National Weather Service issues weather watch for critical fire conditions in Sequoia national parkCrews continue to battle California wildfires that have burned into some groves of ancient giant sequoias, the world’s largest tree.The National Weather …
‘Devious licks’ TikTok challenge has students vandalising school bathrooms
Teens are smashing restroom mirrors and sinks, stealing soap dispensers and even turf from sports fields in latest internet trendSchool officials across the US have expressed alarm over instances of vandalism inspired by a viral TikTok challenge known …
Sean Spicer claims press treats Jen Psaki better: ‘I walked into the lion’s den’
Trump’s former press secretary makes remark to New York Times, saying Psaki ‘walks into a bunch of kittens’Donald Trump’s former press secretary Sean Spicer has complained that the Washington press corps treat his successor under Joe Biden more kindly….
Doctors treating unvaccinated Covid patients are succumbing to compassion fatigue
Exhausted healthcare workers admit they feel demoralized as the fourth surge spreads across the USLast February, Dr Bryce Meck, 30, would lock herself in the bathroom to cry for five minutes when her patients, whom she had watched over for weeks in the…
Aukus: France’s ambassador recall is ‘tip of the iceberg’, say analysts
Aukus pact announcement ‘puts a big rift in Nato alliance’ for France, says former UK ambassador France’s historic decision to recall its ambassadors to the US and Australia is far more than a diplomatic spat, analysts have warned.The move, in protest …
How thousands of Haitian migrants ended up at the Texas border
Gang violence, bloody protests, food and fuel shortages plus natural disasters have spurred many to leave the west’s poorest nationEvery night Guy would fall asleep to the sound of gunfire: warring gangs in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, were fig…
The nuclear option: why has Australia ditched the French submarine plan for the Aukus pact?
Just two weeks before the bombshell, senior ministers from both countries met and declared they were ‘committed to cooperation’. How did it all go so wrong?Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingJust two weeks before France complained of …
As New York City goes back to its old self, remind me: why do we live like this? | Emma Brockes
The airlessness of lockdown as a family has been replaced with uncomfortable proximity to 8.5 million peopleMore than 1 million kids went back to school in New York this week. In the largest school district in the US, the return looked, from a distance…
US rightwing group targets academics with Professor Watchlist
Turning Point USA’s list gains fresh attention after it expands and some notice it disproportionately names academics of colorKellie Carter Jackson, an associate professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, had never received hate mail before.Th…
California wildfires close Sequoia national park and prompt evacuations
Firefighting efforts are being complicated by smoke preventing aerial drops and the steep, rugged terrainA complex of lightning-sparked wildfires burning in California’s Sierra Nevada has exploded in size, prompting evacuations and the shutdown of Sequ…