The Guardian Articles
The Guardian
Filter by Category
French TV show pulled after ridicule of woman who fell for AI Brad Pitt
A French woman who believed she was in a long-term romantic relationship with Brad Pitt and was scammed into paying €830,000 (£700,000) to help him with medical treatment faced such a wave of online mockery that a TV programme about her has been withdrawn.
The interior designer, named as Anne, …
Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal
Afghan citizens who fled the country with American assistance after the US’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan remain stranded in third countries, new documents shared exclusively with the Guardian suggest, some at prison-like facilities and many with no clarity about their prospects for resettlement.
US officials won’t say exactly how many …
Comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack
The comedian and actor Tony Slattery has died aged 65 after a heart attack, his partner has announced.
Slattery was known for his improvisations on the popular comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as well as his appearances on Just a Minute and Have I Got News for You.
…Councils ‘keen’ to help Home Office move asylum seekers out of hotels
Councils across England and Wales have said they are keen to help accommodate asylum seekers as the government attempts to move as many as possible out of hotels, in part to try to ease community tensions.
Angela Rayner’s housing and communities department is in talks with the Home Office about …
Jimmy Kimmel on LA wildfires: ‘A sickening, shocking, awful experience’
Late-night hosts discussed the
inLos Angeles
and infighting in the Maga movement asDonald Trump
’s inauguration approaches.Jimmy Kimmel
After cancelling his show last week and evacuating for the LA wildfires – one of which burned a mere two miles from his …
Warhammer maker Games Workshop plans fourth UK factory as sales boom
In Nottingham, an army of tiny warriors is on the advance. Space Marines, Weirdboyz, Chaos Knights – and very small paint pots – are grabbing more territory as Games Workshop confirms plans for its fourth factory and buys land for two more to meet demand for its fantasy figurines.
It …
Intoxicated ‘nervous flyer’ caused New York flight to divert to Dublin
A “nervous flyer” whose unruly behaviour caused his transatlantic flight to be diverted to Dublin has been handed a two-month suspended sentence.
Dublin district court heard that the 34-year-old American had mixed the tranquiliser Xanax with alcohol to combat his anxiety before becoming disruptive on the United Airlines flight on …
Trump interest in Greenland is ‘wake-up call to Copenhagen’, says minister
A Greenlandic government minister has said she views Donald Trump’s interest in the territory as positive, saying it has acted as a “wake-up call to Copenhagen” after years of failing to adequately respond to its demands for action on minerals and alleged abuses by the Danish state.
Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s …
Princess of Wales visits London hospital where she was treated for cancer
The Princess of Wales has visited the hospital where she was treated for cancer to thank staff and meet patients in what palace aides called an important moment in her “personal journey”.
During her unannounced visit to the Royal Marsden in London, Catherine shared her shock at her own diagnosis …
How to politicize the truth on Facebook, Instagram, and Wikipedia
Meta, Wikipedia, and The Truth™
Hello, and welcome back to TechScape.
, I predicted Meta would enter a new political era after the departure of Nick Clegg. Two hours after I published last week’s newsletter,Mark Zuckerberg
declared that the new conservative phase would begin. …