headlines
Tuesday
8 August 2017
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Author of anti-diversity memo reportedly firedCEO Sundar Pichai says internal document that criticised efforts to promote women and under-represented minorities is ‘contrary to our basic values’
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Trump seeks to divide and conquer in Nafta negotiationsBoth countries are scrambling to best handle a president who ranks among the more unpredictable elements of the upcoming negotiations -
Stars' personal details leaked as HBO hackers demand ransomGroup tells HBO CEO to pay multimillion-dollar ransom or else risk 1.5TB of shows and confidential corporate data being released online -
spotlight
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Unlearning the myth of American innocenceThe long read: When she was 30, Suzy Hansen left the US for Istanbul – and began to realise that Americans will never understand their own country until they see it as the rest of the world does
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Aubrey Plaza dazzles in dark Instagram satireA career-best performance from the Legion star anchors a razor sharp black comedy that offers up a spin on Single White Female for the social media age
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Are Manchester City and NYC FC any closer to conquering America?In their third season, New York City FC still play in Yankee Stadium. But results have improved and they aim to become one of the US’s biggest clubs
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The Trump administration's solution to climate change: ban the termThe US Department of Agriculture has forbidden the use of the words ‘climate change’. This say-no-evil policy is doomed to fail
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Are Manchester City and NYC FC any closer to conquering America?In their third season, New York City FC still play in Yankee Stadium. But results have improved and they aim to become one of the US’s biggest clubs
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Former sparring partner resumes attacks on 'dirtbag' McGregorA week after walking out of Conor McGregor’s training camp, his former sparring partner has launched into another attack on the Irishman
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How Samir Nasri went from being the ‘new Zidane’ to an outcastSamir Nasri has drifted to the periphery at Manchester City and, with a doping case hanging over his head, time is running out for a resurrection
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Endurance athlete dies while swimming English ChannelEndurance athlete was participating in second stage of Enduroman Arch to Arc triathlon when he got into difficulty
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US history is a Pandora's box. There has never been a better moment to open itPast controversy has often been diluted. After Trump’s victory, there’s a real opportunity to discuss what counts as history and the role it plays in democracy
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Some still attack Darwin and evolution. How can science fight back?AN Wilson’s ‘exposé’ is the latest in a long line of attempts to undermine evolutionary biology, says zoologist Jules Howard
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Google’s sexist memo has provided the 'alt-right' with a new martyrGuardian columnist Owen Jones on how James Damore’s diatribe against women in tech is part of the male backlash that contributed to the rise of Trump
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What's worse than war with North Korea? War with ChinaThe Trump administration’s narrow-minded focus on North Korea means it’s taking its eye off China as a result. That’s a mistake
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Jeff Flake: conservatives face a crisis. We must now tell and expect the truthDonald Trump assuaged the public with happy talk, but once the populist fever abates, truth must fill that void, argues Arizona Republican senator Jeff Flake in an excerpt from his new book
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Employee fired over diversity row considers legal actionComputer engineer James Damore, axed for suggesting women were less suited to certain tech roles, may challenge dismissal
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No ‘first lady’ title for Brigitte Macron after petition over her statusAides to Emmanuel Macron, the French president, insist his wife’s role will be strictly public and not political
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Duterte says human rights criticism has been 'toned down'Rodrigo Duterte claims issue of thousands of drug war deaths was mentioned ‘only in passing’ in meetings with Rex Tillerson and Julie Bishop
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explore
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Why Americans won’t vote in an atheist presidentWhat do Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Mark Zuckerberg have in common? They all profess to be religious. As a new study shows, people think the worst of non-believers. What does this mean for US voters?
in pictures
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Your underwhelming pictures of catsTo celebrate international cat day, our readers share their average pictures of cats, pictures of average cats, and average pictures of average cats
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Steve McCurry's AfghanistanAfghanistan is a retrospective portfolio of the Magnum photographer Steve McCurry’s most striking images of the country, over a tumultuous 37 years
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We have no hopeThe worst drought in 40 years has a cruel grip on Somalia. A struggling young government and militant violence have compounded to bring crisis to 6.7 million lives
people
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Comedian to make Broadway debut in Steve Martin playComedian Keegan-Michael Key will join Schumer in Martin’s ‘loopy’ marital satire Meteor Shower, which opens 1 November
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Ronnie Wood rejected chemotherapy for lung cancerThe Rolling Stones guitarist opened up about his cancer scare, saying ‘by rights I shouldn’t be here’
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Why Daniel Craig should quit while he's ahead as BondWhen Sean Connery returned as James Bond after a 12-year hiatus, he tarnished his legacy. Craig, who has reportedly signed up for two more films, would do well to heed the lesson
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Selfless public servant or opportunistic people-pleaser?Those who have worked with ‘the one sane Republican’ know him as a capable and dedicated people person – but what does he really believe?
'I don't recognize this party' The conservatives turning against Donald Trump
Trump Inconsistent – again – on anonymous sources in new tweets
Inside Trump Hotel Glittering hub of a billionaire's Washington
Senator Jeff Flake Conservatives face a crisis of principle