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The Guardian - World News

2026-05-03 07:00:53 (2 days ago)

‘I was mortally offended’: writers on the throwaway comments that changed their lives

Can a sentence affect the course of your life? Five authors reveal the interactions that transformed the way they saw themselves – and the world

When I was 14, I had to start a new school. I wasn’t great at starting new schools, even though I had done so quite a few times – once for my dad’s work, once because I wasn’t fitting in at my primary school and once because my parents didn’t like the teachers. Of course, 14 is possibly the most awkward of all the ages to start a new anything. Anyway, it was halfway through the first term at the new school in Newark, Nottinghamshire, and I was taken aside by my history teacher, Mr Philips, at the end of a lesson. He didn’t like me very much. To be fair, I was probably hard to like, from a teacher’s perspective. I had trouble concentrating, I stared out of windows, I clowned around. However, it is difficult to explain the shock to my self-conscious teenage soul when he told me, “I think it would be a good idea for you to join a special needs class.” Now, for context, the year was 1989, and in my state comprehensive at that time the idea of being “special needs” was akin to being given a leprosy bell or being marked with a cross for the plague. It was a binary system. You were either “normal” or you were “special needs”. To make matters worse, I was told that another teacher – my art teacher – had come to a similar assessment.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-03 07:00:52 (2 days ago)

The supreme court trusts America not to be racist. I don’t | Jamil Smith

The Callais decision is predicated on the idea that American leaders will act justly on their own. That premise has already been proven hollow

Six supreme court justices handed down a ruling built, ostensibly, on the belief that the US has changed so much as to render the protections of the Voting Rights Act unnecessary. No one should be that gullible.

In 1901, the same year my great-grandfather was born, George H White rose to address the 56th United States Congress for the last time. He was a Republican congressman from North Carolina – the only Black member of the entire body. He was leaving because the state he represented had passed legislation making his re-election impossible. Reconstruction had already been undone. The powers that be had narrowed, then deferred, then erased the promise of multiracial democracy, written in the blood of Union soldiers and freed people alike.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-03 07:00:11 (2 days ago)

American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on remarkable road trips and cool coin collections

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our national traits, trends, history and people. This time, test your knowledge of remarkable road trips, cool coin collections and more.

Le Monde - World News

2026-05-03 06:53:17 (2 days ago)

US energy crisis triggers downfall of Spirit Airlines

The pioneering American low-cost airline announced it would cease operations on May 2, despite the White House's best efforts. Other airlines have made arrangements to honor tickets for passengers whose flights have been canceled.

RT News - Top Stories

2026-05-03 06:50:10 (2 days ago)

OPEC+ makes first output decision after UAE exit – Reuters

Seven members of OPEC+ have reportedly agreed to add 188,000 barrels a day in June following the UAE exit
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The Guardian - World News

2026-05-03 06:43:13 (2 days ago)

Marco Rubio to visit Rome, reportedly to ‘thaw’ US relations with Italy

US secretary of state will be in Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo’s papacy

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is to travel to Rome this week for a visit reportedly aimed at thawing frosty relations with the Italian government and the Vatican.

Rubio is scheduled to be in the Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, which will also mark the one-year anniversary of the papacy of Pope Leo, the first US-born pontiff.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-05-03 06:41:51 (2 days ago)

AG said soon to file indictment against PM’s ex-chief of staff, who has been named ambassador to UK

Police reportedly finish probe of Tzachi Braverman, who's suspected of interfering with investigation of classified document leak; report says police wanted Netanyahu to testify, but he did not

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