The appearance of the vivid-green powder elicits smiles and appreciative sounds, and anticipation among dozens of tea lovers. Their hand-milled batches now ready for whisking with hot water, they will soon be rewarded for their patience. The foreign tourists attending a matcha-making experience in Uji, near Kyoto in western Japan, are united in their love … Read more
About 40 Youth Demand protesters were told to move on by the police during a pro-Palestinian rally in central London on Saturday. The campaigners began gathering at Lincoln’s Inn Fields on Saturday morning and made their way to King’s Cross station. The action is part of Youth Demand’s plans for demonstrations every Tuesday and Saturday … Read more
Good morning, Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Washington DC and other major cities across the US in a show of defiance against Donald Trump’s “authoritarian overreach and billionaire-backed agenda”. The “Hands Off” protests – of which more than 1,000 events are planned across the country – are … Read more
Gen Z and young millennials are battling a “negative wealth” problem due to growing debt burdens that limit their life chances, according to a new analysis from the Fairness Foundation. The thinktank says negative wealth, where debts outweigh assets, is linked to lower wages and worse health in later life, and that ministers should reintroduce … Read more
Barack Obama has called on US citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Donald Trump’s political agenda – and warned Americans to prepare to “possibly sacrifice” in support of democratic values. “It has been easy during most of our lifetimes to say you are a progressive or say you are for social justice or say … Read more
Venezuelans with legal permission to live and work in the United States are being unlawfully arrested by federal authorities at their homes, in their cars, at regular immigration check-ins and on the streets, attorneys say. They are then stuck in immigration detention around the country, sometimes for weeks, despite the law explicitly banning the government … Read more
A woman who was given a conditional discharge after being convicted of breaching a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth has claimed she was “not there to express my views”. Livia Tossici-Bolt, an anti-abortion campaigner whose case has been cited by the US state department over “freedom of expression” concerns in the UK, … Read more
Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurtling past hardened Democratic opposition toward what Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” that is central to his agenda. The vote, 51-48, fell along mostly party lines, but with sharp dissent from two prominent … Read more
Two people have died after a caravan fire at a holiday park, police have said. Lincolnshire police said they were called to Golden Beach Holiday Park in Ingoldmells at 3.53am on Saturday. The victims were reported to be a 10-year-old girl and a 48-year-old man. A spokesperson said next of kin had been informed and … Read more
Scientists are about to take part in a revolutionary mission aimed at creating detailed 3D maps of the world’s remotest, densest and darkest tropical forests – from outer space. The feat will be achieved using a special radar scanner that has been fitted to a probe, named Biomass, that will be fired into the Earth’s … Read more