Ireland team to wear black armbands as players vote to go ahead with Israel game
The Israeli FA issued a statement commending the FAI and the Irish squad for deciding to go ahead with the match, saying: "Football has won."
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Monty Don says he may have to let go of his gardeners after leaving BBC
Presenter reveals corporation has been paying part of their salaries to keep his Herefordshire garden camera-readyFor 15 years, viewers have looked in amazement at Monty Don’s beautiful Herefordshire garden, known as Longmeadow, as he hosted the show Gardeners’ World from his own back yard.But now the BBC presenter, who announced earlier this month that he was leaving the show, has said he may hav...
Monty Don says he may have to sack his gardeners after leaving BBC
Presenter reveals corporation has been paying part of their salaries to keep his Herefordshire garden ‘camera ready’For 15 years, viewers have looked in amazement at Monty Don’s beautiful Herefordshire garden, known as Longmeadow, as he hosted the show Gardeners’ World from his own back yard.But now, the future of the garden in its current form is at stake. The BBC presenter, who announced earlier...
‘I wanted to help another family’: four surrogates on how they feel about the surrogacy discourse
The Guardian spoke with surrogates across the US about what they think of the controversy surrounding the practiceSurrogacy has been thrust into the national spotlight in recent weeks, with both the announcement of Lena Dunham using a surrogate to start a family and the ongoing legal battle surrounding McKenna West, a gestational surrogate who fled to Texas to avoid having an abortion that was req...
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Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang touch down in the US under new loan deal
Two giant pandas have arrived in Atlanta to take up residency at the southern US city’s zoo. The pandas, male Ping Ping and female Fu Shuang, left Chengdu in China’s southwest on Sunday, within days of Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapping up his three-day state visit to the United States. During the visit, Xi said the pandas would arrive “in a few days”. Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, whose names mean ...
Swiss voters reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum
About 71 percent of voters oppose initiative to impose stricter limits on neutrality.
Swiss voters set to reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum
About 71 percent of voters oppose initiative to impose stricter limits on neutrality, projection suggests.
Etna erupts again: chaos at Catania airport, risk of higher air fares
Mount Etna has resumed volcanic activity. Flights to and from Catania are suspended until Sunday because of ash. Unions protest over disruption caused by diverted services to other Sicilian airports.
Ten climbers missing after avalanche hits Himalayan base camp
The Nepali team was preparing to take overseas climbers up the Himlung Himal peak.
One dead as nor'easter storm pummels New York and New Jersey
Tens of millions of people from Maine to Virginia found themselves in the path of the powerful weather system.
Political rallies fill Brazil’s streets a week before elections
Rival political rallies have been held in Brazil as campaigns intensify with one week to go until election day.
Gunmen kill at least 27 people in separate mass shootings in South Africa
At least 27 people were killed in separate mass shootings in Cape Town and Johannesburg, police said Sunday. No suspects have been arrested in either shooting, and the motives for the attacks remain unknown.
At least two people were killed and 19 are in hospital after a bus crashed near Munich
The bus, which was on its way to Munich's beer festival and was carrying approximately 35 Filipino tourists, crashed at 05:41 a.m., according to local authorities.
How Russia recruits Belarusians for war in Ukraine: Methods and consequences
Russia's recruitment drive targeting Belarusians has become a key tool to boost manpower on the battlefield and exploits economic hardship and isolation.
How Beijing is neutralising Washington’s sanctions machine
Last week, the president of the United States stood at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly and asked aloud whether he should “annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly”. Donald Trump then turned to Venezuela’s oil and declared: “To the victor belong the spoils, you’ve all heard that …” He spoke as the Iran war neared its eighth month, a week after the UN Human Rights Council ...
In 1988, Ohio attorney Neil McKown secretly bought 155 neglected acres; 38 years later...
Neil McKown purchased an overgrown 155-acre property in Shelby, which began a family farming journey. As the years progressed, the McKown family expanded their land holdings and improved their farming practices. Sam McKown, Neil's son, now manages the farm's daily operations and focuses on quality hay production. The family emphasizes conservation, practicing sustainable land management and engagi...
Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France
Catholic church must reckon with its ‘painful errors’, pontiff tells crowd in Lourdes during four-day tourThe pope has called on the Catholic church to heal “deep wounds” and “painful errors”, before a meeting with survivors of child sexual abuse as he continues his four-day visit to France.Addressing a crowd in a large field near the Catholic shrine of Lourdes on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called on th...
South African police probe mining feud shooting, 27 dead as elections near
South African police on Sunday were hunting the perpetrators of two separate shootings that killed 27 people within hours of each other, in stark reminders of the country’s problem with gun violence. Officials were still establishing the motives for the shootings near Johannesburg and Cape Town, but initial investigations suggested one could be a turf war between illegal miners and the other a bus...
Quebec man trafficked woman while behind bars in Manitoba through phone calls
A man was found guilty of human trafficking, benefiting from proceeds of trafficking, pimping, disobeying a court order, and obstruction of justice, a judge says.
Floods and landslides kill at least 56 people in India, 12 in Nepal
Authorities report increasing death toll over three days as rivers rise above danger levels in parts of both countries.
Keep out: why Greenland is the US military’s new eyes in the Arctic on China
Washington’s proposed military bases and expanded defence presence in Greenland will be akin to a “keep out” sign against potential Arctic military cooperation between Beijing and Moscow, according to analysts. The US, Denmark and Greenland signed a defence deal on Tuesday that allows Washington to build two new military bases on the world’s largest island, while reaffirming Denmark’s sovereignty ...
GlobalFoundries sees ‘strong’ demand for Chinese optical modules amid data centre boom
US contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries sees robust demand for Chinese optical modules amid the data centre construction boom, as the firm expands its presence in China to better serve its domestic clients. Shankaran Janardhanan, senior vice-president of the firm’s photonics and radio frequency division, told the South China Morning Post in an interview that demand in the optical networking module s...
Bad language: profane Trump brings presidential swearing out into open
President has let rip with swearwords in recent months, redefining norms about acceptable language in public officeWith a lifetime of political memories stretching back to John F Kennedy’s assassination and the Black civil rights struggles of the 1960s, Cheryl Johnson had one complaint above all else about today’s politicians: the swearing.“All this cursing in politics, we never heard that before,...
Only 3% of US sickle cell patients receive red blood cell exchange for disease, researchers find
Various factors block sufferers of disease from receiving treatment that is effective and has widespread availabilitySickle cell patients are missing out on an effective treatment despite widespread US hospital access to the technology, new research has found.That treatment is called a red blood cell exchange, a procedure that discards a patient’s damaged red blood cells while simultaneously mixin...
3 hikers fall ill on Hong Kong trails as temperatures top 33 degrees
At least three hikers fell ill on countryside trails as temperatures in parts of Hong Kong climbed to a sweltering 33 degrees Celsius on Sunday. A 25-year-old visitor was suspected of suffering from heatstroke while he hiked with friends on the popular High Island Reservoir East Dam-Po Pin Chau hiking route in Sai Kung at about noon. A government helicopter airlifted him to Ruttonjee Hospital in W...
Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says high court
Decision to allow development of 190 new homes in north Somerset sparks campaign for change in the lawHouses can be built on floodplains even if they fail a crucial safety test, according to a high court judgment that will be of “immense interest” to developers across England and Wales.The ruling clears the way for a highly controversial development of 190 new homes on north Somerset’s floodplains...