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The Guardian - World News

2026-06-27 01:00:33 (4 days ago)

Blind date: ‘She seemed to like me, but I’ve been wrong about this kind of thing before’

Philip, 74, an antiquarian book dealer, meets Carol, 66, who is retired

What were you hoping for?
Reciprocated love at first sight (I don’t ask for much in this life). To meet a kindred spirit who might even become a partner.

The Guardian - World News

2026-06-27 01:00:33 (4 days ago)

People in Britain used to agree to disagree. Since Brexit, they no longer dare to talk about difficult things | Elif Shafak

Studies suggest the country is more divided than ever – but we won’t come together unless we begin to talk rationally and calmly

• Read more from the Brexit Vote: 10 Years On series

When I first moved to England, nearly two decades ago, I was invited to attend a talk in London on “the future of British identity”. It was a heated debate from the start, and it became all the more intense when the subject of putting colonial history in the school curriculum was raised. The two main speakers held opposite views and they traded barbs wrapped in velvet – scathing but polite at the same time. It wasn’t just the particulars of the oratory that stayed with me, but what happened afterwards. When the session was over, I saw the speakers shake hands, and then I heard one of them casually ask the other whether he would like to go for a pint. Off they went looking for a nearby pub, these two men who were at loggerheads on so many issues.

I stood there absorbing what I had just witnessed. That two people with clashing worldviews could still find the openness of heart to share a drink together somehow left a bigger impact on me than anything that had been said that evening. This is because I came from Türkiye, a country of profound political chasms and unhealed social fractures. Equally, I had lived in the US for about five years in the aftermath of 9/11 – writing and teaching in various universities in Boston, Michigan and Arizona, which gave me the chance to observe the deepening fissures between liberal campuses and anti-liberal small towns.

The Guardian - World News

2026-06-27 01:00:33 (4 days ago)

Prosecutors in England and Wales expect rise in domestic abuse during World Cup

CPS urges victims to go to police, saying they will be taken seriously and it ‘won’t hesitate’ to bring abusers to justice

Prosecutors in England and Wales are expecting incidents of domestic abuse to increase during the men’s World Cup, and have urged victims to come forward, saying those responsible “will be held accountable”.

“We often see more domestic abuse cases around major football tournaments like these,” the CPS national stalking lead, Olivia Rose, said. “The point that we want to get across is that those responsible will be held accountable, and that we won’t hesitate to bring them to justice.”

The Guardian - World News

2026-06-27 01:00:32 (4 days ago)

Two tickets for Wimbledon Centre Court? That’ll be £586,000 please

A pair of debenture tickets changed hands this week for a sum far beyond the means of ordinary tennis fans

Like many of us, Marcos Ortega enters the Wimbledon public ticket ballot every year in the hope of seeing some championship tennis. In seven straight years of trying, however, he has never got lucky. So he was delighted – initially, at least – to learn there was a way to secure a ticket for every game played on Centre Court.

But Ortega’s hopeful delight quickly turned to anger when he discovered that it would cost him £293,000.

The Guardian - World News

2026-06-27 01:00:32 (4 days ago)

Profound lessons from dog training, the story of the Brexit campaign and France’s struggle with heat-trap homes

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days

The Guardian - World News

2026-06-27 01:00:31 (4 days ago)

Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown

As a host of countries move to rein in social media use by children, could this be technology’s big tobacco moment?

South China Morning Post - World News

2026-06-27 01:00:09 (4 days ago)

Iran survived 3 months of war. Can it survive the aftermath?

Three months of war with the United States and Israel may not have broken Iran’s resistance, but its economy has been brought to its knees. Forty days of American and Israeli bombing in March and early April – targeting energy grids, steel mills, petrochemical plants, ports and transport corridors – were followed by a two-month US naval blockade that sealed off much of what remained. The damage bill has reached an estimated US$270 billion against a gross domestic product of US$371 billion in...

New York Times - World News

2026-06-27 00:59:47 (4 days ago)

At the Stadium and Far Away, Cape Verde Fans Embrace the Possible

Cape Verdeans were ecstatic when their country qualified for the World Cup. Their joy has now been supercharged by what seemed unthinkable before the tournament: a spot in the knockouts.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-06-27 00:59:41 (4 days ago)

Cape Verde becomes tiniest nation to make World Cup knockouts

Cape Verde erupted in celebration after the national team qualified for the World Cup knockout stage and made history.

The Guardian - World News

2026-06-27 00:59:31 (4 days ago)

New Zealand v Belgium: World Cup 2026 – live

⚽️ Kick-off time: 8pm local/1pm AEST/4am BST/11pm EDT
⚽️ Third-place table | Player guide | Golden Boot | Mail Sam
⚽️ Egypt v Iran – follow live with Jonathan Howcroft

New Zealand, meanwhile, will be kicking themselves for not taking more from their ultimate 3-1 loss against Egypt. An excellent headed goal to Finn Surman in the 15th minute epitomised the All Whites’ dominant first-half display, staying compact and disciplined in defence and charging forward with direct long balls and overlaps in attack.

But Egypt, led by their talismanic captain Mohamed Salah, came roaring back in the second half, coming from behind to score three unanswered goals and rocket to the top of the group as a result.

“It’s frustrating,” Bazeley said after the Egypt match. “We played so well in the first half. We scored ‌a great goal, created lots ‌of chances, felt like we were dominating possession a lot of the time in the first half, and ‌we were comfortable. We weren’t really getting hurt.

“We talked well at half-time, looked at some things we can do a little bit better, we went out second half and we just weren’t able to recreate the tempo and quality that we showed in the first half.”

Their record at major tournaments now reads two wins from their past nine matches, one from their past six, against Romania at Euro 2024. They have had a total of 38 shots in their opening two games in the US without scoring themselves, their sole goal coming courtesy of the Egypt defender Mohamed Hany. They missed the energy of Jérémy Doku, who was absent through illness, while Romelu Lukaku, making his first start for club or country for more than 12 months, huffed and puffed in attack.

Sometimes when you have to win, sometimes that’s the best situation. Obviously we had wished to start better. But, just like cyclists, we have to keep pedalling on and on and show we deserve to move on to the round of 32.

Fox News - U.S. News

2026-06-27 00:32:12 (4 days ago)

New Mexico AG launches criminal investigation into DEA over allegations agents let fentanyl flood state

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a criminal investigation into allegations that the DEA allowed fentanyl pills to reach communities.

Gazeta do Povo - Mundo

2026-06-27 00:18:56 (4 days ago)

Como o avanço da direita na América do Sul afeta a segurança do Brasil?

Vitórias da direita na Colômbia e Peru aproximam vizinhos dos EUA e isolam Brasil na segurança na América Latina. Entenda o impacto da era Trump.