Swiss lawmakers reject climate ruling in favour of female climate elders
Swiss politicians have rejected a landmark climate ruling from the European court of human rights, raising fears that other polluting countries may follow suit. A panel of Strasbourg judges ruled in April that Switzerland had violated the human rights of…
Best batter beaten by bowling contraption designed by Dr John Venn | Brief letters
It wasn’t just any Australian batter who was bowled out by John Venn’s machine (Wooden bowling arm that bested Australian cricketer in 1909 rebuilt, 10 June) but Victor Trumper, the world’s most famous batter at that time. Trumper’s first Test…
Southern Florida sees record-breaking storms with up to 8in of rainfall
Florida was hit with record-breaking rain last night, with the entire southern part of the state under a flood watch through Thursday evening. Cities like Miami and Fort Lauderdale experienced the heaviest downpour of the year yesterday between 5pm and…
From Feathers McGraw to Mr Burns: kids’ TV’s all-time evillest villains
He’s back. Aardman Animations have delighted fans by confirming the return of the infamous Feathers McGraw in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – the 70-minute film that will premiere on the BBC and Netflix this Christmas. But how evil…
Dutton’s surprise climate policy proves he ‘can’t be taken seriously’, Albanese says
Anthony Albanese says Peter Dutton has forfeited his claim to the prime ministership because refusing to name a short-term emissions reduction target shows he is not serious about addressing climate change. Some Liberal MPs were taken by surprise when Dutton…
Acropolis closed during hottest hours in Greece’s earliest heatwave on record
The Acropolis, Greece’s most visited tourist site, was closed to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as the season’s earliest-ever heatwave swept the country, prompting school closures and health warnings. The culture ministry had said the Unesco-listed archaeological…
Forget the AAAs, innovative indie developers were the real stars of Summer Game Fest
I’ve talked a lot about the declining state of the games industry in 2024: after an infusion of cash during the pandemic, when everybody was looking for safe ways to distract themselves and socialise indoors and the games industry’s growth…
‘He queered the hell out of it’: the man behind Shakespeare’s same-sex love sonnets
The year 1594 was a fruity one in English literature, in part thanks to the influence from beyond the grave of Christopher Marlowe. Two of the dramatist’s most queerly themed plays made it into print that year: Edward II, about…
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry review – a wild western
The hero of Kevin Barry’s new novel, The Heart in Winter, is a dope-fiend Irishman haphazardly subsisting in the mining town of Butte, Montana, in the 1890s. Tom Rourke has a poor excuse for a job as assistant to a…
The Spin | What will be the legacy of Cricket World Cup’s New York adventure?
The shuttle bus was a squeeze, with more passengers than seats, and now someone needed to get up for the elderly couple who were the last ones on board. Two Dutch fans were the first up, and they got talking…