandemic took a heavy toll on some of the country's most vulnerable people. In all 1,821 Black women and girls were killed in 2020. That was an additional 461 women and girls who were murdered in 2020 compared with 2019 – more than one additional killing a day. Continue reading... |
| Earthly Order: ‘mercurial professor’ with urgent ideas on climate change Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:06 PM PDT In his ambitious new book, distinguished professor Saleem Ali tries to bridge the gap between politics and science to help plan for a safer future Saleem Ali – whose Twitter bio begins "Mercurial Professor" – is not trying to be the new Stephen Hawking. "People buy all these theoretical physics books in droves because they think having them on the shelves will make them look smart," opines the distinguished professor of energy and the environment at the University of Delaware. "A Brief History of Time is a very difficult book to read." Continue reading... |
| Is Stranger Things even TV any more? Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:37 AM PDT Episodes are now movie-length and the amount of major characters is out of control. Is it time to start thinking of the sci-fi epic as the new MCU? The plot of the upcoming two-part Stranger Things finale remains a great mystery. Netflix isn't giving away a single detail; nor, for that matter, are the cast, production team or publicity department. But nature abhors a vacuum so, in lieu of any official details, I will tell you what I want from the season finale. And what I want is a bloodbath. I mean it. I want the Red Wedding in an ironic period-era baseball cap. I want it to be a cross between the first part of Saving Private Ryan and the last part of The Wild Bunch. When the credits roll on episode nine, I want a maximum of four primary characters still alive. Continue reading... |
| Meat, monopolies, mega farms: how the US food system fuels climate crisis Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT From a beef-heavy diet to growing crops that don't feed people – the biggest challenges facing the agriculture industry Food and the climate crisis are locked in a tangled web of cause and effect. Globally, food systems contribute about a third of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, yet they are also uniquely vulnerable to climate impacts: from soaring temperatures and drought to intense rainfall and flooding. Food production is caught in a battle between people and profits, as an increasingly industrialized system prioritizes low operating costs and high profits. In the US, nearly 40 million people don't know where their next meal is coming from and food workers are some of the lowest paid in the country. Agriculture contributes less than 1% to GDP in the US – yet it is responsible for 11% of the country's GHG emissions, polluted waterways and millions of acres of degraded land. Continue reading... |
| The US supreme court just made yet another devastating decision for humanity | Peter Kalmus Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:25 PM PDT The EPA ruling means it may now be mathematically impossible through available avenues for the US to achieve its greenhouse gas emissions goal The US supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade was a direct attack on women. It will result in countless deaths, especially among vulnerable women, and it set civil liberties in the United States back by half a century. Now, the court has made yet another devastating decision for humanity. In a 6-3 decision, the openly partisan and undemocratic court ruled in favor of a lawsuit brought by fossil-fuel-producing states against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The decision strips power from regulatory agencies and advances the Republican goal to end government oversight. In particular, it eliminates one of the only remaining avenues for systemic federal climate action: using the Clean Air Act to phase out fossil fuel power plants. As a result, it may now be mathematically impossible through available avenues for the US to achieve its goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, which is anyway feeling dangerously unambitious in light of recent climate disasters. Peter Kalmus is a climate scientist and author of Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution Continue reading... |
| The Roe ruling is not about states’ rights. It’s about power and control | Derecka Purnell Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:20 AM PDT It's tempting to blame rightwing evangelicals for what happened last week – but big business also benefits from our loss of autonomy I found out about Dobbs, the supreme court's recent decision that overturned Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey, in a room full of Black women in Boston. One interrupted a conference panel discussion and made the announcement. Gasps, groans, and murmurs followed. I rushed outside and wept briefly on the phone while breaking the news to loved ones. The state of affairs is profoundly unfair. Not only did the court erase the federal protection of abortion rights and access, but Justice Clarence Thomas additionally called for the review and overturning of other important court decisions that protect privacy rights, same-sex intercourse and same-sex marriage. I wish I could say something like: "I never thought I would live to see the day this would happen." But I'm honestly not sure. I spent a couple of years in college casually arguing against abortion. At the time, I had been unfortunately persuaded by social media accounts that Planned Parenthood was a eugenic plot to kill Black babies and destroy Black families. Though most abortion recipients are white women, Black women disproportionately terminate their pregnancies. Since I could easily point to ways that the state failed to protect poor, Black people and perpetuated violence, I initially found the arguments against abortion for the sake of protecting Black life convincing. Derecka Purnell is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading... |
| Why are we feeding crops to our cars when people are starving? | George Monbiot Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:00 AM PDT Modern biofuels are touted as a boon for the climate. But, used on a large scale, they are no more sustainable than whale oil What can you say about governments that, in the midst of a global food crisis, choose instead to feed machines? You might say they were crazy, uncaring or cruel. But these words scarcely suffice when you seek to describe the burning of food while millions starve. There's nothing complicated about the effects of turning crops into biofuel. If food is used to power cars or generate electricity or heat homes, either it must be snatched from human mouths, or ecosystems must be snatched from the planet's surface, as arable lands expand to accommodate the extra demand. But governments and the industries that they favour obscure this obvious truth. They distract and confuse us about an evidently false solution to climate breakdown. George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on the Nato summit: new roles for old | Editorial Posted: 30 Jun 2022 10:45 AM PDT The cold war military alliance has been revived as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But the words are not yet matched by the deeds After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization sometimes looked like an alliance in search of a purpose. After this week's Nato summit in Madrid, that charge is harder to sustain. Nato provided the structure for emergency western efforts to support Ukraine following Russia's unprovoked invasion in February. Four months on, the alliance has now put that on a more long-term footing, with major financial, strategic and regional consequences. Yet important uncertainties still remain. Nato's repurposing has four elements. The first is strategic – recognising that attempts to form a cooperative relationship with Russia have ended for the foreseeable future, and that Russia's invasion of Ukraine, inexcusable in itself, also marks a wider confrontation with the west. The second is the reversal of the post-1989 era of declining defence budgets. This has now been replaced by an expanded deterrence marked by aid to Ukraine, higher military spending for the coming decade and a sevenfold increase in the number of Nato troops on high alert to reach 300,000. Continue reading... |
| Tuesday’s hearing was a masterclass on the threats posed by Trump to our republic | Lloyd Green Posted: 29 Jun 2022 07:36 AM PDT Cassidy Hutchinson may have placed Trump's name on a federal indictment for seditious conspiracy On Tuesday, the House select committee delivered a two-hour masterclass on the threats posed by Donald Trump to our republic and democracy. Cassidy Hutchinson, a deputy to Mark Meadows, Trump's chief of staff, may have placed Trump's name on a federal indictment for seditious conspiracy. The Capitol had been defaced for the "sake of a lie", Hutchinson declared. Hutchinson testified that Trump attempted to strangle his secret service agent and lunged for the steering wheel when he was told that he would not be driven to the Capitol to join the rioters. Hutchinson also testified that Trump said that Mike Pence "deserved" to be hanged for his refusal to overturn the election. On Tuesday night, NBC's Washington correspondent Peter Alexander reported that both the lead agent and the presidential limousine driver are "prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr Trump never lunged for the steering wheel." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2022 03:12 AM PDT On Monday, the supreme court justice issued a worrying signal about his commitment to maintaining press freedoms On Monday, tucked away in a busy news cycle, was a quiet, subtle but no less terrifying judicial development. US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas laid out the formula for destroying the free press. Thomas dissented to denial of certiorari in Coal Ridge Ministries Media v Southern Poverty Law Center with an opinion giving us more than a hint of precisely what he has in store. Freedom of the press has a rightwing target on its back. Thomas wrote that the court should "revisit" the landmark free press case of the 20th century, New York Times v Sullivan. Laurence H Tribe is the Carl M Loeb University professor emeritus and a professor of constitutional law emeritus at Harvard Law School. Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor, is currently of counsel to Lawyers Defending American Democracy. Continue reading... |
| His suit a mess, his skin blotchy, Boris Johnson still thinks he’s a catch | John Crace Posted: 30 Jun 2022 10:00 AM PDT Vladimir Putin might not fancy him much, but buoyed by his halfwit foreign secretary, the PM wound up some happy travels The timing couldn't have been better. What better way to deal with two humiliating byelection defeats and a growing disaffection within the Tory party about his leadership than for Boris Johnson to spend a week abroad? A chance to forget. To let some of the heat die down. And to try to look worthwhile on a global stage. First at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali. Then the G7 in Bavaria. And finally the Nato summit in Madrid. But all good things come to an end and the Convict wound up his travels with a final press conference before flying home. It looked as if the week had taken its toll. The hair and the suit were a mess, the skin blotchy and the bags under his eyes appeared to have deepened and darkened visibly in just seven days. Continue reading... |
| To the migrants who died in Texas, Biden is no different to Trump on immigration | Maeve Higgins Posted: 29 Jun 2022 03:20 AM PDT They were killed by this nation's migration policies, our exclusionary laws, and our obsession with the closing southern border More than 50 men and women – the current count is 51, but it may well climb – were killed on Monday. They died trapped in a tractor-trailer rig and abandoned on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, in 100F (38C) heat. More than a dozen are in hospital, including children. The dead were migrants from Mexico and Central America. The local fire chief, Charles Hood, said the people in the truck were "hot to the touch" and that they had no water and no air conditioning inside the truck. That is how they died, but that is not why they died. They died because they had no safe route into the United States. And why is that? It is because of border controls and deadly, racist migration policies created and upheld by our government, Democrats and Republicans alike. Maeve Higgins is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading... |
| Kevin Durant requests trade from Brooklyn Nets in NBA bombshell Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:13 PM PDT
Kevin Durant may be taking his quest for more titles elsewhere. Durant has requested a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, according to a person with direct knowledge of the decision that undoubtedly will have teams scrambling to put together enormous offers for the perennial All-Star. Continue reading... |
| Swiatek shows first glimpses of vulnerability with rivals lurking Posted: 30 Jun 2022 02:59 PM PDT Pole still the favourite but Jabeur and former Wimbledon champion Kvitova will take heart from second-round wobble With her winning streak at 37 matches and counting, Iga Swiatek remains a warm favourite to lift the women's singles trophy here on Saturday week after her 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 defeat of Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove on Thursday. But the fact that the No 1 seed surrendered only her third set since March – and to an opponent who qualified only as a lucky loser – should give hope to her rivals that a player who has seemingly forgotten how to lose may not be quite as armour-plated as she seems. Swiatek was comfortable enough in the first set but her forehand went missing in the second. She briefly adjourned to the locker room to regroup before returning to break Pattinama Kerkhove's serve in the fourth and ninth games of the third. The loss of that second set added to one she conceded to Zheng Qinwen at the French Open and another to Liudmila Samsonova in Stuttgart. Continue reading... |
| Hornets’ Bridges arrested on reported felony domestic violence charges Posted: 30 Jun 2022 07:12 AM PDT
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges was arrested Wednesday in Los Angeles after a warrant was issued, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. LAPD spokeswoman Lizeth Lomeli confirmed Bridges was arrested, but did not release details on the charges. TMZ reported that Bridges is facing felony domestic violence charges. Continue reading... |
| Police raid Bahrain Victorious team again on eve of Tour de France Posted: 30 Jun 2022 08:53 AM PDT
The Tour de France starts in Copenhagen on Friday with a cloud hanging over it after the Bahrain Victorious team, winners of three stages in last year's race, was subjected to a second police raid in a week. The team's hotel in Brøndby was searched at dawn on Thursday morning by Danish police officers as part of an investigation by French prosecutors. It was the second search of the team's riders and staff in a week and follows an initial search and investigation that began during the latter stages of last year's race. Continue reading... |
| ‘It’s wrong’: LIV Golf touches down in Oregon amid mounting local criticism Posted: 30 Jun 2022 04:10 AM PDT
LIV Golf's first US event was set to begin Thursday, with a group of survivors and families who lost loved ones in the September 11 terror attacks planning to gather at a nearby park to speak out against the Saudi Arabia-funded tour. Brett Eagleson was 15 years old when he lost his father in the collapse of the World Trade Center. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on that day in 2001. Continue reading... |
| James Harden declines $47.4m option with 76ers, eyeing new deal with team Posted: 30 Jun 2022 05:02 AM PDT
James Harden is taking less with hopes the Philadelphia 76ers can do more. A person familiar with the situation said Harden chose not to exercise his $47.4m option for next season and will become a free agent – but with no designs on leaving Philadelphia. Harden made the decision to allow the 76ers the flexibility they need to sign other players this summer, said the person who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither side confirmed those plans publicly. Continue reading... |
| Verstappen claims Piquet is not racist as Hamilton tells F1 to do more on diversity Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:31 PM PDT
Max Verstappen has defended Nelson Piquet over the former world champion's use of a racial slur against Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen, the world champion, admitted Piquet's words were not correct but insisted the 69-year-old Brazilian is not a racist. Hamilton, meanwhile, has demanded Formula One and its teams take action against racism and to promote diversity, saying "older voices" are holding the sport back. Piquet is the father of Verstappen's partner, Kelly, and has been roundly condemned for his use of a racist epithet earlier this week. He has since apologised and insisted the phrase he used was mistranslated, but speaking before this weekend's British Grand Prix, Verstappen conceded Piquet was at fault. Continue reading... |
| EU countries reach climate crisis deal after late-night talks Posted: 28 Jun 2022 10:12 PM PDT Environment ministers back phasing out fossil-fuel cars by 2035 and a €59bn fund to help ease cost burden of new policies on low income earners EU countries clinched deals on proposed laws to combat the climate crisis in the early hours of Wednesday, backing a 2035 phase-out of new fossil-fuel car sales and a multibillion-euro fund to shield poorer citizens from the costs of carbon dioxide emissions. After more than 16 hours of negotiations, environment ministers from the 27 member states agreed their joint positions on five laws, part of a broader package of measures to slash planet-heating emissions this decade. Continue reading... |
| Fashion brands pause use of sustainability index tool over greenwashing claims Posted: 28 Jun 2022 11:48 AM PDT H&M has suspended its use of product labelling tool, The Higg Materials Sustainability Index An alliance of major fashion brands has announced that it is pausing its use of a tool to measure garments' sustainability after critics described it as greenwashing. Until this week, shoppers could go on to H&M's website and check the environmental impact of 655 of its garments, as rated by the Higg Materials Sustainability Index (MSI), a suite of tools launched last year by a global non-profit alliance, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). Continue reading... |
| The case against Donald Trump - podcast Posted: 29 Jun 2022 07:00 PM PDT The US congressional hearings on the Capitol Hill attack have been prime time viewing. And the case against Donald Trump has been building for all to see, says Lawrence Douglas The testimony was unprecedented. In an extraordinary sitting in Washington DC of the congressional committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol building, a White House staffer detailed how Donald Trump had attempted to grab the steering wheel of his presidential car in determination to join his supporters as they rioted. Cassidy Hutchinson also testified that Trump would fly into rages, on one occasion throwing a plate at the wall, smashing it in anger and leaving ketchup dripping down a White House wall. Lawrence Douglas, a professor of law at Amherst College, tells Michael Safi that, throughout the series of slickly produced hearings, the committee has told a compelling narrative of the events that led up to the riots on January 6. And it goes beyond that, to alleged attempts to "steal" the election via slates of "fake electors" and by piling pressure on key officials such as the vice president and the justice secretary. Continue reading... |
| Seth Meyers on January 6 testimony: ‘Even Fox News seemed dazed by how devastating it was’ Posted: 30 Jun 2022 08:25 AM PDT Late-night hosts discuss the damning testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson and the chilling fallout from the end of Roe v Wade A day removed from one of the most effective January 6 committee hearings yet, Seth Meyers processed former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's shocking testimony. Hutchinson told the committee that Trump knew his mob was armed, that his staff planned to storm the Capitol, and that Trump tried to snatch a steering wheel from a Secret Service agent when they refused to take him there. Continue reading... |
| Twenty-six seconds of fame: how Doctor Strange got upstaged by a swivel-eyed extra Posted: 30 Jun 2022 05:24 AM PDT The wedding scene guest, whose performance of a lifetime stole the show from Benedict Cumberbatch, enters that bizarre pantheon of extras who gave it some extra A lot of the criticism directed towards Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness pertains to that final word. Aside from a brief montage of Doctor Strange being quickly flung through a bunch of multiverses, the film just wasn't mad enough for most people. Well, more fool us. A clip from the movie has just gone viral, and it contains perhaps the maddest thing put to film in the last decade. We just didn't notice it at the time, because it happened in the background. If you've seen the film, you'll know that there is a small, quiet scene in which Doctor Strange attends the wedding of his ex-girlfriend. In the foreground, Benedict Cumberbatch does lots of complicated internal work to show his discomfort with the situation. But watch the scene again. Look at the extra sitting behind him. She absolutely loses her mind. Continue reading... |
| ‘This is a perfect novel’: Sally Rooney on the book that transformed her life Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:00 AM PDT Published 70 years ago, All Our Yesterdays by Natalia Ginzburg is a secret the Normal People author had been waiting to discover When I first read Natalia Ginzburg's work several years ago, I felt as if I was reading something that had been written for me, something that had been written almost inside my own head or heart. I was astonished that I had never encountered Ginzburg's work before: that no one, knowing me, had ever told me about her books. It was as if her writing was a very important secret that I had been waiting all my life to discover. Far more than anything I myself had ever written or even tried to write, her words seemed to express something completely true about my experience of living, and about life itself. This kind of transformative encounter with a book is, for me, very rare, a moment of contact with what seems to be the essence of human existence. For this reason, I wanted to write a little about Natalia Ginzburg and her novel All Our Yesterdays. I would like to address myself in particular to other readers who are right now awaiting, whether they know it or not, their first and special meeting with her work. Ginzburg was born Natalia Levi, the daughter of a Jewish father and Catholic mother, in Sicily in 1916. She and her four siblings grew up in Turin in northern Italy, in a secular and intellectually lively home. In 1938, at the age of 22, Natalia married the Jewish anti-fascist organiser Leone Ginzburg, and they went on to have three children together. In 1942, she published her first novel, La strada che va in città (The Road to the City). Due to the legal barriers imposed by the fascist government on publications by Jewish writers, this novel was printed under the pseudonym "Alessandra Tornimparte". The Ginzburgs were sent into internal exile during the war, in the south of Italy, because of Leone's political activities, but they travelled to Rome in secret to work on an anti-fascist newspaper. In 1944, Leone was imprisoned and tortured to death by the fascist regime. The war ended a year later, when Ginzburg was still in her 20s, a widowed mother of three small children. These experiences – her upbringing, her marriage, her motherhood, her husband's death and the political and moral catastrophe of the second world war – would shape Ginzburg's writing for the rest of her life. "Politics," thought Anna. She walked about the garden, amongst Signora Maria's rose-trees, and repeated the word to herself. She was a plump girl, pale and indolent, dressed in a pleated skirt and a faded blue pullover, and not very tall for her fourteen years. "Politics," she repeated slowly, and now all at once she seemed to understand … He looked out of the window at the refugees from Naples who were now going hither and thither about the lanes of the village, carrying mattresses and babies, he looked and said how sad it was to see all these mattresses carried about here and there all over Italy, Italy was now pouring mattresses out of her ravaged houses. Continue reading... |
| Marshall Jefferson sues Kanye West over alleged unauthorised Move Your Body sample Posted: 30 Jun 2022 07:17 AM PDT Suit claims the 1986 house anthem was used at least 22 times on West's track Flowers from Donda 2 Marshall Jefferson is suing Kanye West for sampling his 1986 hit Move Your Body at least 22 times, allegedly without a licence, on the song Flowers, from West's 2022 album Donda 2. The Chicago house progenitor's publisher Ultra International Music Publishing filed the complaint at New York's US District Court on 29 June, the BBC reports. Continue reading... |
| Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Seven Psalms review – intimate prayers of extreme power Posted: 30 Jun 2022 04:00 AM PDT (Cave Things) Two years ago, at the height of lockdown, a fan wrote to Nick Cave's Red Hand Files website asking his opinions about prayer. As usual on a website where anyone is invited to ask Cave anything, his answer was long and thoughtful. "Prayer is not dependent on the existence of a subject," he said. "You need not pray to anyone. It is just as valuable to pray into your disbelief, as it is to pray into your belief, for prayer is not an encounter with an external agent, rather it is an encounter with oneself." Clearly, this was a topic that exercised Cave during the pandemic: Seven Psalms features seven prayers, written in 2020, with a musical accompaniment by his chief collaborator, Warren Ellis. Releasing something like this would count as a dramatically leftfield turn for most major alt-rock artists, but then Cave has hardly shied away from the complex issue of faith. His changing thoughts about God are a kind of connective tissue that runs throughout his body of work. Continue reading... |
| Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen review – in the company of men Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:00 AM PDT A Scottish poet's memoir reflects touchingly on male friendship and masculinity Scott Hutchison, a musician and visual artist best known as the singer in the band Frightened Rabbit, took his own life in 2018, aged 36. He was close friends with the Scottish poet Michael Pedersen, providing the illustrations for his second poetry collection, Oyster. In his new memoir, Boy Friends, Pedersen pays tender tribute to his late pal, remembering his "marshmallow-melting gooey grin", the brilliance of his drawings – "the morose made funny, dolefulness shadowed in love" – and the good times they shared: road trips in South Africa and the Highlands; indulgent binges on oysters, Argyll smoked mussels and various obscure tipples. These reminiscences give way to a thoughtful meditation on male friendship in general. We revisit several of Pedersen's intense early-20s friendships, including a "sword sharp, politically clued-up" fellow student called David – "he thumbed me like a trashy magazine, I read him like a clever comic" – and Rowley, "a wonderful, mis-wired weirdo of impetuous passions". He is, by his own account, somewhat emotionally incontinent, prone to "clumsily spilling out sentiment here, there and everywhere … I would tell me friends I loved them constantly." This trait seems to have been shared by those towards whom he gravitated: "I always found friends who wanted to love too much, who collided rather than simply met." Continue reading... |
| Dredd zone: the anarchic world of comic-book artist Steve Dillon Posted: 30 Jun 2022 06:00 AM PDT His groundbreaking work on such seminal characters as Judge Dredd, Preacher and Punisher is being celebrated with a posthumous show of his remarkable legacy There are few artists who exemplify the anarchic, irreverent and anti-authoritarian British take on the comic book the way Steve Dillon does. Born in London and raised in Luton, Dillon died in New York in 2016, at the age of 54, following complications arising from a ruptured appendix. What remans is a remarkable body of work that includes the seminal UK comic magazine Deadline, which he co-founded; his illustrations on a fan-favourite run of Hellblazer, the Alan Moore-created comic that follows British chaos magician John Constantine; and most notably, the critically acclaimed Preacher, which he co-created with famed comics writer Garth Ennis. First published by the US company DC in 1995, Preacher told the story of Jesse Custer, a small-town minister who is accidentally possessed by the offspring of an angel and a demon, and who goes on the road with his ex-girlfriend and an Irish vampire, searching for a solution to his problem. The comic ran for five years and was followed by a TV series starring Dominic Cooper, on which Dillon was executive producer. Continue reading... |
| Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors by Aravind Jayan review – a bittersweet debut Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT Embarrassing video footage goes viral in this fresh Indian comedy about generation gaps, gossip and the power of the internet "Log kya kahenge?" ("What will people think?") is a common Hindi phrase in India, a forewarning of public opinion on one's personal life. Such opinions are generally understood to be overly critical, a judgment on one's character and moral compass. The phrase hovers over Aravind Jayan's humorous and heartwarming first novel, Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors, haunting the eponymous protagonists' families and lives. Amma and Appa live in the Blue Hills housing colony in Trivandrum, Kerala. They're proudly on the road to a comfortable middle-class life, complete with a white Honda Civic – that marker of success and social mobility – when things fall apart. A clip of their eldest son Sreenath and his girlfriend Anita, caught on camera in "sex-adjacent" activities, has been posted to a porn site and is now circulating far and wide, gathering more momentum and causing more mortification with each passing day. This viral video breaks the internet, severing familial bonds and leaving the reader wondering what the ripple effects will be. Continue reading... |
| Rae Morris: ‘I want to be a national treasure, but the things I like are quite weird’ Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:00 AM PDT The Blackpool-born artist talks about why the music industry doesn't get her, how she's reclaiming her sexuality, and why she's written a lush concept album about the north Rae Morris's house is so nice it has brought on an identity crisis. "I find myself in this fancy location house in Primrose Hill," says the musician, scanning the mirrored walls and mustard velvet upholstery that has made her home a sought-after set for fashion shoots and TV shows. "And I'm like: what the fuck am I doing here?!" The chasm between Morris's very ordinary childhood in Blackpool – her dad was a firefighter, her mother an NHS worker – and her charmed existence has been playing on the 29-year-old's mind. She is about to release her third album, Rachel@Fairyland, another collection of the idiosyncratic yet deeply catchy confections that have made her a lauded figure on the outer limits of British pop. Combining piano balladry with quirky production, piercing Kate Bush-style vocals and incisive, introspective lyrics, Morris creates indelible, euphoric tunes. Continue reading... |
| SXSW 2023: Sydney to host South by Southwest culture festival Posted: 29 Jun 2022 05:51 PM PDT Annual pop culture and tech conference is branching outside the US for the first time since it launched in Texas in 1987
South by Southwest is heading to Sydney in 2023, the first time the pop culture and "futurist" festival has branched outside the US since its launch in 1987. SXSW Sydney will run from 15 to 22 October next year with 1,000 events, screenings and performances across the city, Destination NSW, the New South Wales government's tourism and major events agency, announced on Thursday. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Dining across the divide: ‘He was not a Nigel Farage-type Brexit person, so that was nice’ Posted: 30 Jun 2022 04:30 AM PDT She's a Labour supporter; he hasn't voted in years. Can a carer and a prison caseworker bond over Jeremy Corbyn, despite disagreeing about the EU? Danny, 56, Pontypool Occupation Prison, drug and alcohol caseworker Continue reading... |
| Ancient pharaohs, weird science and lovely Liza Minnelli – take the Thursday quiz Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare? Here comes the Thursday quiz, representing all that is good in the world against a backdrop of unfolding chaos. Fifteen questions that are vaguely topical or general knowledge or generally just a bit weird. There are no prizes, but you can pick up one extra bonus point if you can spot a hidden reference to Doctor Who and mention it in the comments, where we'd love to find out how you got on. Enjoy! The Thursday quiz, No 62 If you do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers, please feel free to email martin.belam@theguardian.com, but remember, the quiz master's word is always final, and he's still busy watching Glastonbury sets on iPlayer. Continue reading... |
| Six ways with pumpkin: from brunch to brownies Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT Pumpkins are versatile, long-lasting vegetables – for less than $4 a kilo. Here's how to use them for every course: soups, desserts, roasts, and more Due to their triffid-like tendency to spring up from nowhere and take over the veggie patch, the pumpkin is often unjustly regarded as a second-class vegetable. In fact, it's a fruit, and should be given due respect for its versatility, taste, and – at less than $4 a kilo (or even less if you throw a few seeds in your compost bin and wait) – its excellent value for money. Part of the Cucurbitaceae or squash family, pumpkins come in different shapes and sizes; from the hefty Queensland blue with its ribbed blue-grey skin, to the smaller Kent or Jap pumpkin, to the ever-popular cylindrically shaped butternut with its sweet orange flesh. Continue reading... |
| A moment that changed me: patrolling my home city as a rookie cop showed me nothing is what it seems Posted: 28 Jun 2022 11:00 PM PDT My first night walking around the back streets made me feel as if someone had lifted Glasgow up like a giant rock to show me the unmentionables underneath I was fiddling with the buttons on my too-big raincoat. It was 1987, and before the uniforms cops wear now – I may even have been wearing a serge skirt and thick tights underneath. Shirt, woolly jumper, tunic straining on top. So it was just as well the raincoat flapped miserably wide around my bulked-up form. Strathclyde's finest, let loose on an unsuspecting Glasgow. It was 3am, straight after break, and my sergeant had decided I'd work the second half on foot. For the first half of my first nightshift as a uniformed cop, I'd been ensconced in a patrol car. The driver who was to be my neighbour for the duration (none of this hand-picked "tutor" nonsense then) was clearly delighted. "Sit there, keep them open (pointing to my eyes) and that" – drawing a zip along his own mouth – "shut." We had spent the time from 11pm till 2am cruising the perimeters of the division, with my neighbour pointing out landmarks and quizzing me about my background. "You got a gimmick or a wire?" Continue reading... |
| June design news: edible sticky tape and celebrating Virgil Abloh Posted: 29 Jun 2022 03:15 AM PDT Tackling disintegrating sandwiches, the best new design shop, and a retrospective of a seminal art collective This month's design news features the work of creatives who wanted to change the status quo. We have a gallery show celebrating the work of queer art collective General Idea, a group of artists who will forever be associated with the Aids pandemic and the prejudice many victims of the virus faced in the 80s and 90s. There's also a show dedicated to Virgil Abloh, the first black creative director at Louis Vuitton. Abloh worked on the exhibition before his untimely death last year, and the centrepiece was 'Social Sculpture' a physical space for gatherings designed to counter the historical lack of space afforded to Black artists in cultural institutions. It's important to honour the creatives who use their voices for political good. Especially as it seems the fight for equality and autonomy is never over. For more news on architecture, sustainable living, art, fashion and new ideas, sign up for our monthly newsletter here Continue reading... |
| Virginia lawsuits indicate pattern of schools ignoring reported sexual assaults Posted: 30 Jun 2022 06:30 AM PDT Two lawsuits are back in front of federal judges, drawing scrutiny to schools' failure to support students who report assaults
One of the lawsuits includes allegations of horrific abuse suffered by a student at a Fairfax county middle school and was the basis for a 2014 federal investigation. Continue reading... |
| US blocks company worth over $1bn linked to Russian oligarch Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:26 PM PDT Suleiman Kerimov secretly managed the Delaware-based Heritage Trust, says US treasury department The United States has blocked a US-based company worth more than $1bn linked to Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, saying the ally of President Vladimir Putin used it to funnel and invest shadowy funds. The treasury department said that Kerimov, a billionaire active in Russian politics, secretly managed the Delaware-based Heritage Trust which put its money into a number of large public companies. Continue reading... |
| ‘Condemning everyone alive’: outrage at US supreme court climate ruling Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:19 PM PDT Limiting the Environmental Protection Agency at a time when fossil fuel emissions need to be curbed is 'devastating' Amid heat records being shattered across the world and historic wildfires raging across the west, climate activists and policymakers working to aggressively curb greenhouse gas emissions are now facing a new kind of challenge – restrictions issued by the US supreme court. Earlier today, the court released a ruling in West Virginia v EPA limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, in a major environmental case with far-reaching impacts. This has been classified a "devastating" outcome by environmental lawyers, climate scientists and activists alike. One with far-reaching implications for the future of the country, and world. Continue reading... |
| Republicans seek to install ‘permanent election integrity infrastructure’ across US Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT Leading election denier promoting local groups to 'oversee' elections and determine if officials are 'friend or foe' Hello, and Happy Thursday, A few Fridays ago, I was sitting in a large hotel ballroom in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, when a lawyer named Cleta Mitchell took the stage. The US Supreme court will allow Louisiana to use a congressional map this year, even though a lower court found it discriminated against Black voters. Tina Peters, a local clerk who faces criminal charges for allowing unauthorized access to voter equipment, lost her bid to be Colorado's top election official. The January 6 committee has broken the mold of the typical congressional hearing to create something gripping. Continue reading... |
| After Uvalde shooting, tech companies tout their solutions. But do they work? Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT Despite the growing adoption of security tools in US schools, mass shootings have remained constant throughout the past 30 years After the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas , an all-too-familiar question emerged: how do we prevent such horror from happening again? A handful of companies have said they have tech solutions that could help. They included the drone firm Axon , which promoted a remotely operated Taser device to be deployed in schools. EdTech companies, including Impero Software, said their student surveillance services could flag warning signs and help prevent the next attack. Continue reading... |
| Kinzinger slams fellow Republican Boebert and warns of ‘Christian Taliban’ Posted: 30 Jun 2022 06:20 AM PDT Adam Kinzinger says 'no difference between this and the Taliban' after Lauren Boebert's call to end separation of church and state A Republican congressman slammed GOP colleague Lauren Boebert's recent call to end separation of church and state in the US, warning: "There is no difference between this and the Taliban." "We must opposed [sic] the Christian Taliban," Adam Kinzinger, a US representative for Illinois, said on Wednesday. "I say this as a Christian." Continue reading... |
| Emmett Till: family seeks arrest after discovery of unserved 1955 warrant Posted: 29 Jun 2022 01:55 PM PDT Team searching courthouse for evidence about lynching of Black teenager finds warrant for arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives of the victim who initiated the hunt want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later. A warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham – identified as "Mrs Roy Bryant" on the document – was discovered last week inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, the Leflore county circuit clerk, Elmus Stockstill, told the Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Newspapers in US closing at rate of two a week despite efforts to halt trend Posted: 30 Jun 2022 06:27 AM PDT Areas without a reliable source of local news tend to be poorer, older and less educated than those covered well Despite a growing recognition of the problem, the United States continues to see newspapers die at the rate of two per week, according to a report issued on Wednesday on the state of local news. Areas of the country that find themselves without a reliable source of local news tend to be poorer, older and less educated than those covered well, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications said. Continue reading... |
| Coca-Cola among brands greenwashing over packaging, report says Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:00 PM PDT Research 'exposes litany of misleading claims' by household names, including Coca-Cola and Unilever Claims about plastic packaging being eco-friendly made by big brands, including Coca-Cola and Unilever, are misleading greenwashing, according to a report. The Changing Markets Foundation says claims that companies are intercepting and using "ocean-bound" or "recyclable" plastic to tackle the plastic pollution crisis are some of the most common examples of greenwashing. Continue reading... |
| Four men charged after police find link to Texas migrant deaths Posted: 29 Jun 2022 06:11 PM PDT Two of the men face smuggling charges after 53 migrants died when the trailer truck was abandoned in sweltering heat Federal authorities have charged four men in connection with the deaths of at least 53 migrants who were left in an abandoned trailer truck on Monday evening in Texas. The 45-year-old driver, Homero Zamorano Jr, faces charges of smuggling migrants into the US, leading to their deaths. A 28-year-old man whom Zamorano texted during the doomed trip, Christian Martinez, is accused of conspiring in the fatal attempt to smuggle migrants into the country. Continue reading... |
| Brexit led to 14% fall in UK exports to EU in 2021, trade figures say Posted: 30 Jun 2022 11:20 AM PDT Goods and services exported to bloc affected by return of customs border, EU commissioner says Evidence of the negative impact of Brexit on the UK's trade with the European Union is starting to emerge with EU data showing that exports to the bloc declined by nearly 14% in 2021 compared with 2020, a senior official in Brussels has said. Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission vice-president and Brexit negotiator, said that even with the impact of the pandemic being taken into account, the increase in red tape since the transition period ended in January 2021 has taken its toll on trade in goods and services with the UK. Continue reading... |
| Denmark’s Covid mass mink cull had no legal justification, says report Posted: 30 Jun 2022 09:54 AM PDT The extermination of 15 million animals and unnecessary shutdown of an entire industry has cost taxpayers billions The Danish government lacked legal justification and made "grossly misleading" statements when it ordered a mass mink extermination two years ago, according to an official inquiry into Europe's first compulsory farm sector shutdown, which has cost taxpayers billions in compensation to farmers. In November 2020, Denmark, the world's largest mink producer, announced it would kill its entire farmed mink population of 15 million animals, because of fears that a Covid-19 mutation moving from mink to humans could jeopardise future vaccines. Continue reading... |
| Ottawa braced for Canada Day protest by ‘freedom convoy’ supporters Posted: 30 Jun 2022 02:55 AM PDT Members of anti-vax convoy have vowed to maintain a presence over the summer initially mingling with the annual celebrations Residents of downtown Ottawa are bracing for a Canada Day unlike any other, after "freedom convoy" protesters vowed to return to Parliament Hill on 1 July, and maintain a presence over the remainder of the summer. Every Canada Day, people congregate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to watch musical performances and fireworks on the anniversary of Canadian confederation. This year, it will probably be difficult for police to distinguish between celebrators and convoy members – which is what protesters are banking on. Continue reading... |
| Lost in space: returned astronauts struggle to recover bone density, study finds Posted: 30 Jun 2022 02:35 PM PDT Lack of gravity and weightlessness means the longer astronauts stay in space, the more bone mass they lose Astronauts lose decades' worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers have found, warning that it could be a "big concern" for future missions to Mars. Previous research has shown astronauts lose between 1% and 2% of bone density for every month spent in space, as the lack of gravity takes pressure off their legs when it comes to standing and walking. Continue reading... |
| Ben & Jerry’s criticises deal that will resume sales in occupied territories Posted: 30 Jun 2022 05:18 AM PDT Firm says it does not agree with parent company's decision to sell off brand's Israeli business Ben & Jerry's has said it does not agree with its parent company's decision to sell off the ice-cream brand's Israeli business. Unilever announced this week it had sold off Ben & Jerry's business in Israel in an attempt to extricate itself from a row over sales of the ice-cream in settlements in the West Bank. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’m a little surprised’: Nato summit venue in Madrid serves ‘Russian salad’ Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:25 AM PDT Dish is staple in Spain but many restaurants have renamed it as a result of war in Ukraine As Nato leaders gather in Madrid for a summit playing out in the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the spotlight has landed on a ubiquitous staple found in bars and restaurants across Spain: Russian salad. International officials and journalists were bemused to find the salad – a combination of potatoes, mayonnaise and vegetables known as ensaladilla Rusa – being sold as "potatoes salad Russian style" at the summit venue. Continue reading... |
| Tory deputy chief whip resigns after ‘drunkenly groping two men’ Posted: 30 Jun 2022 01:51 PM PDT Chris Pincher's resignation is latest in a series of allegations of sexual misconduct by Conservative MPs The Conservative deputy chief whip has resigned after admitting he had "embarrassed myself and other people" following reports that he drunkenly groped two men at a private club. Chris Pincher wrote to Boris Johnson saying he was standing down after drinking too much. However, he did not address the allegations that he was reported to the whips by Conservative MPs who had witnessed his behaviour towards two men at the Carlton Club in Piccadilly. Continue reading... |
| ‘Amazing development’: fossil finds show how panda’s false thumb evolved Posted: 30 Jun 2022 11:56 AM PDT Fossils of Ailurarctos, an extinct panda relative, are oldest known evidence for the radial sesamoid Ancient fossils discovered in China have helped researchers get a grip on the enduring mystery of the panda's false thumb. Modern giant pandas sport a thumb-like sixth digit on their wrists, which scientists believe was pivotal in their transition from omnivores to bamboo-munching vegetarians. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong tightens security as Xi visits for 25th anniversary of handover Posted: 30 Jun 2022 05:47 AM PDT China's president makes first trip outside mainland since pandemic began as territory prepares to mark milestone China's president, Xi Jinping, has made his first trip outside the mainland since the Covid pandemic began, landing in Hong Kong and telling crowds the region had "risen from the ashes" after years of upheaval. The leader, his wife, Peng Liyuan, and delegates, arrived by high-speed train at West Kowloon station before his scheduled attendance at the inauguration of the city's new chief executive, and the 25th anniversary of the British return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule. Continue reading... |
| DRC buries independence hero Patrice Lumumba’s tooth, his only remains Posted: 30 Jun 2022 10:59 AM PDT Coffin containing tooth is buried in ceremony on 62nd anniversary of DRC's independence The family of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba buried his only known remains – a tooth – in the capital, Kinshasa, on Thursday, 61 years after his death at the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels. Hundreds gathered in a vast square for the occasion, waving flags and looking upon a large photo of Lumumba, with his trademark horn-rimmed glasses and side-swept hair, framed by white flowers. Continue reading... |
| ‘An unspoken epidemic’: Homicide rate increase for Black women rivals that of Black men Posted: 25 Jun 2022 02:00 AM PDT Five Black women and girls were killed each day in 2020, most of them with guns. Gender violence must be at the center of the gun debate, advocates say • The killings of Black women: five findings from our investigation In 2020, a year of rising homicides amid a devastating pandemic in the US, the increase in the death rate for Black women rivaled that of Black men. As homicides increased nearly 30% nationwide that year, the rate for Black women and girls rose 33%, a sharper increase than for every demographic except Black men, and more than double that of white women, according to a Guardian analysis of homicide data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading... |
| ‘I couldn’t have the baby’: Honduras’s poor suffer most from draconian abortion laws Posted: 29 Jun 2022 09:45 PM PDT Thousands of women and young girls living in poverty are forced to turn to a deadly illegal trade – risking jail and their lives It is a secret that spreads by word of mouth in poor neighbourhoods across Honduras; where to buy the pills, how to use them without being discovered, what to say if you have to go to the hospital. Blunt objects, herbal infusions, plant medicine all become tools of a deadly trade in illegal abortions when no other option exists. Carla*, from a rundown part of the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, was 17 and still at school when she realised she was pregnant. When they found out, her parents made her leave the house, saying she was on her own. Continue reading... |
| The billionaire blocking off Montana’s wildlife: ‘Like fencing people out of Walmart’ Posted: 29 Jun 2022 08:59 AM PDT The fences Joe Ricketts erected around his ranch in the middle of the Blackfeet reservation are a deadly hazard for wildlife Almost immediately after their new billionaire neighbor put up miles of 5ft fences around his Montana ranch, complaints started coming in to the Blackfeet tribe. In photos and videos captured by Blackfeet tribal members and reviewed by the Guardian, animals such as elk, deer, moose and grizzly bears can be seen struggling to navigate around or over the fences as they follow a historical migration path. Sometimes, they are trapped in corners of the fences, or wounded and limping after failed attempts to jump over the barriers. On numerous occasions, mother moose have been seen separated from their young. Continue reading... |
| The Hong Kong ‘unofficials’ who advised Britain on the handover – and were ignored Posted: 29 Jun 2022 04:12 PM PDT Reviled by Beijing and dismissed by London, a group of local advisers tried and failed to ensure the interests of Hongkongers would be protected after 1997 In official Chinese and British versions of Hong Kong history, the choices of the great powers occupy most pages. Little room is given to the voices of the people of Hong Kong. But in the years leading up to the territory's handover in 1997, one group of local industrialists tried – and failed – to influence the course of history. They were called "unofficials", a group of well-connected local advisers appointed by British governors to their de facto cabinet to advise on the territory's policies. For years, this group of local Hong Kong Chinese were seen as the go-to figures for complex issues. And for a long time, their advice did seem to have certain influence on colonial governors. Continue reading... |
| Liz Cheney calls Trump's election actions more chilling than imagined – video Posted: 30 Jun 2022 12:16 AM PDT The Republican US representative Liz Cheney has said Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election were 'more chilling and more threatening' than first imagined, while calling on Republicans to choose between loyalty to Trump and the constitution. Cheney, a commanding presence on the congressional panel investigating the January 6 Capitol riot by Trump supporters, warned against descending into vitriolic partisan attacks that could tear the political fabric of the country apart and urged her audience to rise above politics. 'My fellow Americans, we stand at the edge of an abyss, and we must pull back,' she said in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California
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| Wimbledon: Emma Raducanu beaten by Caroline Garcia in second round – video Posted: 30 Jun 2022 03:21 AM PDT Emma Raducanu is out of Wimbledon after a 6-3, 6-3 defeat to Caroline Garcia in the second round. The US Open champion received a warm ovation from the crowd but could not get into the match and was comprehensively beaten. Garcia, currently ranked No 55 in the world but once ranked as high as fourth, will face Zhang Shuai next after a 'very special' win on her Centre Court debut.
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| Putin says Russia will respond to Nato infrastructure in Finland, Sweden – video Posted: 29 Jun 2022 09:43 PM PDT Vladimir Putin has issued fresh warnings that Russia would respond in kind if Nato set up military infrastructure in Finland and Sweden after they joined the US-led alliance. He said it was inevitable that Moscow's relations with Helsinki and Stockholm would sour over Nato membership Continue reading... |
| Killing of Hindu tailor sparks protests in India - video Posted: 29 Jun 2022 07:54 PM PDT Protests have erupted in India following the killing of a Hindu tailor in the state of Rajasthan. Fearing outbreaks of religious violence, police in the state banned public gatherings and suspended internet services a day after two Muslims posted a video claiming responsibility for killing a Hindu tailor in the city of Udaipur. Warning: this video contains content that may be distressing to some viewers Continue reading... |
| Inside New York's underground ballroom scene: 'It's your chosen family' — video Posted: 29 Jun 2022 04:00 AM PDT The last few years have seen pop culture and fashion take a huge interest in the real scene that inspired TV shows such as Pose and HBO's Legendary. Can it survive the hype? The Guardian joined the House of Gorgeous Gucci backstage at the Coldest Winter Ball Ever Continue reading... |
| Supermarkets and supermodels: the photography of Nigel Shafran – in pictures Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:00 PM PDT A look back at British photographer Nigel Shafran's work takes us from the mid-1980s, through the iconic magazine years of i-D and The Face, to a recent resurgence in his unusual approach to shooting fashion within the pages of Vogue, Love and more. His new book, The Well, published by Loose Joints, chronicles his engagement with the world of commercial photography Continue reading... |
| Released sea turtles and the swearing-in of a president: Thursday’s best photos Posted: 30 Jun 2022 06:17 AM PDT The Guardian's picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading... |
| Graduate Fashion Week 2022: the ones to watch – in pictures Posted: 29 Jun 2022 08:30 AM PDT As Graduate Fashion Week wraps up for another year, we take a look at some of the new innovative designers who showcased their first collections Continue reading... |
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