The Guardian Articles
The Guardian
Full Content
Filter by Category
B&Q owner says budget uncertainty hit spending and tax rise will cost it £31m
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 08:32
The B&Q owner, Kingfisher, has said uncertainty around the UK government’s budget hit consumer spending, and it will pay an extra £31m in taxes after Rachel Reeves’s rise in national insurance. The DIY and building supplies retailer said it had seen “solid underlying trading in August and September” but that …
Meta Quest 3S review: the best bang for your buck in VR
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 07:00
Meta’s latest virtual reality headset offers almost everything that makes its top model the best on the market but at a price that is far more palatable as an entry into VR. The Quest 3S costs £290 (€330/$300/A$500) – about 40% less than the £470 Quest 3 and cheaper than2020’s …
Monday briefing: Where Cop29 failed – and the limited reasons for hope
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 06:54
Good morning. Cop29 in Bakufinally finished at 5. 31am local time yesterday, more than 35 hours after it was due to conclude – and the extra time did not lead to a triumphant outcome. On the biggest issue under discussion, the transfer of climate finance from the developed to the …
Possible Europe-US trade war could push euro into parity with the dollar
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 06:00
The euro risks falling to parity with the US dollar for the first time since late 2022 if a new transatlantic trade war weakens the already struggling eurozone economy, analysts have warned. The euro sank below $1. 04 against the dollar, the weakest level since November 2022, last Friday after …
Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland and lost taxes: Ghana counts cost of illegal gold mining boom
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 05:00
Felicity Nelson remembers her 17-day detention last September vividly. The 34-year-old Ghanaian activist was one of 53 people arrested at a road junction in Accra after demonstrating alongside hundreds of other youths against illegal mining. In detention, the group found a 54th person in their midst who had not been …
Singer claims Sweden ‘punishing’ her British husband by refusing him leave to remain
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 05:00
A singer with a Swedish disco band who performed at this year’s Eurovision has told of the “dehumanising” and “distressing” consequences of Brexit after her British husband’s application to remain in Sweden was rejected. Tess Merkel Solomons, a singer with the band Alcazar, said it felt as if her husband, …
Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 05:00
Thousands of Amazon workers are expected to protest or strike in more than 20 countries during Black Friday to press for better workers’ rights and climate action from the US retailer. Workers and representatives from unions and workers’ groups intend to join protests against the Seattle-based company’s practices between Black …
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état
Thu, 21 Nov 2024, 20:22
The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaroand some of his closest allies are amongdozens of people formally accusedby federal police of being part of a criminal conspiracy designed to obliterate Brazil’s democratic system through a rightwing coup d’état. Federal police confirmed on Thursday that investigators had concluded their long-running investigation into …
AI Model Selection
Avg. Response: 10.0s
Llama3.2:1b
MetaSize: 1B
Success Rate: 100.0%
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-GGUF
MetaSize: 1B
Success Rate: 100.0%
All models run locally on our servers. Response times may vary based on server load.