The club have won seven of eight games without their star player, clinching a spot in the MLS playoffs and picking up points at a record paceIn a game that had already seen two goals and a red card, it was a goalline clearance in the 76th minute that spoke as the clearest statement of Inter Miami's intent for the remainder of the 2024 MLS season.Hosting fellow Eastern Conference contenders FC Cincinnati at Chase Stadium, Miami raced into an early two-goal lead thanks to a Luis Suarez brace. Twice Tata Martino's side pounced on careless turnovers by the visitors inside the first six minutes, and twice the veteran Uruguayan striker finished ruthlessly inside the penalty area. Continue reading...
It's not just the AfD that poses a major threat in this weekend's regional elections - while traditional moderate parties are failing to inspire votersBritain is emerging, albeit grumpily, from eight years of Conservative mayhem. In France, voters clubbed together yet again to stave off the ever-present threat of Marine Le Pen. In the US, the Democrats have a spring in their step after the anointment of Kamala Harris as their presidential candidate. But this tentative resurgence of sensible politics is, sadly, eluding Germany.On Sunday, two former regions of East Germany are expected to support in droves two parties of the far right. The three centrist parties running the country nationally - the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) - are struggling to get over the 5% threshold that was designed to keep extremists out of legislatures. Meanwhile, the conservative CDU - Angela Merkel's old party - is struggling to counter the populists. Continue reading...
The country's traumatised people are desperate for a new approach to end atrocities and famine in beleaguered countryJeddah, Cairo, Addis Ababa - and now Geneva - are choice settings for a growing business: talking peace for Sudan. But whatever the venue, one deal seems impossible to broker: getting all the key players together at the same time and in the same place. Instead, fighting intensifies as diplomats shuttle between stakeholders unwilling to sit in the same room.The reasons are clear. The belligerents - the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of GenAbdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (known as Hemedti) - are not ready for peace. Well armed and resourced by external sponsors, each thinks they can win. Especially when winning means establishing future hegemony and monopolising the country's riches.Mukesh Kapila is a former UN official and current emeritus professor at the University of Manchester Continue reading...
Former 2020 Democratic candidate backs the Republican nominee and accuses Harris of abuse of power'Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman, has endorsed the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, in the US presidential election.Gabbard, who served in the military in Iraq, ran for president in the Democratic primary in 2020. She quit the party two years later and has become a fixture at conservative conferences and in rightwing media. Continue reading...
Lawsuit alleges new rules that could let local state boards delay certification of presidential election are illegalDemocrats sued Georgia state election officials on Monday, alleging new rules that could allow local officials to delay certification of November's presidential results were illegal.The lawsuit was filed in the superior court of Fulton county by local Georgia Democratic politicians, the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic party of Georgia. It says the rules approved by the Republican-controlled Georgia state election board this month were intended to give individual county election officials the ability to delay or cancel the certification of votes. Continue reading...
Judge also bars ex-pharmaceutical executive, Pharma Bro', from streaming any more of Once Upon a Time in ShaolinSo-called Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli has been ordered by a federal judge to turn over all copies of the ultra-rare unreleased 2015 Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and is barred from streaming any additional content from the record.The Wu-Tang Clan spent six years creating Once Upon a Time in Shaolin before putting a single copy of the 31-track double album up for auction in 2015 on the condition that it not be released publicly. The multi-platinum hip-hop group wanted it viewed as a piece of contemporary art. Continue reading...
Coco Gauff began her title defence with an emphatic win while the Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen was forced to come from behind in the first round*Choinski 1-2 Carballes Baena (denotes server): Choinski is such a strong server and because of the hardcourt they are quite speedy as well. It means that Carballes Baena is opting to stay so far back to recieve. He is well outside of the court lines and often times out of the camera frame as well. Choinski gets the advantage but Carballes Baena slowly moves up the court and hits a smashing forehand to make it a second deuce. We go back and forth for a while but it's at the sixth break point where after a short rally the Brit hits a shot out. That 13-minute felt never ending and had everything: foot faults, a few aces and some slicing shots.Choinski 1-2 Carballes Baena* (denotes server): On Court 16, Carballes Baena is leading by a game against Choinski. This match has been a lot more free-flowing but the unforced errors for both are mounting up. Think this might be a battle of who can hold their nerve better. Continue reading...
NeverWalz.com unexpectedly displays webpage that criticizes Trump and redirects to Harris's campaign siteIf you type in NeverWalz.com in your browser, the page that appears probably doesn't look like what you expected from a webpage donning a slogan against Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota and the current vice-presidential candidate for the Democratic party.Trump is a convicted felon. Let's vote for adults," the webpage reads. Try being joyful instead of an asshole." Continue reading...
Election-denying Matthew DePerno withdraws from race and ex-chair Kristina Karamo escorted out as division boilsA messy Michigan Republican party gathering this weekend to nominate candidates for office illustrated the diminished sway of two high-profile Michigan election deniers and highlighted longstanding divisions within the party.Matthew DePerno, who faces charges for allegedly assisting in a scheme to improperly access voting machines in the wake of the 2020 election, withdrew from the race for Michigan's top court hours before the state party convention. In a statement, DePerno said that instead of running for state supreme court, he would use my knowledge about how elections work to get Republicans elected". Continue reading...
Without a ceasefire deal for Gaza, the dangers of a drift towards a disastrous regional war will growThe wave of Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday morning, and the hundreds of drones and rockets launched soon afterwards by Hezbollah, was the biggest exchange of hostilities across Israel's northern border since the Hamas attacks of 7 October. As Gaza ceasefire negotiations continue to stall, and the appalling Palestinian death toll in that territory surpasses 40,000, the nightmare scenario of a regional war encompassing Lebanon and involving Hezbollah's patron, Iran, remains frighteningly possible.For now at least, despite the weekend's reciprocal show of force, all parties appear keen to avoid such an outcome. In the brutal choreography that governs Israel's relations with Hezbollah, Sunday's attack will have been factored in by Jerusalem following Israel's assassination of one of the organisation's top commanders last month. Hezbollah's leader, HassanNasrallah, emphasised that a decision had been taken not to risk Israeli civilian casualties in the assault, which targeted military locations and the Mossad spy base near Tel Aviv.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Thousands of detainees allegedly beaten, sexually assaulted and denied access to food and clean waterAbuse of thousands of migrants at federal immigration detention centers in Louisiana is rampant, inhumane and meets the legal definition of torture, according to a report published on Monday by a coalition of human rights groups.Accusations include the shackling of detainees for lengthy periods in painful positions, filthy drinking water, food contaminated by rat feces and served in meager portions, and a denial of or restricted access to medical and mental health treatment. Continue reading...
Chicago, Des Moines, Topeka and other cities experiencing extreme heat with little to no overnight relief'A heatwave has left US midwest states confronting what may be some of the most sweltering days the region has seen this summer, with 55 million people included in alerts over the conditions.A late-season high-pressure system over cities such as Chicago; Des Moines, Iowa; and Topeka, Kansas, has left them experiencing rare extreme heat" for a long period of time, with little to no overnight relief", according to the National Weather Service. Continue reading...
Death of Caden Tellier, 16, follows at least three other recent high school football fatalities related to extreme heatThe death of an Alabama teenager at a high school football game has brought new scrutiny to the safety of participants in the the US's favorite sport on campuses.Caden Tellier, 16, died in hospital after suffering a severe" brain injury during Friday night's game between John T Morgan academy and visiting Southern academy in Selma. Continue reading...
Taboos hold back some of the conversations we most need to have, especially among older women. But maybe some borscht and bloody marys can help bust through that wallTaboos are funny beasts. No one invites them in, but they hold back some of the conversations that we most need to have. I've recently found that having the guts to push past taboos and utter a few bold words can open a floodgate of much-needed dialogue.That's how I found myself around the backyard fire recently, with a bunch of 50-adjacent" female friends. We were laughing ourselves silly at the waywardness of our ageing ovaries and uteri over offerings of bloody marys and devilled eggs (get it? Our eggs are corrupted ...). This was my inaugural PPP - a Peri/meno Pause Party".Have you turned into a cranky pants, stopped sleeping like a log, and wonder why we women don't talk more about the Big Change? It's time to change that! Come to our Peri/meno Pause Party! It's meant to be a fun and safe space for some sharing of conversations with a bit of humour so we all get a bit more knowledge and feeling of solidarity. It's a bit taboo-busting but sisterhood-strengthening ... and I hope you'll consider joining! Continue reading...
Despite escalations, a full-blown conflict would be bad for both. But all this brinkmanship is diverting attention from PalestineEvery conflict that generates public attention triggers speculation about what might happen next. Some offer doom scenarios; others use scaremongering as a diplomatic tactic in the hope that presenting policymakers in the international community with worst-case scenarios will spur those leaders into action.After the latest escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, there is a tendency to assume that such a war is imminent. Resist that argument: escalation does not automatically mean all-out war is inevitable.Lina Khatib is director of the Soas Middle East Institute and associate fellow at the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House Continue reading...
The Guardian is coming to Saginaw, Michigan, before the presidential election to find out which issues people there most care about - and we want your helpIn the run-up to the US presidential election, the Guardian will be spending at least a month in Saginaw, a pivotal county in the key swing state of Michigan where voters were almost evenly divided between Donald Trump and his Democratic opponents in the last two presidential elections.We will be listening to how local people see a race that has already taken dramatic and unexpected turns. We are interested not only in how you might vote, if at all, but what you think the candidates should be talking about, whether or not they are doing so. Continue reading...
Amid a rise in gun threats, firearm-detecting dogs become popular' safety measure that also has emotional benefitsAs the new school year got under way in Tennessee, students in the Wilson county school district near Nashville welcomed two new school employees, Zander and Zena.But they are not assistants or janitors, they are black labrador dogs on a serious mission - to protect the school community from gun violence and mass shootings in a country awash in firearms carried by the public. Continue reading...
With just 5 million people, Ireland ranks sixth globally for foreign direct investment in US, above Italy and MexicoMore than 80 years since helping develop the nuclear bomb, Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the mountains of eastern Tennessee remains a critical piece of the US government's research-and-development infrastructure.Inside its walls lie the world's fastest supercomputer; fusion, fission and neutron research projects; and thousands of expert scientists and researchers. Continue reading...
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Given rambling speeches and personal attacks over policy talk, supporters wonder if events do more harm than goodAs Donald Trump emerged to a thunderous roar of approval in the heart of Pennsylvania's Rust belt, he was back in his comfort zone among the people who once put him in power.But by the time he stepped off the stage nearly two hours later, even some of the former US president's supporters were wondering whether his rallies are doing his re-election campaign more harm than good. Continue reading...
The Florida native tapped as America's next great tennis star opens up about his meteoric ascent, sitting out the Olympics and where he plans on going from hereI'd say, if I had a grade myself on playing, I've played B or C tennis so far this year," Ben Shelton says. I don't think that I've played my best tennis this season. I don't think that we've seen my peak this year."Shelton is fresh off of Wimbledon when he tells me this. The same grand slam where, in a span of a week, he played three grueling five-setters and two doubles matches before falling to world No 1 Jannik Sinner in the round of 16. He also began the tournament with a bone bruise on his knee from a bad fall at a practice. I actually wasn't sure if I was going to play," he says. Continue reading...
Friendships based on sport and alcohol don't always allow us to be our true selves. Shared vulnerabilities enrich our livesIn my early 20s, I worked as a naked dancing ghost. I was a late stand-in for a production of Richard Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. A couple of evenings a week I strolled in the dark to Malmo Opera's functionalist home, with its marble-clad columns and huge, warmly lit window surfaces.Backstage in the dressing rooms, it was almost like the atmosphere before a lower-division football game, the guys shooting the breeze, talking rubbish, except that when they returned one by one from the cubicle where the makeup was being applied, they were naked and corpse-pale, their bodies dotted with splashes of black. Lips were chalky-white and eyes were adorned with dark rings that gave faces a startled expression. Continue reading...
The Democrats are hoping to win voters over on vibe alone. But feelings are fickle, and people could be persuaded either wayIf you're not across much of popular culture, the US election may require some interpretation. The Democratic National Convention has been an exercise in creating a theatrical cast drawn from celebrity, music and drama. Take, for instance, Nancy Pelosi, the Mother of Dragons" - a main character in Game of Thrones - as she was introduced at the DNC. A dragon tamer who was also introduced as brat before brat was brat" (a buzzy reference to the musician Charli xcx's album of the same name, which denotes a confident, nonchalantly rebellious woman). Kamala Harris herself was anointed as brat" the moment that Joe Biden stepped down, but already Harris's mother - who had Indian heritage and raised Harris as a single parent - has been declared the uberbrat, more brat than even her daughter.If all that's too obscure, perhaps Taylor Swift is a more familiar touchstone. Commentators have suggested that Swift's boyfriend, the NFL player Travis Kelce, has much in common with vice-presidential candidate and Harris running mate Tim Walz, and more broadly with the wife guys" of the DNC - all of whom are men who, while confident in their masculinity, are not ashamed to talk up their wives and girlfriends and take a back seat. Harris has captured this loose amalgamation of cinematic performance and cultural zeitgeist by delivering liberals what they sorely need: a Beyonce moment". She is experiencing her Renaissance", according to the New York Times columnist Charles M Blow - a reference to the spectacular pyrotechnic tour that elevated Beyonce to pop icon status. The rumour that Beyonce herself was appearing as a surprise guest at the DNC drew much speculation, as if her presence alone would bless the campaign and ordain its political legitimacy.Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Park officials say Chenoa Nickerson, 33, who wasn't wearing a life vest, was swept into Havasu Creek last weekThe body of a woman has been discovered three days after she was swept up in a flash flood that required the rescue of more than 100 people near the Grand Canyon in Arizona, officials have said.The body of Chenoa Nickerson, 33, was discovered by a commercial river boat on the Colorado River about 20 miles (30 km) downstream of where she went missing on Thursday, the US National Park Service said in a statement. Continue reading...
Unusually strong and rare snow system dusted Sierra Nevada mountain range early SaturdayThis summer, Californians have had to endure blistering heatwaves, raging wildfires - and now snow.An unusually strong and rare snow system dusted California's Sierra Nevada mountain range early Saturday, the first time snow has fallen in August in the so-called Golden State in more than 20 years. Continue reading...
Amid close race, Harris to go on tour in Georgia as Trump surrogate insists state's governor will back ex-presidentAs Kamala Harris and Donald Trump brace themselves for what promises to be an ugly and bruising sprint to the finishing line in November, both presidential candidates' campaigns are turning their sights back on the handful of desperately close swing states where the battle is likely to be decided.Georgia is coming into view as a critical battleground for both leaders as they struggle to gain voters' attention in an epochal election. On Wednesday, the vice-president will travel from the White House to southern Georgia to hold her first campaign event in the state with her recently anointed running mate and former high school football coach, Minnesota governor Tim Walz. Continue reading...
Jersey, worn by baseball player in his final home run in the series, is most expensive sports collectible sold at auctionThe jersey that legendary baseball player Babe Ruth wore when he called the shot" - and batted a home run - during game 3 of the 1932 World Series has sold for a record-setting $24.1m (18.1m) with Heritage Auctions.The sale makes the jersey the most expensive sports collectible to ever be sold at auction. The jersey in question, belonging to the late New York Yankees star, was last auctioned in 2005 for $940,000. But at the time the item was only linked to the 1932 World Series, and not directly to the famed episode where Ruth pointed his bat to the outfield stands before he hit a home run into center field off Chicago Cubs pitcher Charlie Root. Continue reading...
Both Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar gain from stoking the fires of war. That could be perilous for all of usThe abrupt, deeply alarming weekend escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is exactly what the US, France and Britain have been working desperately to prevent ever since Israel's assassination of the Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran almost a month ago.The renewed violence, which appears to have abated quickly but could plainly flare up again at any moment, represents a potentially serious setback for international peace efforts. It is a further blow in particular to US president Joe Biden, whose hopes of a wider Middle East settlement before he leaves office are in tatters.Simon Tisdall is the Observer's foreign affairs commentator
Max Kennedy says endorsement is inconceivable' and implores public to ignore his sibling's decisionMax Kennedy, the brother of Robert F Kennedy Jr, has implored the public to ignore his sibling's decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential election and endorse Donald Trump's campaign to return to the White House.In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Max Kennedy said Trump was exactly the kind of arrogant, entitled bully" that his father, former US senator and attorney general Robert F Kennedy, stood against before he was assassinated in 1968 as he pursued the Democratic presidential nomination. Continue reading...
Trump has also proved to be a formidable fundraiser but appears to be outpaced in Harris's month-old campaignKamala Harris's presidential campaign says it has now raised $540m for its election battle against Donald Trump.The vice-president's campaign has had no problems getting supporters to open their wallets since Joe Biden announced on 21 July he was ending his run for re-election to the White House and quickly endorsed Harris. The campaign said it saw a surge of donations during last week's Democratic national convention in Chicago where Harris and her vice-presidential running mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, accepted their nominations. Continue reading...
Cuts ruin lives and raise costs. This scandal is already playing out in the system, and it should be a warning to LabourAutumn, it seems, will begin on Tuesday, with a set-piece speech by Keir Starmer. The sunny anthem that serenaded New Labour to power has been frostily remixed: Things will get worse before we get better," he will reportedly warn, while he serves notice of tough choices" and unpopular decisions". To no one's great surprise, he and Rachel Reeves will clearly be sticking to their promised parsimony. In the departments where Labour ministers are finding their feet, the only reform" projects that have any chance of success will be those driven by savings. But as winter bites, they will face ever-louder calls for the opposite: money to fill deep gaps and repair 14 long years of damage.One huge story embodies all this. At its heart are children and young people in England whose schooling and care fall under the category of special educational needs and disabilities, or Send. The system that is meant to help them is overseen by local councillors and public servants who often seem buried in failure, and unable to see a way out. As with so many of our national problems, much of the mess goes back to the Tory-Lib Dem coalition, and a story that Starmer, Reeves and their colleagues should bear in mind - about how imposing cuts not only ruins lives but soon results in the reverse of what was intended: costs go up, often uncontrollably. Continue reading...
Survivors of child sex abuse by male and female clergy seek justice - but are answered with silenceGeo, the name he prefers, sits in a coffee shop on a rainy afternoon as streetcars clang along outside. He is 64. He arrived at Madonna Manor, the Catholic orphanage he is now suing, in August of 1967, as a ward of Louisiana, age seven.My childhood was horrific," he says matter-of-factly. My father was an abusive alcoholic, my mother diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic. Madonna Manor was a place where dysfunctional parents dumped their children. My mom was subject to electroshock therapy and thorazine. She lost a baby. She had a psychotic breakdown and was placed in a mental hospital. The state took me over." Continue reading...
Just when my husband and I were getting used to the empty nest, there's a new occupant to worry about. We have never felt more helplessAn unexpected thing has happened: I, we, have had a baby. A surprise change-of-life baby! That wasn't part of our empty nest plan, but sometimes fate decides and you're dragged along for the ride. You probably want details: well, we're not sure of the sex, but it's probably female because of the incubation temperature and the fact it weighs 17g. OK, it's a baby tortoise.Our new arrival came as a complete shock. Our two female tortoises sometimes lay eggs, but none have ever been fertile. One male is a foul sex pest who molests them tirelessly, but we assumed that the fact he's a quarter of the ladies' size created insuperable, er, logistical problems (we often we find him flailing on his back, because they've tired of his squeaking, humping antics and flipped him). The other is larger, but lower-key: he likes being alone and chomping dandelions (I know who I'd rather was the daddy). Continue reading...
The 30 ceasefire delegates worked tirelessly, staging a sit-in and moving more than 300 Harris delegates to join themAsma Mohammed organized the uncommitted movement in Minnesota because she was seeing children who look like my son be massacred".June Rose, an uncommitted delegate from Rhode Island, joined the cause because they were raised as an orthodox Jew, kept away from Palestinians and taught that the occupation of Palestine was for their safety. Then Rose went to Palestine. And I realized that not one single child needs to die in order to keep me safe," they said. Continue reading...
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