Incident prompts political scrutiny across Hungary as Viktor Orbán trails in polls before next Sunday’s election Serbia has said it found “explosives of devastating power” near a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas to Hungary and beyond, sparking claims by Hungary’s leading opposition candidate of a possible “false flag” operation aimed at influencing the country’s elections. On Sunday, Hung...
Incident prompts political scrutiny across Hungary as Viktor Orbán trails in polls before next Sunday’s election Serbia has said it found “explosives of devastating power” near a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas to Hungary and beyond, sparking claims by Hungary’s leading opposition candidate of a possible “false flag” operation aimed at influencing the country’s elections. On Sunday, Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said he had been informed by Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, of the discovery near an extension of the TurkStream pipeline, which transports Russian gas through the Balkans to central and eastern Europe. Continue reading...
The New York Times Made A Humiliating Error, And Trump Is Just Loving It Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media , The New York Times set out Friday to embarrass President Donald Trump over his hardline stance on NATO. It wound up spectacularly backfiring on them. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File Several NATO nations have declined to join a U.S.-Israel military operation targeting Iran. Alliance member...
The New York Times Made A Humiliating Error, And Trump Is Just Loving It Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media , The New York Times set out Friday to embarrass President Donald Trump over his hardline stance on NATO. It wound up spectacularly backfiring on them. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File Several NATO nations have declined to join a U.S.-Israel military operation targeting Iran. Alliance members also refused Trump's requests to deploy their forces to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, much to the chagrin of President Trump, who figures that if NATO allies won’t help the United States, then the alliance has become meaningless. So the paper ran a piece criticizing Trump's threats to withdraw from the alliance, and the print edition’s headline asked a pointed question: "A North American Treaty Organization Without America?" There's just one problem. NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Times apparently forgot that detail, and, after being mocked on social media, quietly issued a correction through its communications team on X. A correction will appear in tomorrow's print edition: "A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump’s threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization." — NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) April 3, 2026 Trump also joined in on the mocking. “The Failing New York Times, whose lack of credibility, and their constant Fake News attacks on your favorite President, ME, has caused its circulation to absolutely PLUMMET, referred to our severely weakened and extremely unreliable ‘partner,’ NATO, as the North American Treaty Organization ,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Saturday morning. ‘The correct name is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - A very interesting mistake! The hiring and educational standards have gone way down at the NYT.” He added, “Bring back, ‘ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT’ and, Make Americ...
A leading hedge fund manager recently highlighted MercadoLibre as a top long term growth idea. The investor compared MercadoLibre's ecosystem across e commerce, fintech, and logistics to Amazon's development path. Commentary focused on the company's position in Latin American markets that remain relatively under penetrated. MercadoLibre, traded as NasdaqGS:MELI, operates at the center of e commerc...
A leading hedge fund manager recently highlighted MercadoLibre as a top long term growth idea. The investor compared MercadoLibre's ecosystem across e commerce, fintech, and logistics to Amazon's development path. Commentary focused on the company's position in Latin American markets that remain relatively under penetrated. MercadoLibre, traded as NasdaqGS:MELI, operates at the center of e commerce and digital finance in Latin America, with activities spanning online marketplaces, payments,...
Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) is re-entering the smartphone market with a new AI-centric device called Transformer. The Transformer is designed as a personalization hub that is tightly linked to Alexa and Amazon’s services, with an emphasis on AI-driven mobile experiences. The device is positioned to reduce reliance on traditional app stores and route users more directly into Amazon’s ecosystem. For ...
Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) is re-entering the smartphone market with a new AI-centric device called Transformer. The Transformer is designed as a personalization hub that is tightly linked to Alexa and Amazon’s services, with an emphasis on AI-driven mobile experiences. The device is positioned to reduce reliance on traditional app stores and route users more directly into Amazon’s ecosystem. For investors tracking Amazon.com at a share price of $209.77, the renewed push into smartphones...
PM also criticises business figures and opponents of changes, many of which come into force on Monday • Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people Keir Starmer has used a raft of new workers rights that come into force on Monday to attack the Green party, saying a vote for Labour’s rivals puts such progress on sick pay, paren...
PM also criticises business figures and opponents of changes, many of which come into force on Monday • Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people Keir Starmer has used a raft of new workers rights that come into force on Monday to attack the Green party, saying a vote for Labour’s rivals puts such progress on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts at risk. The prime minister also took a swipe at business figures and opponents of what he described as the biggest strengthening of workers’ rights in a generation, dismissing “vested interests” who had warned against them. Continue reading...
Day-one rights to statutory sick pay and paternity leave begin on Monday, and that fits the pattern. From my own life, I know people’s anxieties, and I will respond Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk This week 27 years ago, a Labour government introduced the minimum wage. At the time, the voices of the status quo lined up against it, but Labour m...
Day-one rights to statutory sick pay and paternity leave begin on Monday, and that fits the pattern. From my own life, I know people’s anxieties, and I will respond Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk This week 27 years ago, a Labour government introduced the minimum wage. At the time, the voices of the status quo lined up against it, but Labour made a choice: to stand up for working people. My government is doing the same. On Monday, the biggest strengthening of workers’ rights in a generation comes into force. For the first time, workers gain day-one rights to statutory sick pay and paternity leave. No one should be forced to choose between their health and their wages, or miss those first precious days with their child because of insecurity at work. Keir Starmer is the UK prime minister Continue reading...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed concern about planned concerts in London by US rapper Kanye West, who has a history of antisemitic outbursts. Campaigners against antisemitism added their voices to the protests on Sunday and Pepsi, sponsors of the festival concerned, pulled out of the event. The disgraced 48-year-old hip-hop star – now known as Ye – is set to play three nights at ...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed concern about planned concerts in London by US rapper Kanye West, who has a history of antisemitic outbursts. Campaigners against antisemitism added their voices to the protests on Sunday and Pepsi, sponsors of the festival concerned, pulled out of the event. The disgraced 48-year-old hip-hop star – now known as Ye – is set to play three nights at the Wireless festival in London in July as part of a European comeback tour. Starmer told The Sun...
Members reportedly agree rise of 206,000 barrels a day in May but move symbolic with strait of Hormuz effectively closed Middle East crisis – live updates Iranian drones struck Kuwait’s oil infrastructure on Sunday, causing “severe material damage” that threatened to further disrupt oil supplies already hit by the US and Israel’s war with Tehran. It came hours before members of the Opec+ group tha...
Members reportedly agree rise of 206,000 barrels a day in May but move symbolic with strait of Hormuz effectively closed Middle East crisis – live updates Iranian drones struck Kuwait’s oil infrastructure on Sunday, causing “severe material damage” that threatened to further disrupt oil supplies already hit by the US and Israel’s war with Tehran. It came hours before members of the Opec+ group that represents major global oil suppliers gathered to discuss how to bolster output despite Iran’s effective closure of the crucial strait of Hormuz shipping route. Continue reading...
Readers respond to a piece by Priti Ubhayakar about people mispronouncing her name Priti Ubhayakar’s article resonated with me because of my non-English surname ( A moment that changed me: for the first time in my life, a stranger pronounced my name correctly, 1 April ). I grew up in the 1950s on a very English council estate. Most other kids were a Brown, Smith, Jones, etc, but I was an Uszkurat....
Readers respond to a piece by Priti Ubhayakar about people mispronouncing her name Priti Ubhayakar’s article resonated with me because of my non-English surname ( A moment that changed me: for the first time in my life, a stranger pronounced my name correctly, 1 April ). I grew up in the 1950s on a very English council estate. Most other kids were a Brown, Smith, Jones, etc, but I was an Uszkurat. My lineage is complex on my dad’s side, with a Lithuanian grandfather whose original name was changed to Uszkurat by, I think, German authorities. My dad was born in a part of Europe that was German until the Treaty of Versailles made it part of the new Poland. Like many other Polish ex-servicemen, my dad became a British citizen after the second world war. My first day at junior school is memorable for one thing: the teacher insisting that I was spelling my surname incorrectly. Three times I was given a new workbook on which to write my name, and each time I did not use what I knew to be the incorrect spelling being insisted on by my teacher. Continue reading...
Readers respond to a letter by the GB News co-owner, in which he argued that calling for an end to fossil fuels is impractical Last week I was among 120-plus Christian leaders who, in an open letter covered by the Guardian, challenged Sir Paul Marshall – a professing Christian, hedge fund manager and owner or part-owner of prominent media properties, including GB News – about climate misinformatio...
Readers respond to a letter by the GB News co-owner, in which he argued that calling for an end to fossil fuels is impractical Last week I was among 120-plus Christian leaders who, in an open letter covered by the Guardian, challenged Sir Paul Marshall – a professing Christian, hedge fund manager and owner or part-owner of prominent media properties, including GB News – about climate misinformation on his news channel ( Church leaders criticise Christian owner of GB News over channel’s climate attacks, 26 March ). The letter also called for transparency regarding any financial interests in fossil fuels that Sir Paul may have, as well as transparency from GB News presenters and guests. However, rather than address calls for transparency related to any financial interests in fossil fuels, Sir Paul has now written to the Guardian, claiming that the “net zero consensus is crumbling” ( Letters, 30 March ). Continue reading...
Andrew Copson of Humanists UK says we must recognise non-religious people as a community with a positive, ethical worldview that deserves equal standing in the public square The retraction of the Bible Society’s report on Gen Z church attendance ( YouGov withdraws survey said to show rising church attendance in England and Wales, 26 March ) is a welcome moment of clarity, but the “fraudulent” data...
Andrew Copson of Humanists UK says we must recognise non-religious people as a community with a positive, ethical worldview that deserves equal standing in the public square The retraction of the Bible Society’s report on Gen Z church attendance ( YouGov withdraws survey said to show rising church attendance in England and Wales, 26 March ) is a welcome moment of clarity, but the “fraudulent” data identified by YouGov only tells half the story. The report’s central premise, that young people are flocking back to the pews, was always an outlier when measured against the gold-standard British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey. Our new analysis of the BSA data shows that six in 10 people aged 16 to 34 identify with no religion. Furthermore, this is not a “phase” of youthful rebellion; 94% of those raised without religion remain non-religious as adults. For this generation, the search for meaning is not found in dogma, but in the humanist values of reason, kindness and personal responsibility. Continue reading...
Dr Mireia Galian argues that paid, protected time off for fertility assessment and treatment should be standard across women’s sports As you report, changes to insurance cover for female athletes following the Carney review are welcome ( Landmark changes to insurance cover for female athletes to be implemented, 30 March ). Addressing contraception, pregnancy, menopause and other health conditions ...
Dr Mireia Galian argues that paid, protected time off for fertility assessment and treatment should be standard across women’s sports As you report, changes to insurance cover for female athletes following the Carney review are welcome ( Landmark changes to insurance cover for female athletes to be implemented, 30 March ). Addressing contraception, pregnancy, menopause and other health conditions disproportionately affecting women is long overdue. Yet one crucial blind spot remains: fertility. Elite athletes push their bodies to extremes, often with low body fat and intense training, which can disrupt hormones and menstrual cycles. Nearly two-thirds experience irregular or absent periods, which can affect fertility. Continue reading...
Industrial inaction | Conversation adviser | Poppy seed panic | Handbell ringing | Breakfast measurements As a young ward sister and trade union steward, I remember, in the 1980s, when I was on the picket line in front of my hospital, stopping a doctor in his Mercedes. He asked me who I was, and I replied: “One of your colleagues.” He looked at me with contempt and answered: “I don’t think so, my ...
Industrial inaction | Conversation adviser | Poppy seed panic | Handbell ringing | Breakfast measurements As a young ward sister and trade union steward, I remember, in the 1980s, when I was on the picket line in front of my hospital, stopping a doctor in his Mercedes. He asked me who I was, and I replied: “One of your colleagues.” He looked at me with contempt and answered: “I don’t think so, my colleagues are intelligent people.” So I wonder where their newfound enthusiasm for industrial action comes from. Has the price of Range Rovers gone up? Hilary Bramley Courbesseaux, France • There seem to be experts for every aspect of life nowadays, but to read that the Woodland Trust has a “conversation adviser” in the form of Dr Ed Pyne surely takes the biscuit ( Contractor that cut back 500-year-old oak in London park identified, 3 April ). I suspect the infamous “Grauniad” typo phantom was at work again and that Dr Pyne is a conservation adviser. Pete Lavender Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire Continue reading...
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment PepsiCo ( PEP ) withdrew its backing from a major London music festival following backlash over the decision to feature Kanye West as the top-billed performer. West, who now goes by Ye, was recently announced as the headline act for the Wireless Festival, set to take place in July at Finsbury Park. Organizers had promoted the event under the branding “Pep...
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment PepsiCo ( PEP ) withdrew its backing from a major London music festival following backlash over the decision to feature Kanye West as the top-billed performer. West, who now goes by Ye, was recently announced as the headline act for the Wireless Festival, set to take place in July at Finsbury Park. Organizers had promoted the event under the branding “Pepsi Max Presents Wireless,” but the beverage giant confirmed it would no longer be involved. The artist is scheduled to perform across all three days of the festival as part of a broader effort to reestablish his career after years of controversy. His past remarks, including statements about Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust, as well as comments about slavery, have sparked widespread criticism. The booking has also drawn political scrutiny in the U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the decision as troubling in comments to a British tabloid, adding to pressure surrounding the event. In recent months, West has taken steps to repair his public image. Earlier this year, he published a full-page apology framed as a letter expressing regret for past behavior, attributing his actions in part to bipolar disorder and outlining efforts to stabilize his health through treatment and lifestyle changes. Despite those efforts, the fallout from earlier controversies continues to linger. Major corporate partners, including Adidas and Gap, severed ties with the artist in 2022, wiping out a significant portion of his business empire. Adidas alone was left holding more than $1 billion in unsold Yeezy inventory after ending the partnership, which was formally settled in 2024 without financial compensation to West. Even so, West retains a sizable audience. He continues to draw tens of millions of monthly listeners on streaming platforms and maintains a strong social media following. His latest album, Bully , was released in late March, supported by a new recording agreement reportedly worth s...