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The Guardian - World News

2026-05-14 01:00:17 (1 week ago)

And did those feet in ancient time: walking Britain’s oldest paths

There are few places where history can be felt more powerfully than these pathways, walked by explorer, author and TV presenter Nicholas Crane

How often do you look down and wonder who created the path your feet are following? Or ask the cause of its curves and dips? Formed over thousands of years, paths form an “internet of feet” – a web of bridleways and hollow ways, drove roads and ridgeways, coffin tracks, pilgrimage trails and city pavements. Whether you’re hiking a National Trail or pottering along a National Trust footpath, there’s a good chance you’re following ancestral steps.

It’s thoughts like these that led me on a journey to track the evolution of British paths for my book, The Path More Travelled. Eleven thousand years ago ice age hunter-gatherers arrived from Europe’s heartlands, moving through the wilderness along broad “routeways”, that later widened to tracks when horses and then wheels were adopted in the bronze age. For more than 2,000 years, traffic moved no faster than the speed of a horse, until the internal combustion engine drove pedestrians off the road just over a century ago.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-14 01:00:17 (1 week ago)

As the right moves in on antisemitism, where does that leave the Jewish left?

After Reform politicians were cheered and progressive rabbis booed at rally against antisemitism, some fear longstanding alliances are fracturing

Rabbi Charley Baginsky, the co-leader of Progressive Judaism, admitted she felt apprehensive before speaking at last weekend’s central London rally against antisemitism.

As she addressed the crowd, there were some boos. It wasn’t the first time – last year, on a similar stage outside Downing Street, Baginsky and her fellow co-lead, Rabbi Josh Levy, were jeered off stage.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-14 00:52:40 (1 week ago)

Kyiv building collapses after Russian strike, reportedly trapping residents

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with drones and missiles, damaging several buildings.

Times of India

2026-05-14 00:46:37 (1 week ago)

After hantavirus, now norovirus? How a gut bug forced a France cruise ship into lockdown

French authorities have eased restrictions on the cruise ship Ambition after confirming a viral gastrointestinal outbreak, not hantavirus, sickened dozens. Around 80 passengers and crew experienced symptoms, with no severe cases reported. A passenger's death was attributed to a heart attack, unrelated to the illness. The ship, carrying over 1,700 people, was temporarily restricted as a precaution.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-14 00:46:35 (1 week ago)

Trump, Xi speak ahead of talks to make relations ‘better than ever’

Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump say they’re looking forward to US-China talks.

Fox News - Video

2026-05-14 00:42:32 (1 week ago)

Health experts say there’s reason to be calm amid hantavirus concerns

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel explains what sets the hantavirus apart from COVID-19 on ‘The Ingraham Angle.'

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-14 00:34:15 (1 week ago)

Shakira, Madonna and BTS co-headline first-ever World Cup Final halftime show

BTS, Madonna and Shakira will perform at the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final halftime show, curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin, the first ever for the tournament.

Fox News - Video

2026-05-14 00:34:05 (1 week ago)

Video shows undercover officer shoot man who made threats with fake gun

North Carolina authorities announced undercover officers were justified in shooting a man who made threats with a fake gun at a convenience store. (Gastonia Police Department)

New York Times - World News

2026-05-14 00:29:32 (1 week ago)

The China Gambit: From Nixon to Trump

President Trump’s visit to Beijing comes as relations with China have become more combative.

New York Times - World News

2026-05-14 00:29:19 (1 week ago)

Eric Trump, Who Runs the Family Business, Hops Along on the Plane to China

The president’s middle son is said to be joining his father in a “personal capacity” rather than to make business deals.

New York Times - World News

2026-05-14 00:27:42 (1 week ago)

Why Does China Want Taiwan?

There are few issues in diplomacy more complicated than the status of the self-governing island, which China claims as its own. It is almost certain to come up when President Trump meets China’s leader.

New York Times - World News

2026-05-14 00:25:48 (1 week ago)

Why Xi Doesn’t Need a Deal With Trump

President Xi Jinping of China is buying time for Beijing and may see an opening with a U.S. president weakened by the war in Iran.