Personal Finance (UK) Travelex ATM’s phantom payout was out of orderThe Guardian - Anna TimsI used a Travelex cash machine to withdraw €100 at Heathrow Terminal 4 at the beginning of July. It returned my debit card, but issued no cash. Worryingly, however, it did issue a receipt. Staff at the
Salaries & Wages US healthcare is booming. So why do one in five workers live in poverty?Guardian US - Milli LegrainEmployment in the industry is projected to grow, but women – particularly women of color – are being left behind “One of the biggest challenges is explaining that you are not a maid. That your job is to
Environment 'Greenwashing': fossil fuel execs to hold invite-only forum at UN climate summitThe Guardian - Sandra LavilleOil and gas executives are holding an exclusive invitation-only forum with environmentalists and government representatives on the sidelines of the UN climate summit, in what critics have condemned as
Sean Hannity Sean Hannity's sheriff friend faces mounting ethics allegationsGuardian US - Jon Swaine in Fort MyersCarmine Marceno was a rising Republican star in Florida a year ago, having leveraged his crime-fighting prowess, celebrity friendships and knack for self-promotion to secure the job of Lee county sheriff.
Opinion Why Ivanka Trump’s new haircut should make us very afraidThe Guardian - Arwa MahdawiIt is hard to keep up with the volume of news these days. However, that is no excuse for me missing what may prove to be the biggest story of the year: Ivanka Trump getting a haircut. Yep, the first daughter
Art 'It's hard not to panic' – Istanbul Biennial targets waste, greed, garbage and gorgonsThe Guardian - Adrian SearleJapanese arrowroot blankets the Alabama countryside, strangling the trees and fields. An endless tyre dump stretches to the horizon. Plastic waste accumulates in the oceans, forming a seventh continent.
Conservation We're losing species at shocking rates – so why is conservation failing?The Guardian - John VidalThe number of mammals, insects, amphibians, fish and birds is in steep decline, the world’s forests are on fire and the abundance of life is diminishing at rates unprecedented in human history. The TV
Opinion Why you should join the global climate strike this FridayThe Guardian - Bill McKibbenA year ago, inspired by Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg, young people around the world began ‘climate-striking’ – walking out of school for a few hours to demand action against the global warming that
Film (UK) 'Truth is funnier than anything': the life of Preston Sturges told by his sonThe Guardian - Pamela Hutchinson“If ever a plot needed a twist, this one does.” That’s one of the most arch, and celebrated lines in Preston Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels. It’s great comic story that’s both about storytelling, and about
Coal Laid off and owed pay: the Kentucky miners blocking coal trainsGuardian US - US NewsHarlan county, Kentucky, earned the nickname “Bloody Harlan” from a series of labor strikes and violent confrontations in the 1930s led by coalminers and union organizers against coal corporations and
UK News The end of the county line: how drug users are exploited by gangsThe Guardian - Jamie GriersonThe view from the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare takes in the facade of a quintessential British seaside resort – a sprawling sandy beach lined by a broad promenade, Edwardian hotels, arcade entertainments
Glaciers The tiny algae at ground zero of Greenland's melting glaciersThe Guardian - Dan McDougall in Sermilik, 65˚40’ N and 38˚10’ W; photographs by Carsten EgevangBehind the remote research huts of Sermilik ice station, a vast sheet of ice stretches north for 1,480 miles, spanning an area three times the size of France. It is holding 10% of the world’s freshwater,
The Princess Bride Inconceivable: rumour of The Princess Bride remake sends fans into pit of despairThe Guardian - Steph HarmonThere’s no official news that a Princess Bride remake is in the works – don’t panic – but the mere mention of the idea has been descended on by fans of the original, with actor Jamie Lee Curtis, the film’s
Play buttonWorld News Israel election: lengthy coalition talks loom as exit polls point to deadlockThe Guardian - Oliver Holmes and Quique Kierszenbaum in Tel AvivBenjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, Benny Gantz, have both vowed to lead Israel’s next government, despite early results and exit polls appearing to show they would both struggle to form a coalition.
World News Wednesday briefing: Netanyahu fights for his political lifeThe Guardian - The Guardian viewTop story: Israel faces months of limbo with election too close to call Good morning briefers. My name is Martin Farrer and it’s my pleasure to bring you the top stories this Wednesday. Benjamin Netanyahu
Technology To decarbonize we must decomputerize: why we need a Luddite revolutionThe Guardian - Ben TarnoffOur built environment is becoming one big computer. “Smartness” is coming to saturate our stores, workplaces, homes, cities. As we go about our daily lives, data is made, stored, analyzed and used to algorithmic
travel news Smoke on the water: Sweden’s first Foodstock festivalThe Guardian - Kieran MorrisWe were only a few minutes into our boat trip across the Stockholm archipelago when we began to smell the smoke. In the distance was Stora (or Great) Fjäderholmarna, the largest of the four “Feather Islands”,
Books I was afraid of failing until I started doing it in front of an audience night after nightThe Guardian - Sign inOn stage I am a lumbering monkey. I make primate sounds; I beat my chest. My teammate, Aran, joins me and grunts back. The audience laughs. So far, so good. Not long ago, standing in front of a paying
OFCOM Chinese news channel dealt blow as former Ofcom executive quitsThe Guardian - Tara ConlanChina’s state-owned global news channel CGTN has been dealt a blow to its UK expansion plans following the resignation of a former regulator hired in the wake of Ofcom’s investigation into allegations
Peaky Blinders From Peaky Blinders to Phoenix Nights: your favourite TV since 2000The Guardian - Guardian readers and Rachel Obordo‘A British type of western’: MotoringJourno What started as a low-key gangster story has effectively created a sort-of British type of western, influenced fashion, introduced a world beyond the usual of
Japan TV tonight: Sue Perkins heads to Japan for a spot of sumo trainingThe Guardian - Ammar Kalia, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale, Ellen E Jones and Paul HowlettIt’s sumo, sushi and the vast urban sprawl for Sue Perkins as she begins the first of a two-part series exploring Japanese culture. It’s tongue-in-cheek without becoming exoticising as she drily roams
Art 'Families were devastated': looking back on the Great Depression via artThe Guardian - Nadja SayejIn 1937, Margaret Bourke-White photographed an advertisement that read: “World’s highest standard of living: There’s no way like the American way.” It was seen in Louisville, shortly after a flooding Ohio
Play buttonMusic (UK) Mercury hopefuls Black Midi: 'All great art comes from self-indulgence'The Guardian - Rachel AroestiInside a dilapidated, labyrinthine building in the outer reaches of south-east London, Black Midi are posing for photographs – a shoot that is 99% stony-faced nonchalance, 1% comedy boxing demonstration.
trump news update ECB has put Europe on a collision course with Donald TrumpThe Guardian - Hans-Werner SinnOn 12 September, the European Central Bank decided to launch yet another asset-purchase programme, with plans to buy €20bn ($22bn) in new securities per month for an indefinite period of time, using the
Play buttonOpinion If the world ran on sun, it wouldn’t fight over oilThe Guardian - Bill McKibbenConveniently, the largest ever demonstrations about energy policy are scheduled to take place this Friday We are sadly accustomed by now to the idea that our reliance on oil and gas causes random but outbreaks
NHS The NHS saved Mum - but I saw a system on life supportThe Guardian - Diane TaylorIt’s likely that increased taxes or an increased larger portion of our taxes will be required to fund this A week ago the NHS saved my mum’s life. She had been prescribed some new blood pressure medication
Opinion How a parent’s bid to save their school exposes the rotten core of our democracyThe Guardian - Aditya ChakraborttyThe way in which our school system has been transformed this decade has been a rehearsal for the way in which our democratic norms are now being trashed Some defenders of democracy tog themselves up in
Play buttonClimate How TV weathercasters became the unsung heroes of the climate crisisThe Guardian - Pam Radtke Russell in New OrleansLocal TV weather forecasters have become foot soldiers in the war against climate misinformation. Over the past decade, a growing number of meteorologists and weathercasters have begun addressing the crisis
Roman Empire Millennia-old pendants revealed to be Roman makeup applicatorsThe Guardian - Mark Brown Arts correspondentFor a century they were considered pretty 2,000-year-old pendants with no use other than for decoration. But English Heritage will reveal on Wednesday that they had a fascinating purpose: as makeup applicators
Technology The viral selfie app ImageNet Roulette seemed fun – until it called me a racist slurThe Guardian - Julia Carrie Wong in San FranciscoHow are you supposed to react when a robot calls you a “gook”? At first glance, ImageNet Roulette seems like just another viral selfie app – those irresistible 21st-century magic mirrors that offer a of
