As aid from China, Russia, India and the UK begins to flow into Myanmar, there is a conspicuous gap in global support from the world’s richest country: the US. The powerful 7.7-magnitude quake that struck central Myanmar on Friday has caused widespread destruction, flattening swathes of the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay, and even a tower…
Iran has reacted with outrage after Donald Trump said the country will be bombed if it does not accept US demands to constrain its nuclear programme. The US president said on Sunday that if Iran “[doesn’t] make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen…
Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson reveals how Jackson Holliday prepares for MLB season Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson has been sidelined with an injury, but he reveals how his young teammate, Jackson Holliday, has been training in the offseason. BALTIMORE — It is barely April, and we’re still in the throes of Panic Season around Major League Baseball,…
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has railed against a Paris court’s “political decision” to bar her from competing for the presidency in 2027, attacking the move to ban her from running for public office as “a denial of democracy”. In a day of high political drama, Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement…
When I first tried a Cotton Candy™ grape, I did a double take. Did someone swap out my fruit for fairy floss? The burst of sugary sweetness was so unexpected, it felt like I should have been picking at it from a stick, not plucking it from a bunch. This wasn’t nature playing tricks –…
Bradfield independent candidate apologies for allegedly making sexual joke at Sydney hairdressing salon Independent candidate, Nicolette Boele has apologised for allegedly making a sexual joke at a hairdressing salon in Sydney. Nicolette Boele is an independant standing for election in the federal seat of Bradfield. Photograph: The Guardian Boele, who is standing for the Sydney…