Dunedin Dunedin rolls with it after losing world's steepest street titleThe Guardian - Charles AndersonThe New Zealand city of Dunedin has sought to look on the bright side after losing its claim to have the world’s steepest street to a town in Wales, with its mayor saying: “The street certainly hasn’t
Lunar Eclipse Lunar eclipse 2019: from Australia to the UK, stargazers enjoy bright side of the moonThe Guardian - Naaman ZhouStargazers around the world have enjoyed a view of a global lunar eclipse, delighting people from Dehli to Dublin. The partial eclipse was visible in nearly every part of the world except for North America
Rohingya US imposes sanctions on Myanmar's military leaders over Rohingya abusesThe Guardian - ReutersMike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has announced sanctions on the Myanmar military’s commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing and other military leaders over extrajudicial killings of Rohingya Muslims,
AFL Young Richmond player Jack Higgins in hospital with brain bleedThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressRichmond player Jack Higgins is in hospital after being diagnosed with bleeding on his brain. According to media reports, the cause is unknown and the AFL club will release a statement on Wednesday. Higgins
Mohamed Noor Justine Damond shooting: US police officer Mohamed Noor files appealGuardian US - Australian Associated PressThe former Minneapolis police officer who shot dead Australian life coach Justine Damond in an alley has made a move for freedom with his lawyers, citing potential “prosecutorial misconduct”, filing an
U.S. House of Representatives 'Racist tweets': House passes resolution condemning Trump's attack on congresswomenGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonThe House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Donald Trump’s incendiary remarks telling four congresswomen of color to “go back” to where they “came from” as racist. The measure,
Ben Simmons Ben Simmons makes 'difficult decision' to skip World Cup to focus on NBA preparationThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressBen Simmons has ruled out playing for the Boomers at the World Cup but says he will return to Australia for the pre-tournament exhibition games in Perth and Melbourne. On the day the Philadelphia 76ers
Media Industry Guardian Australia wins Judith Neilson Institute funding for Pacific editorThe Guardian - Guardian staffWe know these topics are of strong interest to our readers in Australia and around the world. Lenore Taylor The Guardian will appoint a Pacific editor to expand its coverage of the region, commission and
Play buttonKellyanne Conway Kellyanne Conway defends Trump by asking reporter: 'What's your ethnicity?'Guardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonThe White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday questioned a reporter about his ethnicity while defending Donald Trump’s attacks on four congresswomen of color. “What’s your ethnicity?” Conway back
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe moved to mental health ward in IranThe Guardian - Kevin RawlinsonRevolutionary Guards will not allow family to contact her, according to Richard Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman detained in Tehran for more than three years, has been transferred
Elder Abuse Police letting down older victims of crime, say inspectorsThe Guardian - Amelia HillOlder victims of crime are being let down by the police and the wider criminal justice system, according to the first inspection report on the age group. The police have only a “superficial understanding”
Paul Pogba Ole Gunnar Solskjær says he can rebuild Manchester United around Paul PogbaThe Guardian - Press AssociationOle Gunnar Solskjær still believes in building the Manchester United team around midfielder Paul Pogba – and remains confident Alexis Sánchez will finally come good. As the disappointment of a turbulent
Glenn Greenwald Brazil must reveal investigations into journalist Glenn Greenwald, court saysThe Guardian - Associated Press in Rio de JaneiroBrazil’s top court has ordered the country’s justice ministry to reveal whether there are any investigations into the US journalist Glenn Greenwald, whose online news site has published material critical
Domestic Abuse Rural domestic abusers being protected by countryside cultureThe Guardian - Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondentVictims are failed by police and suffer from isolation and patriarchal views, report warns Rural women enduring domestic abuse are half as likely as urban victims to report their suffering and are being
Science Chimps more sociable after watching movies together – studyThe Guardian - Anna PloszajskiChimpanzees enjoy watching movies together, scientists have discovered, in research that suggests social bonding through shared experience has deep evolutionary roots. It is widely known that humans can
Recession UK living standards hit by rising prices and weak wage growthThe Guardian - Larry Elliott Economics editorBritain’s weak wage growth and rising prices have delivered a hit to living standards of a severity normally only seen during a deep recession, a leading thinktank has said. While official data has shown
Sudoku Sudoku 4,468 mediumThe Guardian Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Buy the next issue of the Guardian or subscribe to our Digital Edition to see the completed puzzle.
Venezuela Trump administration to continue deporting Venezuelans despite crisisThe Guardian - Charles DavisThe Trump administration has said it is not yet willing to grant temporary protected status to Venezuelans, meaning it will continue to deport people back to a country it says is being destroyed by a The
Arizona California city declares itself a gun 'sanctuary' in rebuke to liberal lawsGuardian US - Abené Clayton in San FranciscoA small California city has voted to declare itself a “second amendment sanctuary” city, in a rebuke to the state’s strict policies on gun control. The city council of Needles voted unanimously last week
U.S. House of Representatives House orders Pentagon to review if it exposed Americans to weaponised ticksGuardian US - Julian Borger in WashingtonThe US House of Representatives has called for an investigation into whether the spread of Lyme disease had its roots in a Pentagon experiment in weaponising ticks. The House approved an amendment proposed
World News Police in Brazil shut down factory making fake Ferraris and LamborghinisThe Guardian - AP in Rio de JaneiroPolice in Brazil say they’ve shut down a clandestine factory that was producing fake Ferraris and sham Lamborghinis. A father and son who owned the workshop in the southern state of Santa Catarina have
Malawi Australia pass Malawi test with flying colours at Netball World CupThe Guardian - Erin Delahunty at the M&S Bank Arena, LiverpoolAhead of a potentially tournament-defining clash with New Zealand later this week, the undefeated Australian Diamonds needed an acid test against Malawi at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool. What they
Daphne Caruana Galizia Three formally charged in Malta for murder of Daphne Caruana GaliziaThe Guardian - Agence France-Presse in VallettaThree men have been formally charged over the 2017 murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese anti-corruption journalist and blogger who was killed by a car bomb in November 2017. Brothers Alfred and
The Theatre The Night of the Iguana review – Clive Owen joins menagerie of lost soulsThe Guardian - Michael Billington‘Nothing human disgusts me unless it’s unkind, violent,” says a Nantucket spinster in Tennessee Williams’s 1961 study in solitude. But, while that line epitomises the author’s own generosity of spirit,
MS-13 MS-13 gang members 'hacked victims with machetes in California forest'Guardian US - Guardian staff and agenciesProsecutors in Los Angeles have accused members and associates of the MS-13 gang of seven murders, including several in which victims were hacked to death with machetes in a southern California forest.
Music (UK) Johnny Clegg, South African singer and activist, dies aged 66The Guardian - Guardian staff and agenciesThe South African singer and songwriter Johnny Clegg, one of the few white artists to openly confront the apartheid government in the late 1970s and 1980s, has died aged 66, his agent has said. The Grammy-nominated
Mississippi Second Mississippi Republican says he will not meet women aloneGuardian US - Edward HelmoreA second Republican candidate for Mississippi governor has said he will not meet alone with a woman who is not his wife. The former Mississippi supreme court Justice Bill Waller Jr says he tries to have
WNBA LA Sparks guard Riquna Williams suspended 10 games for domestic violence incidentThe Guardian - Guardian sport and agenciesThe WNBA has suspended Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams 10 games for a domestic violence incident, one of the longest punishments in the league’s history. The league office handed down the suspension
Peru Alejandro Toledo: Peru ex-president faces corruption charges after US arrestThe Guardian - Staff and agenciesPeru’s former president Alejandro Toledo has been arrested in the United States following an extradition request from his home country where he faces corruption charges. Toledo, who governed from 2001
Dunedin Dunedin rolls with it after losing world's steepest street titleThe Guardian - Charles AndersonThe New Zealand city of Dunedin has sought to look on the bright side after losing its claim to have the world’s steepest street to a town in Wales, with its mayor saying: “The street certainly hasn’t
Lunar Eclipse Lunar eclipse 2019: from Australia to the UK, stargazers enjoy bright side of the moonThe Guardian - Naaman ZhouStargazers around the world have enjoyed a view of a global lunar eclipse, delighting people from Dehli to Dublin. The partial eclipse was visible in nearly every part of the world except for North America
Rohingya US imposes sanctions on Myanmar's military leaders over Rohingya abusesThe Guardian - ReutersMike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has announced sanctions on the Myanmar military’s commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing and other military leaders over extrajudicial killings of Rohingya Muslims,
AFL Young Richmond player Jack Higgins in hospital with brain bleedThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressRichmond player Jack Higgins is in hospital after being diagnosed with bleeding on his brain. According to media reports, the cause is unknown and the AFL club will release a statement on Wednesday. Higgins
Mohamed Noor Justine Damond shooting: US police officer Mohamed Noor files appealGuardian US - Australian Associated PressThe former Minneapolis police officer who shot dead Australian life coach Justine Damond in an alley has made a move for freedom with his lawyers, citing potential “prosecutorial misconduct”, filing an
U.S. House of Representatives 'Racist tweets': House passes resolution condemning Trump's attack on congresswomenGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonThe House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Donald Trump’s incendiary remarks telling four congresswomen of color to “go back” to where they “came from” as racist. The measure,
Ben Simmons Ben Simmons makes 'difficult decision' to skip World Cup to focus on NBA preparationThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressBen Simmons has ruled out playing for the Boomers at the World Cup but says he will return to Australia for the pre-tournament exhibition games in Perth and Melbourne. On the day the Philadelphia 76ers
Media Industry Guardian Australia wins Judith Neilson Institute funding for Pacific editorThe Guardian - Guardian staffWe know these topics are of strong interest to our readers in Australia and around the world. Lenore Taylor The Guardian will appoint a Pacific editor to expand its coverage of the region, commission and
Play buttonKellyanne Conway Kellyanne Conway defends Trump by asking reporter: 'What's your ethnicity?'Guardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonThe White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday questioned a reporter about his ethnicity while defending Donald Trump’s attacks on four congresswomen of color. “What’s your ethnicity?” Conway back
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe moved to mental health ward in IranThe Guardian - Kevin RawlinsonRevolutionary Guards will not allow family to contact her, according to Richard Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman detained in Tehran for more than three years, has been transferred
Elder Abuse Police letting down older victims of crime, say inspectorsThe Guardian - Amelia HillOlder victims of crime are being let down by the police and the wider criminal justice system, according to the first inspection report on the age group. The police have only a “superficial understanding”
Paul Pogba Ole Gunnar Solskjær says he can rebuild Manchester United around Paul PogbaThe Guardian - Press AssociationOle Gunnar Solskjær still believes in building the Manchester United team around midfielder Paul Pogba – and remains confident Alexis Sánchez will finally come good. As the disappointment of a turbulent
Glenn Greenwald Brazil must reveal investigations into journalist Glenn Greenwald, court saysThe Guardian - Associated Press in Rio de JaneiroBrazil’s top court has ordered the country’s justice ministry to reveal whether there are any investigations into the US journalist Glenn Greenwald, whose online news site has published material critical
Domestic Abuse Rural domestic abusers being protected by countryside cultureThe Guardian - Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondentVictims are failed by police and suffer from isolation and patriarchal views, report warns Rural women enduring domestic abuse are half as likely as urban victims to report their suffering and are being
Science Chimps more sociable after watching movies together – studyThe Guardian - Anna PloszajskiChimpanzees enjoy watching movies together, scientists have discovered, in research that suggests social bonding through shared experience has deep evolutionary roots. It is widely known that humans can
Recession UK living standards hit by rising prices and weak wage growthThe Guardian - Larry Elliott Economics editorBritain’s weak wage growth and rising prices have delivered a hit to living standards of a severity normally only seen during a deep recession, a leading thinktank has said. While official data has shown
Sudoku Sudoku 4,468 mediumThe Guardian Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Buy the next issue of the Guardian or subscribe to our Digital Edition to see the completed puzzle.
Venezuela Trump administration to continue deporting Venezuelans despite crisisThe Guardian - Charles DavisThe Trump administration has said it is not yet willing to grant temporary protected status to Venezuelans, meaning it will continue to deport people back to a country it says is being destroyed by a The
Arizona California city declares itself a gun 'sanctuary' in rebuke to liberal lawsGuardian US - Abené Clayton in San FranciscoA small California city has voted to declare itself a “second amendment sanctuary” city, in a rebuke to the state’s strict policies on gun control. The city council of Needles voted unanimously last week
U.S. House of Representatives House orders Pentagon to review if it exposed Americans to weaponised ticksGuardian US - Julian Borger in WashingtonThe US House of Representatives has called for an investigation into whether the spread of Lyme disease had its roots in a Pentagon experiment in weaponising ticks. The House approved an amendment proposed
World News Police in Brazil shut down factory making fake Ferraris and LamborghinisThe Guardian - AP in Rio de JaneiroPolice in Brazil say they’ve shut down a clandestine factory that was producing fake Ferraris and sham Lamborghinis. A father and son who owned the workshop in the southern state of Santa Catarina have
Malawi Australia pass Malawi test with flying colours at Netball World CupThe Guardian - Erin Delahunty at the M&S Bank Arena, LiverpoolAhead of a potentially tournament-defining clash with New Zealand later this week, the undefeated Australian Diamonds needed an acid test against Malawi at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool. What they
Daphne Caruana Galizia Three formally charged in Malta for murder of Daphne Caruana GaliziaThe Guardian - Agence France-Presse in VallettaThree men have been formally charged over the 2017 murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese anti-corruption journalist and blogger who was killed by a car bomb in November 2017. Brothers Alfred and
The Theatre The Night of the Iguana review – Clive Owen joins menagerie of lost soulsThe Guardian - Michael Billington‘Nothing human disgusts me unless it’s unkind, violent,” says a Nantucket spinster in Tennessee Williams’s 1961 study in solitude. But, while that line epitomises the author’s own generosity of spirit,
MS-13 MS-13 gang members 'hacked victims with machetes in California forest'Guardian US - Guardian staff and agenciesProsecutors in Los Angeles have accused members and associates of the MS-13 gang of seven murders, including several in which victims were hacked to death with machetes in a southern California forest.
Music (UK) Johnny Clegg, South African singer and activist, dies aged 66The Guardian - Guardian staff and agenciesThe South African singer and songwriter Johnny Clegg, one of the few white artists to openly confront the apartheid government in the late 1970s and 1980s, has died aged 66, his agent has said. The Grammy-nominated
Mississippi Second Mississippi Republican says he will not meet women aloneGuardian US - Edward HelmoreA second Republican candidate for Mississippi governor has said he will not meet alone with a woman who is not his wife. The former Mississippi supreme court Justice Bill Waller Jr says he tries to have
WNBA LA Sparks guard Riquna Williams suspended 10 games for domestic violence incidentThe Guardian - Guardian sport and agenciesThe WNBA has suspended Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams 10 games for a domestic violence incident, one of the longest punishments in the league’s history. The league office handed down the suspension
Peru Alejandro Toledo: Peru ex-president faces corruption charges after US arrestThe Guardian - Staff and agenciesPeru’s former president Alejandro Toledo has been arrested in the United States following an extradition request from his home country where he faces corruption charges. Toledo, who governed from 2001
