San Francisco, CA San Francisco has highest salaries of any city in the world, new survey showsGuardian US - Vivian Ho in OaklandStock market gadflies were predicting a wealth boom to strike San Francisco this year, with several big-name tech companies set to enter the public market. But according to Deutsche Bank, the city is there.
Ilhan Omar Muslim lawmakers break Ramadan fast at historic Iftar dinner on Capitol HillThe Guardian - Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington DCRepresentatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and André Carson open up about the challenges they face on the basis of their identity US congresswoman Ilhan Omar had just won her primary in Minnesota last putting
Tesla Elon Musk hires man behind 'absolute unit' sheep meme to run Tesla's social mediaThe Guardian - Dominic Rushe in New YorkElon Musk has reportedly hired the man responsible for a viral tweet about a giant sheep to be Tesla’s social media manager. Adam Koszary, programme manager for the UK’s Reading Museum and Museum of English
Iran Iran 'threat' has diminished, says US defense secretaryThe Guardian - Julian Borger in Washington and Patrick Wintour in LondonThe acting US defence secretary has claimed that the alleged threat from Iran has receded as the result of an American show of force in the Middle East. “We’ve put on hold the potential for attacks on
Play buttonReferendums May offers MPs vote on second referendum in 'new' Brexit dealThe Guardian - Peter Walker and Rowena MasonTheresa May has offered MPs votes on a second referendum and a temporary customs union in her last attempt to get a Brexit deal through parliament. Amid widespread expectation that the withdrawal agreement
UKIP Brexit: Tory MPs abandoning May after second referendum offer – live newsThe Guardian - Kevin Rawlinson (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)Prime minister offers option of fresh vote if MPs pass withdrawal bill, which will be published ‘in next few days’ The former Czech Republic prime minister, Václav Klaus*, was one of three warm up acts
Boeing Boeing dismissed chance of 'bird strike' that may have caused second 737 Max crashThe Guardian - Dominic Rushe in New YorkBoeing officials, shortly after the first fatal crash of its 737 Max jet, played down the likelihood that a bird strike could impair the plane’s sensor equipment. Now investigators are exploring whether
Nigel Farage EU to investigate Nigel Farage over expenses funded by Arron BanksThe Guardian - Jennifer Rankin in BrusselsThe European parliament is to investigate Nigel Farage for failing to declare lavish expenses funded by Arron Banks. The European parliament president, Antonio Tajani, “today refers the Farage issue to
World News Abortion-rights activists to rally at supreme court against new state bansThe Guardian - Guardian staff and agenciesAbout 400 events are set to take place across the US in what groups are describing as a Stop Abortion Bans Day of Action US abortion-rights campaigners, including several Democrats running for president
Mauritius Chagos Islands: isolated UK and US face thrashing in UN vote on ownershipThe Guardian - Julian Borger in Washington and Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondentThe UK and US are facing a diplomatic rout at the United Nations on Wednesday when the general assembly is expected to vote overwhelmingly to demand Britain relinquish hold of one of the last vestiges
Film (UK) Belgian monks resurrect 220-year-old beer after finding recipeThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in GrimbergenIt has taken more than 220 years but an order of monks at Grimbergen Abbey, producers of a fabled medieval beer whose brand was adopted by mass producers in the 1950s, have started to brew again after
Dallas, TX Muhlaysia Booker: an advocate against trans violence is mourned in TexasGuardian US - Tom Dart in HoustonA week after enduring a sustained beating in front of a jeering crowd, Muhlaysia Booker spoke out about her ordeal in the hope of raising awareness about violence faced by transgender women. “This time
Politics Over 500 abortion ban protests take place across US – liveGuardian US - Erin Durkin in New YorkReproductive rights activists are holding a day of action amid a flurry of near-total abortion bans passing through state legislatures A comedian who asked Elizabeth Warren for a comprehensive plan to
News Theresa May to reveal new Brexit dealThe Guardian - Heather Stewart Political editorTheresa May is to set out the details of her “new deal” on Brexit in a speech at 4pm as she paves the way for a last-ditch attempt to take Britain out of the EU before she leaves Downing Street. The prime
Environment Revealed: 1.6m Americans live near the most polluting incinerators in the USThe Guardian - Oliver Milman in New YorkEntire neighborhoods have been devastated. That is what the Detroit incinerator did while it burned all of our trash KT Andresky A total of 1.6 million Americans live next to the most polluting incinerators
Jamie Oliver Jamie Oliver restaurant empire collapses, risking 1,000 jobsThe Guardian - Sarah ButlerAdministrators called in at 23 Jamie’s Italian outlets, the Fifteen and Barbecoa All but three of Jamie Oliver’s restaurants are closing with the loss of 1,000 jobs after the business called called in
Johnny Depp Johnny Depp accuses ex-wife Amber Heard of 'painting-on' bruisesThe Guardian - Press AssociationJohnny Depp has accused ex-wife Amber Heard of having “painted-on bruises”, as he denied being physically abusive in newly filed court documents. Hollywood actors Depp and Heard married in 2015 before
Niki Lauda US briefing: Trump blocks McGahn testimony, Huawei and Niki LaudaGuardian US - Tim WalkerDonald Trump has blocked the former White House counsel Don McGahn from appearing before the House judiciary committee to testify about the Mueller report, prompting impeachment threats from at least Democrat
OECD Trump's China trade war risks damaging US economy, says OECDThe Guardian - Richard Partington Economics correspondentDonald Trump has been warned by the west’s most influential economics thinktank that further escalation of the US-China trade war would unleash significant damage for the American economy, as well as rest
World News Water supply restored for millions in Libya, averting crisisThe Guardian - Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editorWater supplies to the Libyan capital and surrounding cities have been restored two days after they were cut off when an armed group stormed a control room, averting shortages that could have caused a crisis.
Huawei 'There will be conflict': US has underestimated Huawei, says founderThe Guardian - Lily Kuo in Beijing and agenciesThe founder of Huawei has said the US “underestimates” the Chinese telecom makers’s strength and that conflict with the US is inevitable in the quest to “stand on top of the world”. Ren Zhengfei said company
Trump Tower Moscow Michael Cohen: Trump's lawyer advised me to lie about Moscow tower projectGuardian US - Associated PressDonald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen told Congress it was Trump’s personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, who suggested he tell lawmakers that the negotiations for Trump Tower Moscow ended in January 2016,
Technology Google changes policy to block misleading ads for anti-abortion groupsThe Guardian - Vivian Ho and Stephanie KirchgaessnerGoogle has changed its advertising policy after facing scrutiny for providing tens of thousands of dollars in free advertising to an anti-abortion group that runs misleading ads designed to deter women
Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin: three handwritten wills discovered in home, lawyer saysGuardian US - Associated PressThree handwritten wills have been found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the death of the “Queen of Soul”, including one that was discovered under cushions in the living room,
Alabama 'I don't feel safe': Alabama newspapers publish letters by women on abortion banGuardian US - Adrian Horton in New YorkThree major Alabama newspapers devoted their Sunday editions to letters from women across the state, offering an expansive look into the reactions after a nearly all-male state legislature passed the strictest
Don McGahn Trump stops ex-White House counsel Don McGahn testifying to CongressGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui and David Smith in WashingtonDonald Trump has blocked the former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress about the special counsel report on Russian election interference, prompting sharp criticism and even
Brexit No-deal Brexit would be a betrayal, says Philip HammondThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentThe expected demise of Theresa May’s Brexit plan has sparked open feuding over what comes next, with the chancellor, Philip Hammond, arguing that proponents of a no-deal Brexit are betraying the referendum
Keith Raniere Nxivm trial: Raniere expected women to be as obedient as ‘hungry dogs’Guardian US - Associated PressSelf-help guru Keith Raniere was a taskmaster who expected his female followers to be as obedient as “hungry dogs”, whether he wanted them to send nude photos to him or buy him groceries paid for out their
World News Austrian government collapses after far-right minister firedThe Guardian - Philip OltermannAustria’s far-right interior minister, Herbert Kickl, has been fired in the wake of the “Ibiza” corruption scandal that has engulfed the Freedom party (FPÖ), leading to the complete collapse of the country’s
Huawei US ban on Huawei a ‘cynically timed’ blow in escalating trade war, says firmThe Guardian - Lily Kuo in Beijing Julian Borger in WashingtonThe US ban on sharing technology with Huawei is a “cynically timed” blow in the escalating trade war between the US and China, the Chinese firm’s top executive in the UK has said. Huawei denounced Donald
