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Underwhelming Walz and a more presentable Vance: the VP debate – podcast
Joan E Greve and Leah Wright Rigueur discuss JD Vance and Tim Walz’s clash on the debate stage in New York City on Tuesday night. How to...
How to work freelance, plan ahead and stay afloat in the UK
Here’s how to organise your financial life if you’re a freelancer or sole trader.Sole trader is the most straightforward business or legal structure if you are self-employed. Depending on the nature of your business, other options include a partnership (with someone else) or setting up a limited company. If you …
How to work freelance, plan ahead and stay afloat in the UK
Here’s how to organise your financial life if you’re a freelancer or sole trader.Sole trader is the most straightforward business or legal structure if you are self-employed. Depending on the nature of your business, other options include a partnership (with someone else) or setting up a limited company. If you …
Could pawpaw, the US-native fruit, become the new kiwi or mango?
About five years ago, Matt Feyerabend, co-owner of an Arkansas ice-cream business, wanted to explore new flavors and use more native fruits, so while delivering a batch of product to a restaurant in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, he asked if anyone knew a grower of pawpaws, a tree fruit native to …
Mexico’s datacentre industry is booming – but are more drought and blackouts the price communities must pay?
US Congress passes government funding package to avert shutdown
US Congress passed a three-month government funding package on Wednesday, sending the bill to Joe Biden’s desk and averting a shutdown that was set to begin next Tuesday.
‘Tom Petty heard it and said: “Wow!” Jet on how they made Are You Gonna Be My Girl
We weren’t signed when I wrote the track. Nobody knew who we were. We were playing pubs around Melbourne and no one was coming. The Strokes and that whole scene hadn’t hit yet and people weren’t interested.
Joint letter: More than 700 national security officials endorse Kamala Harris for president
More than 700 national security leaders and former military officials publicly endorsed Kamala Harris for president in a letter released on Sunday, calling her a candidate who “defends America’s democratic ideals”.They also said her Republican rival, Donald Trump, was “unfit” for the job.The letter, signed by retired US navy R …
How to cut the cost of travelling on your own
Heading off abroad alone? Give the single supplement the swerve and cut the cost of solo travel.Package holidays are designed for couples and families. Tour operators don’t seem to want single travellers – something they make very clear in their pricing.Research by the debt advice company UK Debt Expert found …
How to cut the cost of travelling on your own
Heading off abroad alone? Give the single supplement the swerve and cut the cost of solo travel.Package holidays are designed for couples and families. Tour operators don’t seem to want single travellers – something they make very clear in their pricing.Research by the debt advice company UK Debt Expert found …
Why Republicans are raising double the money in down-ballot races
Since Kamala Harris launched her presidential bid in July, Democrats have showered her campaign with cash. Last month alone, the vice-president raised $361m, tripling Donald Trump’s fundraising haul of $130m for the month.
Why Republicans are raising double the money in down-ballot races
Since Kamala Harris launched her presidential bid in July, Democrats have showered her campaign with cash. But in one crucial area, Republicans maintain a substantial cash advantage over Democrats: state legislative races.
Harris targets Trump for falsehoods on abortion and immigration in fiery debate
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump sparred on Tuesday in a contentious presidential debate that repeatedly went off the rails, as the former president pursued bizarre and often falsehood-ridden tangents about crowd sizes, immigration policy and abortion access.
The Guide #155: Is it time to break up director-actor cliques?
In this week’s newsletter: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is packed full of Tim Burton’s pals, but as audiences crave original stories, we could do with some original casting too
UK police risk assessment before riots said far-right threat probably ‘minimal’
Documents show officers instead prioritised environmental and pro-Palestinian protests as potential hazards
For decades, it’s been a man’s world on Capitol Hill – that’s finally changing
More women are in chief of staff roles than ever before. With an election ahead, they’ve reached a pivotal moment.
For decades, it’s been a man’s world on Capitol Hill – that’s finally changing
More women are in chief of staff roles than ever before. With an election ahead, they’ve reached a pivotal moment.
Austrian town gets its lederhosen in a twist over modern art
Bad Ischl is the first alpine town to be awarded European capital of culture status, bringing nudity and surreal sculptures to a rural area more in tune with classical music and mountain pursuits
Maduro intent on third term as 1,600 perceived opponents languish in cells
Nicolás Maduro has baptised his political crackdown Operación Tun Tun (Operation Knock Knock) after the spine-chilling visits his security forces pay their targets. But when members of Venezuela’s secret police came for Aixa Daniela Boada López, they announced their arrival with a thump not a tap.“It was about half past …
Kamala Harris pledges to ‘chart a new way forward’ as she accepts nomination
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday with a sweeping, pointed speech in which she vowed to prosecute the case against Donald Trump and carry the country to a brighter and fairer future.
Kamala Harris pledges to ‘chart a new way forward’ as she accepts nomination
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday with a sweeping, pointed speech in which she vowed to prosecute the case against Donald Trump.
‘They aren’t going to accept empty promises’: progressives back Harris with cautious enthusiasm
Progressive lawmakers have presented a united front at the Democratic national convention this week, as they throw their full support behind Kamala Harris as the new presidential nominee.
Biden urges voters to elect Harris in order to ‘preserve democracy’ in hopeful speech
Just one month after making the historic choice to withdraw from the presidential race, Joe Biden took the stage at the Democratic national convention on Monday to deliver a reflective and optimistic address, urging the nation to elect Kamala Harris to protect American democracy.
I’m an international student – we’ve been so demonised, no wonder Britain’s losing us | Joyce Yang
A new academic year is coming soon. But as students flock back to campuses, we will probably see fewer international student faces. According to the latest statistics, the number of work or study visa applicants fell by more than a third compared with last July, with some institutions bracing for …
Trump revisits most divisive talking points in rambling interview with Musk
Donald Trump sat down with the billionaire Elon Musk on Monday for a rambling and vitriolic interview that revisited many of the former president’s most divisive talking points.