Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he hopes the current period of frantic diplomacy and high-stakes gambits between Russia and Ukraine will end with Donald Trump understanding that Vladimir Putin is the real obstacle to a peace deal. “Trump needs to believe that Putin actually lies. And we should do our part. Sensibly approach this issue, to…
2025 NBA draft lottery: Mavericks, Spurs and 76ers big winners The Mavericks secure the top pick in the 2025 NBA draft lottery despite a 1.8% chance Steve Kerr’s Golden State Warriors had just beaten the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, but his tone was somber. Steph Curry had sustained a…
AEC confirms container of ballot papers in Barton went missing but says it did not affect result The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has confirmed one container of ballot papers for the NSW seat of Barton was temporarily misplaced during the count, with a transport officer found to have possession of the container. The AEC said,…
Illustration: Mathieu Labrecque/The Guardian After publishing my third book in early April, I kept encountering headlines that made me feel like the protagonist of some Black Mirror episode. “Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to help craft her new book ‘Searches,’” one of them read. “To tell her own story, this acclaimed novelist turned to ChatGPT,” said…
Watch baseball fans pay tribute to Pete Rose at GABP statue Baseball fans are honoring Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose at his Great American Ball Park statue following Rose’s death Monday. Pete Rose, the deceased all-time hit king whose gambling on baseball banished him from the game, was posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s permanently…
Uruguay’s former president José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerrilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died. He was 89. His death was announced by the current Uruguayan president. Yamandú Orsi. In a post on social media platform X, Orsi called Mujica a…