Discover

Curated articles from sources across the web

10040 articles from 16 sources
All Business Design Lifestyle Science Sports Technology World
Ars Technica BBC News DEV Community ESPN Hacker News Harvard Business Review Lifehacker MIT Technology Review NASA Breaking News Nature News Reuters World Smashing Magazine TechCrunch The Guardian The Verge Wired
Drugmaker Merck announces approval of new cholesterol-fighting drug
T
The Guardian · World

Drugmaker Merck announces approval of new cholesterol-fighting drug

Lipfendra can be taken in conjunction with or an alternative to statins, the most prescribed medication in the USSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The drug giant Merck on Thursday announced it had received FDA approval for a daily pill that can be an alternative to statins for treati...

Aram Roston
Read
UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’
T
The Guardian · World

UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’

Critics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show.The department’s annual...

Heather Stewart
Read
Keir Starmer makes Sadiq Khan a peer in the House of Lords
T
The Guardian · World

Keir Starmer makes Sadiq Khan a peer in the House of Lords

Appointment by the outgoing prime minister potentially opens door for London mayor to join Burnham cabinetUK politics live – latest updatesSadiq Khan has been given a peerage by Keir Starmer just days before the prime minister stands down, potentially opening the door to one of Labour’s most high-pr...

Pippa Crerar Political editor
Read
Zelenskyy defends sacking Ukraine’s defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov
T
The Guardian · World

Zelenskyy defends sacking Ukraine’s defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov

President says he had to choose ‘one side or the other’ after breakdown of relations between ministry and military leadersEurope live – latest updatesUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has defended his decision to dismiss the country’s popular defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, and confirmed...

Luke Harding in Kyiv
Read
‘We are waiting with bated breath’: Super El Niño forecast could make 2027 hottest year on record, BoM says
T
The Guardian · World

‘We are waiting with bated breath’: Super El Niño forecast could make 2027 hottest year on record, BoM says

Most Australian capital cities have at least 80% chance of unusually warm and dry spring as climatologists watch developing system with increasing alarmGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe El Niño climate phenomenon linked to record global temperatures and now locked in pla...

Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent
Read
Target of Monaco bomb blames attack on Ukrainian spy agency
T
The Guardian · World

Target of Monaco bomb blames attack on Ukrainian spy agency

Vadym Iermolaiev says military intelligence officers were behind assassination attempt that seriously wounded his wife and childEurope live – latest updatesThe Ukrainian businessman who survived an assassination attempt in Monaco has accused Ukraine’s military intelligence agency of organising the a...

Pjotr Sauer
Read
Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England
T
The Guardian · World

Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England

Analysis reveals stark socioeconomic divide, with schools with highest free school meal eligibility having fewer treesPrivate school grounds in England offer 41% more tree cover than at state schools for cooling and shade in extreme temperatures, research has found.As teachers and students prepare t...

Sandra Laville
Read
Burnham too influenced by ‘vested interests’ to offer change, Polanski says
T
The Guardian · World

Burnham too influenced by ‘vested interests’ to offer change, Polanski says

Exclusive: Green party launches pushback against idea that next PM will have more left-leaning agenda than StarmerUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham is “too in hock to vested interests” to offer real change, Zack Polanski has said as the Greens launched a pushback against the incoming pri...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
Read
How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions
T
The Guardian · World

How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions

Heatwaves, high energy prices, calls for reindustrialisation and North Sea drilling are all high on the to-do listUK politics live – latest updatesWildfires cast a pall of smoke this week over Greater Manchester, whose former mayor Andy Burnham stands on the threshold of No 10. Amid three UK heatwav...

Fiona Harvey Environment editor
Read
Hal Williams, actor best known for Sanford and Son and 227, dies aged 91
T
The Guardian · World

Hal Williams, actor best known for Sanford and Son and 227, dies aged 91

The actor, who also appeared in The Waltons and Private Benjamin, died at his home in CaliforniaHal Williams, the actor best known for TV roles in Sanford & Son and 227, has died at the age of 91.His representative confirmed that Williams died on 15 July at his home in California. Continue readi...

Benjamin Lee
Read
Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government
T
The Guardian · World

Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government

JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had one as a babyTeenagers should be offered a vaccine on the NHS to protect against deadly meningitis B (menB), government advisers have recommended.The move by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Imm...

PA Media
Read
UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers
T
The Guardian · World

UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers

Move raises questions over position of the head of the Maritime and Coastguard AgencyUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have U-turned on plans to strip volunteer coastguard officers of their hourly pay after intense criticism of the plan.The announcement, made by the maritime minister in par...

Kevin Rawlinson
Read
MI5 lied about relations with neo-Nazi informant, watchdog says
T
The Guardian · World

MI5 lied about relations with neo-Nazi informant, watchdog says

Review of case criticises handling of agent X, who exploited role with agency to violently threaten his girlfriendMI5 has been reprimanded by a watchdog for lying about its relationship with a neo-Nazi informant, who had exploited his role with the spy agency to violently threaten his girlfriend.Th...

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
Read
Mafia law gives Italian families right to break free from a life of crime
T
The Guardian · World

Mafia law gives Italian families right to break free from a life of crime

Wives and children offered new identities to try to stop gangsters recruiting down the generationsChildren and young adults raised in mafia families will be given a chance to break away from organised crime under new legislation in Italy that aims to stop the inter-generational recruitment of gangst...

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Read
US gas prices edge up again as US-Iran tensions heighten over strait of Hormuz
T
The Guardian · World

US gas prices edge up again as US-Iran tensions heighten over strait of Hormuz

Diesel tops $5 a gallon as regular gas reaches almost $4, nearly a dollar and a quarter more than a year agoMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe average price of diesel fuel in the US has increased again to more than $5 a gallon, according to the AAA, and the average price of gas is almost $4...

Aram Roston
Read
Keir Starmer wants Fifa investigation into Argentina players who held Falklands banner
T
The Guardian · World

Keir Starmer wants Fifa investigation into Argentina players who held Falklands banner

Spokesperson says islands belong to the UK‘PM wishes both teams well for the final, especially Spain’Keir Starmer supports the idea of Fifa investigating Argentina players who displayed a banner touting their country’s claim to the Falklands Islands after their World Cup semi-final win against Engla...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
Read
Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him
T
The Guardian · World

Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him

Roger Rogoff’s was selected by panel of judges for top prosecutor job after interim US attorney’s term endedUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump fired the new top federal prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges...

Associated Press
Read
US intensifies attacks on Iran as Tehran hits back at Gulf states
T
The Guardian · World

US intensifies attacks on Iran as Tehran hits back at Gulf states

Sixth day of fighting threatens to turn into all-out war and casts serious doubt on peace deal struck last month• Chaos and confusion bring US no closer to resolution on strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe US has intensified its attacks on Iran, hitting targets near Tehran an...

William Christou
Read

Reading List