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The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 09:00:24 (2 days ago)

Kirsty, 11, seeks more Kirstys to help raise money for brain tumour research

Kent schoolgirl tracks down 10,000 namesakes as part of campaign – but non-Kirstys are welcome to donate too

Calling all Kirstys! A schoolgirl from Tunbridge Wells in Kent is seeking people who share her name to help raise money for research into paediatric brain tumours like the one for which she is being treated.

Kirsty Waugh, who turns 12 on Monday, has already persuaded more than 10,000 Kirstys, Kirsties, Kersties and assorted other variants to plot their locations on a map that shows Kirstys can be found everywhere from Colombia to Malaysia, and even at the Rothera research station in Antarctica.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 09:00:23 (2 days ago)

‘Of course I accepted!’: Angel Otero on working with Bad Bunny … and bringing Puerto Rican flair to Somerset

The artist’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his childhood home, led to a collaboration with a global pop icon. Now he’s opening a casita in Bruton – what will the locals think?

Angel Otero is on the brink of tears. He’s describing the feeling of being part of fellow Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny’s La Casita – a set the musician used on stage during his 31-show residency on the island last year, a recreation of a typical single-storey home found across Puerto Rico and the wider Latin American diaspora.

“When I was invited, of course, I accepted,” Otero tells me, standing in his temporary studio in Somerset. “Although I tend to shy away from things like that. The replica is a very similar setting to the one I grew up in, and I had multiple feelings when I got there. Of course, there’s the spectacle of being on the stage of a significant artist of our time, who is from my island. But it also transported me into the subject I’ve been working on for so long. It was a sort of validation, seeing people enjoying the culture, people specifically from my kind of upbringing.”

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-04 09:00:15 (2 days ago)

STEVE FORBES: Regulators risk destroying local TV by blocking key media merger

The Nexstar-Tegna transaction could bolster local television journalism by providing the scale needed to compete with Big Tech and streaming giants.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 08:58:36 (2 days ago)

More unbridled nastiness from Reform – but would it really create migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas? | Zoe Williams

What’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf playing at with his new policy? Is it about pushing Labour further to the right, or just an attempt to ramp up rage and resentment?

All parties struggle to invest local elections with meaning, because no party can alter the consequences of what is coming up to two decades of austerity. They can promise they’ll work hard for local people, and many of them will, but they can’t change the maths of inadequate funding and soaring social care costs. All they can do is hope to exist in an affluent enough area.

Instead, the results are taken as a popularity contest, which – if things go your way – will hopefully supply enough buoyancy to last into a general election, and, if things don’t, will hopefully evaporate.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-04 08:58:06 (2 days ago)

Klobuchar vows fraud crackdown, audit of MN gov’t as GOP blasts Walz ties

Sen. Amy Klobuchar unveils a sweeping plan to overhaul Minnesota state government, pledging audits and anti-fraud measures in her governor race.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 08:57:39 (2 days ago)

Hoffenheim heartache after Schick hat-trick lifts Leverkusen to fourth | Andy Brassell

Positions fourth to sixth are separated by goal difference as Hoffenheim rue being out of the Champions League spots

“This is perhaps the most difficult moment of my career.” It was not, it is fair to say, what Andrei Kramaric had expected on a day – and a week – that was going along like a dream. Two days after he had extended his expiring contract for two years at “my second home”, Hoffenheim’s all-time record scorer had dragged them even closer to a surprise return to the Champions League, scoring goals 157 and 158 for the club on a sunny afternoon with the mood of celebration in the air, as they dominated direct rivals Stuttgart. But in the 95th minute, up popped the visitors’ Tiago Tomás out of nowhere to shatter it all. In the race for the top four in the Bundesliga, life comes at you fast.

One could understand Kramaric’s difficulties in absorbing what had just happened. When he left the field in stoppage time to the warm applause of the PreZero Arena Hoffenheim were in fourth position, the (likely) final Champions League spot which they have worked so hard to recover in recent weeks after a big wobble either side of Easter. By the time that the Croatia striker got comfy on the bench his team had seen their lead improbably evaporate, and when he sat down for dinner they were in sixth, following Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-1 demolition of RB Leipzig in the early evening Topspiel.

France 24 - World News

2026-05-04 08:57:34 (2 days ago)

‘Far beyond’ EU and NATO: Armenia hosts EPC summit cast as ‘gateway’ in shifting diplomatic order

As 50 world leaders from Europe & Canada gather for Armenia's first-ever EU summit, Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Gésine Weber, Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies. She describes the European Political Community summit as symbolically significant yet structurally limited. Amid transatlantic tensions, shifting US engagement, and the rise of powers such as Canada, she sees the summit as an informal platform to address shared concerns and explore a wide array of solutions. Ms. Weber would not go as far as interpreting the current dynamics as signs of a “new world order". 

France 24 - World News

2026-05-04 08:57:34 (2 days ago)

‘Far beyond’ EU and NATO: Armenia hosts EPC summit cast as ‘gateway’ in shifting diplomatic order

As 50 world leaders from Europe & Canada gather for Armenia's first-ever EU summit, Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Dr Gesine Weber, Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies. She describes the European Political Community summit as symbolically significant yet structurally limited. Amid transatlantic tensions, shifting US engagement, and the rise of powers such as Canada, she sees the summit as an informal platform to address shared concerns and explore a wide array of solutions. Ms. Weber would not go as far as interpreting the current dynamics as signs of a “new world order". 

Times of India

2026-05-04 08:56:02 (2 days ago)

Built for future: Florida town that runs entirely on sunlight and produces more power than it uses

Babcock Ranch, a Florida town, is redefining modern living by integrating clean energy into its core design. Planned from scratch with extensive solar power and a focus on sustainability, the community generates more electricity than it consumes. This innovative approach, proven resilient during Hurricane Ian, offers a working model for future urban development.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-04 08:53:20 (2 days ago)

At least 13 hurt in shooting at Oklahoma campground party

No arrests made, police say, and site of shooting – a heavily wooded area – is slowing search for evidence and suspect

At least 13 people were hurt in a mass shooting during a party at a campground in Oklahoma on Sunday night, authorities said.

The shooting took place at Spring Creek Park on Arcadia Lake about 15 miles north-east of downtown Oklahoma City, when gunfire erupted during a gathering of young people at about 9pm.

France 24 - World News

2026-05-04 08:53:18 (2 days ago)

Missile strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv region kills five, destroys infrastructure

A Russian missile strike on the town of Merefa in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region has killed five people and wounded at least 18, damaging homes, businesses and public buildings in an area far from the front lines, officials said Monday. Regional prosecutors said Russian forces ​appeared to have used an Iskander-type ballistic missile. There was no immediate comment from Moscow.

Gazeta do Povo - Mundo

2026-05-04 08:50:56 (2 days ago)

Com medo de golpe de Estado e de ser morto, Putin reforça segurança pessoal e de assessores

Um relatório de uma agência de inteligência europeia, obtido pela emissora CNN, apontou que Putin aumentou drasticamente sua segurança