Transport secretary says ‘Chasten and I are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family’Pete Buttigieg and his husband have announced the birth of adopted twins. Related: Trump reportedly nears DC hotel rights sale as a…
Texas judge temporarily shields clinics from anti-abortion group lawsuits
Draconian law took effect this week after supreme court nodDistrict judge responds to Planned Parenthood request‘Roe v Wade is a husk’: anguish and anger in Texas A Texas judge temporarily shielded abortion clinics from lawsuits by an anti-abortion gro…
Trump reportedly nears DC hotel rights sale as ally says ‘I think he’s gonna run’
Hotel, which opened in 2016, was hub for government businessJim Jordan tells supporters in Ohio that Trump is likely to runDonald Trump is reportedly close to selling rights to his hotel near the White House in Washington, a move the website Axios said…
‘Scholz will sort it’ – the catchphrase winning the hearts of German voters
A savvy electoral campaign against two lacklustre opponents has put the SPD leader ahead in the polls to succeed Angela MerkelOf all the political posters and billboards that line the streets of German towns and cities this late summer, the ones most l…
Home Office says delays at Heathrow are ‘unacceptable’
Border staff left dealing with backlog of travellers as reports emerge of people fainting in three-hour queuesDelays at Heathrow airport have been described as “unacceptable” by the Home Office, af reports of passengers fainting in queues of up to thre…
Il Buco review – unhurried meditation on the beauties of geological time
Ten years after village doc Le Quattro Volte, Michelangelo Frammartino returns with an observational piece centring on a deep-cave system in CalabriaIn 2011 Italian artist Michelangelo Frammartino scored a small indie hit with a film called Le Quattro …
‘I’m not Rambo’: Republican unrepentant about attempt to enter Afghanistan
Congressman Markwayne Mullin, criticized for rogue rescue effort, says he would do it again ‘without hesitation’The Oklahoma Republican congressman Markwayne Mullin has said he has no regrets about trying to enter Afghanistan on a rescue mission last m…
Why the industry should heed China’s crackdown on video game players | Alex Hern
While the west is unlikely to follow the three-hour gaming limit for children, developers would be unwise to dismiss it too quicklyBeing a parent can feel, at times, like leading an authoritarian nation of one. You control what your subject can read, w…
Oklahoma hospitals deluged by ivermectin overdoses, doctor says
Jason McElyea says people overdosing on anti-parasitic drug that some people believe without evidence can cure or treat CovidCoronavirus – live coverageAn Oklahoma doctor has said overdoses of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, which many believe with…
Does the Elizabeth Holmes trial spell the end of the #girlboss era? | Arwa Mahdawi
The Theranos saga is depressing, but there is one silver lining: the preoccupation with the #girlboss is dead, and Holmes helped kill itA brown man made her do it! Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of blood-testing startup Theranos, was once seen…