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The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 06:00:21 (2 days ago)

‘We’re a perfect example of being lied to’: Democrats vie to flip Ohio in a battle for trust

Trump’s war in Iran, gas prices and corruption dominate messaging as special election nears to fill Senate seat

It’s tough to beat the prices at Golden Dawn, an Italian restaurant that first opened its doors in 1932 on the north side of Youngstown, Ohio, and where a hamburger and fries today goes for $7 and a domestic beer just $2 at happy hour.

But the price that’s most discussed these days around its neon-lit, crescent-shaped bar is the $5 a gallon that gas prices are nearing at stations across this north-eastern Ohio city that is one of the state’s most prominent victims of manufacturing disinvestment. Where people differ is about what caused it, and who should take the blame.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 06:00:21 (2 days ago)

The Devil Wears Prada 2: bitchy one-liners, devious double-crossing and Lady Gaga – discuss with spoilers

Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway shine in frothy sequel that smartly comments on struggling media industry

• This article contains spoilers for The Devil Wears Prada 2

• The Devil Wears Prada 2 review – a sequel? For spring? Groundbreaking

After a promotional blitz that has run the full gamut from haute (Meryl Streep on the cover of Vogue with Anna Wintour) to not (a heinous line of Target sweats), The Devil Wears Prada 2 is finally here, and set for very chic box office takings of over $200m in its first week.

Praised as one of the few Hollywood sequels to measure up to its beloved original, the movie sees Streep reunite with Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci two decades after the original movie’s release in a flurry of designer rags, withering put-downs and a slew of celebrity cameos. Surprisingly enough, it mostly works. At my screening on opening weekend, fans crowded to take pictures with promotional cardboard cut-outs and clinked cocktails as the lights went down. Read on for a spoiler-packed breakdown of the film, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 06:00:20 (2 days ago)

Want a green card? Better make sure you haven’t criticized Israel on social media | Arwa Mahdawi

Updated guidelines issued by the Trump administration mean immigrants could potentially be denied a green card for their political opinions

Let’s play a fun game of Will This Get Me Deported? The first contestant is myself: a British-Palestinian green card holder in the US. I’ll start by quoting some recent news items concerning Israel. I don’t have the space to list every atrocity that the US ally has been accused of in the past few weeks so, unlike certain trigger-happy soldiers, I’ll restrict myself to two bullet points.

“Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say.” (The Guardian; 21 April)

“Israeli forces shot and killed a young female student on Thursday while she was attending a class held in a tent in the town of Beit Lahiya in ‌the northern Gaza Strip … third-grade student Ritaj Rihan was hit by a bullet in front of her classmates.” (Reuters; 9 April)

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 06:00:20 (2 days ago)

Democrats are counting on Trump’s unpopularity to save them. It won’t | Osita Nwanevu

Yes, Trump might carry them to victory in the midterms. But he can’t carry them much longer – especially not in the 2028 elections

All told, Democrats already seem as though they’re headed for a great midterm election. Voters already troubled by the state of the economy now have the impacts of Donald Trump’s teeter-tottering war in Iran to contend with, and polls tell us they aren’t happy ⁠– per poll averages from the analyst Nate Silver, nearly 55% of Americans oppose the war in Iran, 61% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, and 57% of Americans disapprove of Trump overall. As it stands, Democrats have a six-point advantage in generic congressional ballot polling over Republicans.

And Republican hopes that a mid-decade redistricting rush would save their tight majority in the House have been frustrated. The partisan gerrymandering war of the last several months peaked with the victory of a ballot measure in Virginia that allows the state’s Democratic legislature to draw maps that would eliminate three Republican seats and a riposte by Florida Republicans who approved their own map that could allow Republicans to gain as many as four seats in that state – mere hours after the Supreme Court struck down provisions in the Voting Rights Act banning racial gerrymandering.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 06:00:20 (2 days ago)

I tried to eat a pineapple without using a knife. It did not go well | Emma Beddington

The promise of this task: throwaway fun and mindful, tactile joy. The reality: juice, humiliation and a deeply stubborn fruit

I’m trying to “touch grass” more these days, to embrace embodied experiences and introduce analogue “friction” – and fun! – into my life, which is how I ended up attempting Rosamund Pike’s no-knife technique for eating a pineapple.

Admittedly, I discovered it online while consuming algorithmically suggested slop (the video is from 2021, but was reposted on TikTok last week and is enjoying a new flurry of attention). But shh. It’s great – Pike is infectiously enthusiastic, explaining that the Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins told her the technique, then gamely gets to work, worrying the pineapple base off with her thumbs, then popping off and eating perfect chunks. “Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?” she concludes.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 06:00:19 (2 days ago)

Self Driver review – cabbie who signs up for sinister app offers Travis Bickle take on the gig economy

A desperate driver joins a service that directs him down a shadowy path in this interesting, less-is-more satirical thriller

Canadian film-maker Michael Pierro makes his feature debut with this low-to-no-budget sortie, a modern-day Travis Bickle nightmare which, though flawed and in need of some script development, adds up to a pertinent satirical comment on the gig economy and the Waymo-isation of the service industry.

Nathaniel Chadwick has the everyguy role of a Toronto driver working for an Uber-style app, slumped in his hoodie at the wheel, deeply depressed about providing for a partner and baby at home, avoiding calls from his landlord, exhausted and exploited by customers who are rude and throw up in his car. He’d prefer to be paid by the app every day rather than every week but that would mean upgrading to some higher “platinum” level of driver, and paying a non-returnable membership fee which would supposedly entitle him to be first in the queue for jobs and various other questionable perks. He can’t afford it, in an interesting insight into Uber world.

Fox News - Politics

2026-05-04 06:00:13 (2 days ago)

Jon Ossoff silent on SPLC indictment after taking more than $700K from affiliate of indicted group

Sen. Jon Ossoff faces GOP attacks over his ties to the Southern Poverty Law Center following its indictment for alleged fraud and money laundering schemes.

Times of India

2026-05-04 06:00:00 (2 days ago)

12,000-year-old Karahantepe discovery reveals massive statues and an unexpected prehistoric diet

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-04 05:58:04 (2 days ago)

Mets' Carson Benge lays out for incredible catch vs Angels

Mets rookie right fielder Carson Benge laid out for a breathtaking diving catch against the Los Angeles Angels as the slumping New York picked up a 5-1 series win Sunday.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-04 05:57:05 (2 days ago)

NATO chief says Europeans have ‘gotten the message’ from Trump on defence

The US president has accused some NATO countries of not doing enough to support the US-Israel war on Iran.

France 24 - World News

2026-05-04 05:50:00 (2 days ago)

Israeli minister's 'disgusting noose cake' draws widespread criticism

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, May 4, 2026: Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's birthday cake sparks widespread condemnation. But first, The Washington Post tells the story of a Ukrainian soldier trapped in the "kill zone". Also, Amsterdam becomes the first capital city to ban meat and fossil fuel advertising. Elsewhere, Jeff Bezos's involvement in the Met Gala leads to boycotts. Finally, Kentucky flaunts its impressive hats. 

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-04 05:44:41 (2 days ago)

‘I can’t feel my leg’: Israeli gunfire disables teenagers in West Bank

Al Jazeera visits refugee camp in the occupied West Bank where Israeli soldiers have killed or maimed many young people.