Three little letters – bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room bed and breakfast on the Isle of Portland – a tiny wedge of limestone tied by a narrow ribbon ...
The US right still paints Muslims as the ‘enemy’. But they are fighting for a brighter future for Americans | Nesrine MalikThe US right still paints Muslims as the ‘enemy’. But they are fighting for a brighter future for Americans | Nesrine Malik
Progressive politicians such as Zohran Mamdani offer answers to the bitter post-9/11 legacy of failures at home and abroad Twenty-five years after 9/11, two pieces of journalism, describing two different phenomena in contemporary New York, tell us a great deal about a city, and indeed a world, caught between two ...
Burning Man at 40: the once anarchic desert festival faces a midlife crisisBurning Man at 40: the once anarchic desert festival faces a midlife crisis
The subversive bacchanal for San Francisco’s eccentric underground is ageing out amid an influx of the super-rich Burning Man, the infamous arts festival in the Nevada desert, turned 40 this year, and it’s showing some distinct signs of middle age. It’s not just the tech billionaires who show up to ...
MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rightsMPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights
Existing laws are not equipped to address the risks to human rights being posed by artificial intelligence, UK politicians say. ...
Satellite images show extent of damage to major Saudi pipeline, amid global oil supply fearsSatellite images show extent of damage to major Saudi pipeline, amid global oil supply fears
Saudis yet to provide details about damage from drone attack to key east-west pipeline to Red Sea that could affect 4% of global oil supply Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for export if it doesn’t restart a drone-damaged major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading ...
Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZAIsraeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA
Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’ ‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence Israel’s culture minister has called for the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of NAZA, a documentary about ...
Trump says US interest rates should be lowest in the worldTrump says US interest rates should be lowest in the world
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US should have the world’s lowest interest rates, piling pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh days before the bank is expected to raise them amid an increasingly hawkish global outlook. Trump’s call comes on the heels of a hotter-than-expected US inflation ...
Trump blames Kyiv for diesel shortageTrump blames Kyiv for diesel shortage
US President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, after Kyiv struck several over the weekend, attacks that he said were increasing the price of diesel and “hurting the world.” Russia targeted Ukraine with more than 2,000 drones and nearly 80 ballistic missiles last week, ...
BRICS highlights opposition to tariffsBRICS highlights opposition to tariffs
Opposition to US tariffs formed a point of consensus among the otherwise divergent interests at the BRICS summit, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touted the bloc’s “coming of age.” Trade tensions — though the US or President Donald Trump was never mentioned by name in the joint statement — ...
Iran and the UAE meet in New DelhiIran and the UAE meet in New Delhi
Iran and the UAE held their highest-level meeting since the start of the Iran war at the BRICS summit in India, where the two countries found a rare space for direct diplomacy. The meeting came after months of escalating tensions, including Abu Dhabi’s suspension of trade with Tehran in August ...