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The Guardian - World News

2026-07-25 01:00:36 (2 weeks ago)

Tim Dowling: my dog has post-traumatic sheep disorder

There is nothing woolly about the sheep awareness training a Kent farmer subjects our dog to

It’s another scorching day, maybe the ninth or tenth in a row. Work is impossible – I spend the afternoon wandering the house in search of the coolest place to stand. I’m busy interrupting a faint breeze at the foot of the stairs when my wife rings.

“This is ridiculous,” she says. “I’m standing still.”

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-25 01:00:35 (2 weeks ago)

‘I thought, I’ve tried everything else, why not give AI a shot?’: the long-lost family reunited by ChatGPT

Avtar spent decades wondering what happened to the mother he never got to know. Thousands of miles away, Nicci was haunted by the story of a half-brother given away before she was born. How did a chatbot bring them together?

As a small boy growing up in Amritsar, India, in the 1960s, Avtar Singh used to hear whispers. Your mum isn’t really your mum, the rumours would say. Your mum lives abroad. Avtar didn’t really pay any attention to it. “I thought, the neighbours are just making up stories.” But the stories were true: the woman raising Avtar was actually his grandmother. When he was too young to remember it, his father had emigrated to Canada to work as a teacher, leaving Avtar in the care of his paternal grandparents. His grandfather, a police officer, was a fearsome authoritarian, but his grandmother brought him up with tenderness, as if he were her own son. She called him by his nickname, Titu. He felt loved.

When Avtar was around eight years old, he was told about his family in Canada: his dad, his mum and a little brother were waiting for him there, and he would soon travel to join them. Just after his ninth birthday, Avtar found himself sitting on a plane, dressed in a three‑piece suit and tie. He was travelling alone. He had never flown before. He didn’t speak a word of English. He landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Christmas Eve, 1968; his family met him at the airport and took him home. “I didn’t know what to think,” Avtar, now 66, tells me in a video call from his home in Abbotsford, British Columbia. “Before I knew it, it was the first week of January, and I was put in school.”

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-25 01:00:35 (2 weeks ago)

There are fussy kids, and then there are my kids: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-25 01:00:34 (2 weeks ago)

Blind date: ‘We were chatting as soon as we sat down’

Jacob, 27, a volunteer manager, meets Sophie, 28, a journalist

What were you hoping for?
To meet someone who I could connect with and possibly go on further dates.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-25 01:00:33 (2 weeks ago)

Christopher Nolan has made an Odyssey for our times – by sacrificing the delicious darkness of Homer's epic | Charlotte Higgins

There’s no denying the power of the film on the big screen. But how far should modern moral sensibilities influence adaptations of classics?

Everyone knows how dumb it is to be this person: the one who mourns the film adaptation of a favourite text because it misses out this scene, or misreads that particularly beloved character, or has a slightly “inauthentic” take on some detail. Of course I’m talking about Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of the Odyssey, a poem I have loved since I was a teenager. I enjoyed the movie, in common with a huge number of other people. It seems remarkable, even dizzying, that the adaptation of a nearly 3,000-year-old poem took $264m (£196m) at the box office over its opening weekend, has sent translations of the Odyssey surging up the bestseller charts, and is sold out (for instance) at London’s BFI Imax screen deep into September. We are living in an Odyssey time, amid an Odyssey frenzy.

There is no point trying to be a purist about a beloved classic text. Whoever reads the Odyssey, including Nolan, inescapably does so through the prism of their prejudices, informed by the conditions of their own place and time. Since the Odyssey is the result of decades, maybe centuries, of non-literate oral poets working with memory and improvisation, there’s no precise “original” place or time to return to, anyway. But what I can’t help doing is observe the choices Nolan has made and think about their consequences – because there are always divides in the road, paths not taken by any adapter.

Globo News - Mundo

2026-07-25 01:00:08 (2 weeks ago)

Guaxinim 'amassado' com coluna encurtada nos Estados Unidos viraliza

Guaxinim 'amassado' com coluna encurtada nos Estados Unidos viraliza Uma moradora de Seattle, nos Estados Unidos, viralizou nas redes sociais após gravar um guaxinim de aparência incomum. O animal, apelidado de "Jimothy", chamou a atenção por ser muito arredondado e já acumula milhões de visualizações em vídeos publicados na internet. Kiana Hall, de 33 anos, contou à Reuters que viu o animal na última segunda-feira (13), enquanto caminhava pelo bairro de Ballard, no noroeste de Seattle. ✅ Siga o canal de notícias internacionais do g1 no WhatsApp "No começo, achei que fosse uma criatura cinza e peluda em formato de bola, com pernas muito compridas. Parecia um macaco ou um lêmure", disse. Ela contou que só percebeu que era um guaxinim ao notar as marcas características no rosto do animal. Depois de publicar o vídeo e dar o apelido de "Jimothy" ao bicho, as imagens viralizaram. Na quinta-feira (16), o jornal The Seattle Times compartilhou um vídeo sobre o animal nas redes sociais, ampliando ainda mais a repercussão. Depois da publicação, outros moradores disseram já ter visto o mesmo guaxinim em diferentes pontos da cidade nos últimos anos. O guaxinim Jimothy Kiana Hall via Reuters Hall disse que espera que a repercussão do vídeo incentive mais pessoas a caminhar pelos próprios bairros. "Espero que isso faça as pessoas saírem para passear e prestarem mais atenção ao que existe ao redor delas. Foi exatamente isso que estávamos fazendo: uma caminhada no fim da tarde", afirmou.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-07-25 00:29:17 (2 weeks ago)

Funerals held for four Palestinians killed in deadly West Bank shooting

Overnight funerals were held for four Palestinians killed near Nablus.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-25 00:25:35 (2 weeks ago)

Trump’s rambling gala address included insults, potshots and quip about a third presidential term

President mocks political opponents and journalists in mostly light-hearted, hour-long speech at White House correspondents’ dinner

Donald Trump joked around with the room of journalists who he again accused of producing “fake news” as he hurled insults at his political enemies in a speech at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

A day after the Trump administration abandoned, for now, an extraordinary bid to subpoena reporters over their coverage, the US president attended the rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner – an annual celebration of press freedom – in Washington on Friday evening.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-07-25 00:18:12 (2 weeks ago)

Melanie Koloditzky: The breast-milk jewelry maker

In this week's Peoples of Israel, we meet a woman who blends art and science to preserve a fleeting chapter of life

The post Melanie Koloditzky: The breast-milk jewelry maker appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Fox News - Video

2026-07-25 00:12:01 (2 weeks ago)

Trump says he'll attend the 2027 WHCA Dinner

President Donald Trump revealed at Friday night's WHCA Dinner — the first he's attended as president — that he will return for next year's event.

RT News - Top Stories

2026-07-25 00:11:13 (2 weeks ago)

Germany declines to disclose intel on Nord Stream sabotage – media

Germany has refused to clarify whether it received warnings before the Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage
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The Guardian - World News

2026-07-25 00:03:57 (2 weeks ago)

Waratahs spoil Fijian Drua party to claim third straight Super Rugby Women’s title

Fijian Drua 17-34 NSW Waratahs as grand final held in Fiji for first time
Tahs forward Faliki Pohiva named player of match

NSW Waratahs have produced a scintillating performance to complete a hat-trick of Super W rugby titles with a 34-17 win over minor premiers Fijian Drua in Ba, Fiji.

The Tahs also secured a record-extending seventh Super W title, with their tighthead prop Faliki Pohiva named player of the final.

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