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Times of India

2026-04-28 03:13:58 (22 hours ago)

UK police chiefs report sharp rise in suicides linked to domestic abuse

A new analysis reveals a 25% rise in suicides linked to domestic abuse, with police identifying more victims who died by suicide after experiencing abuse. Experts highlight coercive control and isolation as key factors, stressing the need for better identification and protection of vulnerable victims. Authorities are calling for stronger coordination between agencies to prevent future tragedies.

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-28 03:06:30 (23 hours ago)

UK and US always find ways to come together, King Charles to tell Congress

Monarch to allude to recent strains in special relationship in speech to both houses during four-day state visit

King Charles is expected to allude to recent strains between the UK and US in a rare address by a monarch to the US Congress as he will underline that “time and again our two countries have always found ways to come together”.

The king’s remarks in a speech to both houses on Tuesday will come after Donald Trump has threatened to tear up a trade deal signed by the UK and US, mocked the Royal Navy and insulted the UK prime minister.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-04-28 03:06:02 (23 hours ago)

Iran war: What’s happening on day 60 as diplomacy gathers pace?

Trump team reviews Iran peace plan to reopen Hormuz with nuclear talks potentially delayed to a later stage.

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-28 03:03:50 (23 hours ago)

‘An uprising against loneliness’: why have football ultras become a cultural obsession?

A new documentary travels around the world to identify the roots of ultra-mania – the fan movement that’s part progressive and sometimes criminal

‘Ultras” – hardcore football fans renowned for their stunning stadium displays and gang-like loyalty – were once a subculture confined to Italian stadiums. But since the late 1960s the movement has spread through global football terraces and become a more elevated cultural obsession.

Books on the subject include my own Ultra and James Montague’s 1312 (the numbers stand for ACAB, an abbreviation of “all cops are bastards”). Netflix has not only commissioned one film, Ultras, about a Neapolitan gang, but also three longer series: Puerta 7 (based in Argentina), Furioza and The Hooligan (both set in Poland).

Globo News - Mundo

2026-04-28 03:01:29 (23 hours ago)

Megaprotejos em tempo recorde: como China foi de cenário de pobreza a referência global em infraestrutura

De Nova York a Xangai: uma viagem nos trilhos da disputa entre EUA e China A experiência de sair de um aeroporto e chegar ao centro da cidade em poucos minutos ajuda a traduzir o ritmo das transformações urbanas na China. Em Xangai, um trem de levitação magnética — que não toca os trilhos — pode atingir mais de 400 km/h e conecta diferentes pontos da metrópole em questão de minutos. Mais do que uma inovação tecnológica, o sistema virou símbolo de um modelo de desenvolvimento baseado em três pilares: velocidade, escala e planejamento. Veja acima o vídeo da série 'Entre Dois Mundos', no Fantástico. Nas últimas décadas, o país asiático saiu de um cenário de pobreza para se tornar referência global em infraestrutura. Aeroportos, linhas de metrô e estações ferroviárias são construídos em ritmo acelerado e, muitas vezes, replicados em diferentes regiões com padrões semelhantes — como peças de um grande sistema. Segundo especialistas, a lógica por trás desse avanço está na capacidade de planejar e executar projetos de longo prazo sem interrupções políticas. Com o mesmo grupo no poder há décadas, o país consegue alinhar decisões estratégicas e manter continuidade nas obras, algo mais difícil em democracias com alternância de governo e disputas políticas. A escala também é um fator determinante. Grandes projetos são pensados para atender milhões de pessoas e replicados em diversas cidades, o que reduz custos por unidade. Na prática, isso significa que obras complexas podem ser concluídas em poucos anos e com orçamento menor do que projetos semelhantes em países ocidentais. A combinação entre velocidade e escala impacta diretamente o custo final. Especialistas explicam que quanto mais rápido uma obra é concluída, menores são os gastos com atrasos, revisões e mudanças de projeto — um problema comum em grandes empreendimentos ao redor do mundo. Além disso, o uso intensivo de dados tem ganhado espaço no planejamento urbano chinês. Informações sobre deslocamento, consumo e comportamento da população ajudam autoridades a tomar decisões sobre onde investir e como expandir a infraestrutura, tratando as cidades como sistemas dinâmicos em constante adaptação. Apesar dos avanços, o modelo também levanta questionamentos. A rapidez na execução muitas vezes vem acompanhada de decisões centralizadas, que podem incluir a realocação de moradores para dar lugar a novos projetos. Em alguns casos, famílias são transferidas para áreas mais distantes, com compensações financeiras ou novos imóveis — um processo que nem sempre ocorre sem resistência. Especialistas destacam que esse é o principal dilema do modelo chinês: a capacidade de transformar rapidamente o espaço urbano, mas com menor peso para decisões individuais. Em contrapartida, países com processos mais participativos enfrentam maior lentidão, custos elevados e entraves políticos. China ou EUA: quem vai liderar o futuro? Série estreia mostrando as diferenças entre Xangai e Nova York China constrói mais rápido e barato que os EUA; veja comparação entre Xangai e Nova York Trem mais rápido do mundo na China Reprodução/TV Globo Hoje, cidades como Xangai se tornaram vitrines desse modelo, reunindo arranha-céus, sistemas de transporte modernos e obras que impressionam pela escala. Ao mesmo tempo, expõem um debate mais amplo sobre o futuro das metrópoles: até que ponto é possível equilibrar eficiência, custo e participação social no desenvolvimento urbano. A resposta, ainda em construção, ajuda a explicar por que a infraestrutura se tornou peça central na disputa global por influência e desenvolvimento no século 21. O que explica avanço acelerado da infraestrutura na China o que explica avanço acelerado da infraestrutura na China

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-28 03:00:45 (23 hours ago)

‘My life changes on one shot’: Joe Johnson on snooker glory, Princess Diana and his seven heart attacks

After starting the 1986 world championships as a 150-1 outsider victory against Steve Davis led to watching tennis with royalty and being mobbed in Tesco

“It was like a strange dream,” Joe Johnson says as he remembers becoming the world snooker champion 40 years ago as a 150-1 outsider and former gas board and factory worker who was the father of six children. Johnson had never previously won a game at the Crucible and he had struggled for years to make a living as a pro.

It was a time when Britain was “snooker loopy” and Johnson played characters such as Bill Werbeniuk who, in 1985, beat him in the first round while drinking a staggering amount of beer.

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-28 03:00:44 (23 hours ago)

AFC Champions League gets finale fitting of fundamentally flawed tournament | John Duerden

Al-Ahli won for the second successive year, but few outside Jeddah will remember proceedings fondly

As far as head-butts in major finals go, it wasn’t quite Zinedine Zidane in 2006, but Zakaria Hawsawi’s lunge forwards in Saturday’s AFC Champions League Elite final connected with Tete Yengi’s jaw and dropped the stunned Australian, almost a foot taller, to the ground.

With the score 0-0 between Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahli and Machida Zelvia of Japan midway through the second half, it all took place on the touchline of the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, right in front of the referee and the shocked Al-Ahli fans who feared their team’s chances of a second successive continental title had gone.

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-28 03:00:44 (23 hours ago)

Sabastian Sawe’s sub-two marathon feat is the Roger Bannister moment of our time | Sean Ingle

Sunday’s landmark in London was not only unexpected, dramatic and historic – it was a once-in-a-generation moment

A few years ago at the London Marathon, organisers wheeled out an industrial-sized treadmill called the Tumbleator. Then they tempted curious onlookers with a simple question: can you keep up with Eliud Kipchoge? The answer was obvious. But that didn’t stop people trying. Most lasted a few seconds before comically flying off the back into crash mats.

The Tumbleator has a fresh poster-boy now: Sabastian Sawe, who on Sunday claimed track and field’s last holy grail by running a sub two-hour marathon. Imagine sprinting 17 seconds for 100 metres, and then sustaining it across 26.2 miles. Or setting your treadmill at 4min 33sec per mile pace and carrying on for 1hr 59 min 30sec. It sounds ridiculous, impossible, laugh-out-loud stupid … until you realise that is what Sawe did in London.

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-28 03:00:43 (23 hours ago)

Logging, murder and money: can Mexico’s ancient forests be saved from the cartels?

In the Sierra Tarahumara, gangs ‘disappear’ those who resist their lucrative illegal tree-felling operations

Decades ago, the children of Rochéachi village in the Sierra Tarahumara – pine-covered mountains of north-west Mexico’s Chihuahua state – would run through the forest by night. In the rainy season, they would collect fireflies whose glimmering light would flicker through the hollows of the pine trees.

“We had peace. We used to walk and play and be together,” says one mother of three, who asked to remain anonymous, about the forest she once knew. “Now, children can’t go out to play. We don’t know what might happen.”

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-28 03:00:43 (23 hours ago)

It’s time MPs levelled with us: Britain is already at war, and we’ll need to do two things to survive it | Gaby Hinsliff

Cyber-attacks, disinformation and blockading of supplies. This is what living in a war zone can look like now

We are at war. Four words that sound ludicrously melodramatic on a sunny spring day, when all may not be exactly right with the world – but when you can still shut your eyes to a lot of it just by switching off the news and cracking on with life. No bombs are falling, no bullets flying, no sirens sounding. Though the idea that Britain is already under a form of hybrid attack is commonplace in defence circles, politicians still mostly skirt around it; and it was jolting at first to hear the Labour MP (and former RAF wing commander) Calvin Bailey make the case for conflict being our new reality at a conference hosted by the Good Growth Foundation thinktank last week in London. But then he started to unpack his reasoning for why war is no longer what you think it is.

If war can be considered an assault on five fronts – against a country’s political leadership, critical infrastructure, essentials such as food or fuel supplies, civilian population and armed forces – then Britain is arguably now being attacked on the first four without a shot being fired. Think of rampant, Russian-generated political disinformation on social media and attempts to bribe British politicians; of Russian submarine surveillance of the British undersea cables carrying most of our internet traffic, or the four “nationally significant” cyber-attacks recorded every week; of the blockading of food and fuel supplies through the strait of Hormuz. Think, too, of Keir Starmer’s warning in the Sunday Times last week of conflict with Iran coming home to British civilians via “the use of proxies in this country”. He didn’t elaborate, but counter-terrorism police say they are investigating whether a spate of arson attacks on synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses and Iranians living in Britain may have been sponsored by Tehran – a thugs-for-hire tactic familiar from the Russian playbook for sowing division and hate.

Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-28 03:00:43 (23 hours ago)

What, Howe and why: big questions Saudi owners may ask under-fire Newcastle manager | Louise Taylor

Run of five defeats could lead to awkward queries this week, including why £124m of attacking talent is being underused

Eddie Howe is braced for forensic questioning by Newcastle’s Saudi Arabian owners at a Northumberland country house hotel in the middle of this week. Matfen Hall sells itself as a venue for rest and relaxation but Newcastle’s struggling manager knows that, with his future at St James’ Park in the balance, a scheduled “summit meeting” with the club’s chair, Yasir al-Rumayyan, and other key figures from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) could prove stressful.

“It’s something we do every year,” says Howe, referring to the annual spring event at which the ownership quiz departmental heads. “But obviously things will be slightly harder for me this time.”

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-04-28 03:00:23 (23 hours ago)

Trump appeals for unity, rips '60 Minutes,' after a history of inflammatory rhetoric on both sides

An alleged gunman charged with attempted assassination of Trump at the Washington Hilton raises questions about security lapses and violent political rhetoric.