The transition crisis Congress feared didn’t materialize

The weirdest thing about stripping naked with 5,500 people? It didn’t feel weird at all | Monique Ross

I was braced to feel ashamed about my body while taking part in Spencer Tunick’s latest mass nude shoot in Brisbane – but the worst part was setting my alarm for 1.45am. Get our weekend culture ...

World - The Guardian - October 27

‘I didn’t really plan it’: what Ali told me when we rewatched The Rumble in the Jungle

Fifty years on from the famous fight in Zaire no athletic contest in history has inspired as much global joy as Muhammad Ali’s win over George Foreman. Thirty-five years ago, I sat on the sofa in ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

‘People didn’t believe Africa could be a source of innovation’: how the continent holds the key to future drug research

Prof Kelly Chibale says the world is failing to take advantage of African genetic diversity, and everyone could be losing out. Africa has the greatest variety in human genes anywhere on the planet ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

Lionel Messi Didn’t Just Take Over American Soccer. He Took Miami Global.

While much more should be done to market the M.L.S.-Messi product, things couldn’t be going better for Miami, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - October 29

Musk’s get-out-the-vote workers didn’t know they were canvassing for Trump – report

Canvassers discovered they were working to drum up turnout for Trump after signing non-disclosure agreements. US elections 2024 – live updates Elon Musk’s get-out-the-vote effort for Donald ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

The moment I knew: after their first meeting, my young son hugged him goodbye – and didn’t want to let go

Jen Smith was a single mum with a one-year-old when she matched with Andre on a dating app. Their first date was short and sweet – by their second she knew he was the one. Find more stories from ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

I used to think Googling my symptoms kept me healthy. My mother’s death showed me I had to quit | Elle Warren

Tragedy, and an OCD diagnosis, reshaped my understanding of what I was doing – and why. When I got my first period aged 11, but not again for 18 months, I worried I might be the next Virgin Mary, ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

'I didn’t think there was cause to shoot Chris Kaba' – police watchdog lead defends sending case to CPS

Sal Naseem tells the BBC he wasn't convinced Mr Kaba presented a sufficient danger to justify being shot.

‘You got it or you didn’t’: the sweat, smoke and sonic excess of the indie scene pre-Britpop

A new photography book captures the ramshackle squats and grimy venues that were a playground for confrontationally uncommercial early-90s bands like My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab and Silverfish. ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Arkansas tops list of six preseason Top 25 teams that didn’t reach 2024 NCAA Tournament

Arkansas only has one scholarship player back from a team that finished a game below .500 last year, yet the Razorbacks open this season in the AP Top 25.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 3 days ago

I tried to warn Valencia’s government about flooding, but it didn’t listen | Juan Bordera

The rightwing regional authorities ignored the climate-crisis science and dismissed the weather forecast – the consequences are their responsibility. Juan Bordera is a climate journalist and an ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

‘I had two kids and didn’t know what an orgasm was’: the Costa Rican film giving grandmothers a voice

Costa Rican director Antonella Sudasassi Furniss explains why her docu-fiction about the sexual lives of an earlier generation of women is also a story for today . ‘Women are always burning ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

‘I’m devastated she didn’t win’: I voted for Kamala Harris. Am I disloyal for taking advantage of the Trump stock-market rally?

“Am I trading off my candidate’s loss? Does that make me a turncoat?”

Business - MarketWatch - 11 hours ago

It is galling to see Starmer ingratiate himself with Trump – but it would be horribly negligent if he didn’t | Gaby Hinsliff

The PM has a duty to pull any levers he can to ameliorate the president-elect’s global impact. And the war-gaming is well under way. Dawn had barely broken, and nor had Kamala Harris publicly ...

World - The Guardian - 3 hours ago

‘We didn’t give Mauricio the credit he deserved’: Hugo Lloris on Pochettino, Levy, Spurs and the USA

Former Tottenham and France captain discusses ups and downs at Spurs, Ange Postecoglou and his new life in LA. Read exclusive extracts from Hugo Lloris’s autobiography Hugo Lloris lived in the ...

World - The Guardian - 1 hour ago

What's behind America's misinformation crisis

The Federal Emergency Management Agency pushed back on false claims that it pulled out of areas in North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene after facing threats. The Atlantic writer Charlie ...

The root of the crisis in special needs education

Since legislative changes in 2014, governments have failed to adapt this area of public policy as autism diagnoses increase

World - Financial Times - October 22

The water industry is in crisis. Can it be fixed?

Simon Jack asks what reform of the troubled sector could mean for customers and their bills.

Volkswagen is in crisis again. Can it be reformed?

Europe’s largest carmaker is at war with workers and politicians as it tries to navigate a painful EV transition

World - Financial Times - October 31

Train operator killed after NJ Transit River Line crash in Burlington County

A New Jersey Transit River Line train operator died after a train struck a downed tree in Mansfield Township, Burlington County.

New Jersey Transit operator is dead and 23 injured after a train hits a tree

A train operator is dead and 23 are injured after a New Jersey Transit train hit a tree early Monday, officials say.

‘Madonna, please. It’s only a film. Be happy!’ The star of Emilia Pérez on transitioning at 46 and making icons cry

Karla Sofía Gascón is the first openly trans actor to win best actress at Cannes for her role in Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical. She talks about awful corsets, riding motorbikes and suing her ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

A week after China’s war games, US and Canadian warships sail through Taiwan Strait

U.S. and Canadian warships sailed through the disputed Taiwan Strait on Sunday, almost a week after China held massive war games around Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory

World - ABC News - October 21

House Democrat says Trump's campaign has refused to commit to a smooth transition process

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, is sounding the alarm over former President Donald Trump's failure to enter into key agreements with the Biden administration ...

Transit workers who lost jobs when they didn't get Covid vaccines are awarded $1M

Six former employees for the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency who lost their jobs when they did not get Covid vaccines for religious reasons have been awarded more than $1 million each, according to ...

Trump transition official says RFK Jr. wants to force vaccines off the market

Howard Lutnick, co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team, said in a Wednesday interview that former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is backing former President Trump, is ...

Politics - The Hill - October 31

Trump transition team begins work, obstacles remain for RFK Jr. and Elon Musk's potential inclusion

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has started planning and staffing positions in the upcoming administration. Roles for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk are still in question. CBS ...

Putin commends Trump victory – as it happened

This blog is closing now, thanks for following along. You can find all of the latest US elections stories here .. Ten key takeaways from Trump’s win The key swing states and counties that ...

World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago

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