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Canadian hockey players all acquitted in assault case
Five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior ice hockey team were found not guilty on Thursday of sexually assaulting a woman, after a trial that ignited debate over the nature of consent.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
French Court Cancels Assad Arrest Warrant for War Crimes in Syria
France's highest court has cancelled an arrest warrant for the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to chemical weapon attacks on civilians during the country's civil war.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Les années folles: Piaf and Joyce's 'crazy' Paris of the 1920s brought back to life
In 1926, James Joyce was working on his novel Finnegans Wake while living in a spacious apartment in the 7th arrondissement of Paris with his partner, Nora Barnacle, and their two adult children, Giorgio and Lucia.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Swinging in the rain didn't appeal; I stayed at home for a parcel
Spare a thought, please, for all the participants returning from the fifth annual swingers' festival Swingathon (suggested tagline \"Genitally bored? You don't have to be! But it's easier\") in Allington, Lincolnshire, whose weekend event was beset by thunderstorms and heavy rain.
4 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
TV review Stylish tale of assassin on mission to entertain
A menopausal assassin has been a long time coming, even though there is no more perfect pairing in the world than a gun and a woman rapidly emptying of oestrogen. I blame the patriarchy, but I understand its unwillingness to confront the truth that if women were free to express themselves instead of being raised in mental straitjackets, then armed at 40, the world would look a very different place indeed.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
'Fast food schlocky' Tesla's robot-staffed diner shows early signs of malfunction
It was just before lunchtime on its third day of operation, and the queue outside Elon Musk's new Tesla Diner in Hollywood already stretched to nearly 100 people.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Call for wet wipe makers to fund waterway clean-up
Wet wipe producers should be charged to remove their pollution from England's waterways, the author of a government review into reforming the sector has said.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Animated White House response to South Park gets the brush-off
The South Park co-creator Trey Parker gave the briefest of responses on Thursday to anger from the White House over the premiere of the latest season, which showed a naked Donald Trump in bed with Satan.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Von der Leyen to meet Trump as US and EU inch closer to trade deal
The EU appears to be on the verge of signing a trade deal with Donald Trump after Ursula von der Leyen announced a hastily arranged meeting with the US president tomorrow, ahead of his four-day trip to Scotland.
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Blue or red Where have the Smurfs' communist roots gone?
Smurfs, a new Paramount Pictures CGI spectacle directed by Chris Miller, has received an all-round critical panning and faltered at the box office.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Brigitte Macron Lawsuit marks new phase in fight against conspiracy theories
When the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte, took the rare step of filing a US defamation lawsuit against the rightwing podcaster Candace Owens this week, it marked a new phase in a legal battle against the false claim that Brigitte Macron is a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
'An obscenity': Nationwide boss gets £7m pay package
A £7m pay package for the Nationwide chief executive, Debbie Crosbie, has been labelled an \"obscenity\" and hypocritical by members of the mutual, even as it gained approval at the building society's AGM yesterday.
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Samaritans May Close About 100 Branches Across UK and Ireland
Samaritans has announced plans to close at least half of its 200 branches across the UK and Ireland, move volunteers into larger regional hubs and pilot remote call handling in a shake-up that dismayed some volunteers.
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Jay Slater died after accidental fall in Tenerife, coroner finds
A British coroner has concluded that the teenager Jay Slater, whose disappearance in Tenerife prompted a month-long search last summer, died after falling down a remote ravine in a dangerous area.
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Reeves could overrule supreme court in £44bn scandal over car financing
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is considering overruling the supreme court over a £44bn car loan commission scandal after lobbying by some of the UK's biggest lenders, the Guardian can reveal.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Surrogates may be at greater risk of mental illness than women who carry own child
Surrogates have a greater chance of being newly diagnosed with a mental illness during and after pregnancy than women who carry their own offspring, researchers have found.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
It's reasonable' Manchester medics defend their strike
Manchester medics defend their strike
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Wales to offer subsidy cards to help coeliacs with cost of gluten-free food
People with coeliac disease and severe gluten intolerance in Wales will be eligible for a pre-paid card designed to help with the cost of specialised foods.
1 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Protests We fear for our lives, say Epping asylum seekers
Asylum seekers at the Essex hotel that has become a target of protests and far-right incitement say they are now in fear for their lives.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Wedding hosts cough up for after-dinner cigarette bowls
Coffee and chocolates traditionally signal the end of a meal at a wedding.
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
I panicked' Evacuees take shelter away from border
For almost two months, Maneerat Kote-Bandit had felt on edge, nervous that the tensions simmering on the Thai-Cambodian border might escalate. Everyone in her village, close to the disputed border, had been told to prepare emergency bags in case fighting erupted. \"We kept following the news and kept staying alert and asking, is this the day?\"
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Veep on vacation Cotswolds braces for JD Vance's summer holiday
The narrow lanes and honeyed stone walls of the Gloucestershire market town of Stow-on-the-Wold are not the setting where one would expect to see an angry altercation - unless it was a standoff between Range Rovers for the last parking spot in the gridlocked market square.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Massive moment Can Euros give a huge boost for women's league?
Kitted out in an \"Everyone is Watching the Lionesses\" T-shirt before boarding a flight to Basel, the Women's Super League (WSL) chief executive, Nikki Doucet, describes England's extraordinary progress to a third successive major final as another \"ignition moment\" for the sport, but the international game has long since been on fire.
4 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Money hacks How to save (or go for free) on a family day out
A day trip begins with your journey to the attraction and your savings can begin there too if you are using public transport.
4 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Fewer doctors thought to have joined picket lines on first day than last year
The number of resident doctors thought to have joined picket lines yesterday for the first day of a five-day strike was thought to be thousands down on last year's industrial action.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Charli XCX in Vivienne Westwood becomes Gen Z's new bridal muse
Charli XCX is known for pioneering trends.
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Warm spring helps deliver bumper crop of British blueberries
British blueberries are the latest fruit to benefit from the warmest spring on record, with the harvest up by almost a quarter so far this year.
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Thai civilians forced to flee as clashes with Cambodia spread
Thailand has evacuated more than 130,000 people along its border with Cambodia as the worst fighting between the neighbours in more than a decade spreads to new areas.
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Gloves on! Litter-pickers compete for SpoGomi world cup
Armed with gloves, metal tongs and rubbish sacks, hordes of litter-pickers will descend on Hackney marshes in east London this weekend.
2 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Reeves should consider NHS charges and end to pension triple lock - IMF
The International Monetary Fund has urged Rachel Reeves to consider ending the pensions triple lock and charging for NHS treatment as it said the government risked being knocked off course in meeting its targets to repair the public finances.
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