Noel Clarke is trying to create “moral equivalence” between his alleged sexual misconduct and the behaviour of his accusers, the high court has heard. Giving evidence in his libel claim against the Guardian, the 49-year-old actorclaimed that some of his accusers voluntarily engaged in or initiated sexually loaded banter, were promiscuous and bragged about their … Read more
Federal prosecutors have sent a criminal subpoena to a Manhattan hotel housing undocumented immigrants through a New York City program providing shelter to asylum seekers, according to a copy of the filing obtained by the Guardian. The subpoena issued on Wednesday asks the hotel to provide “a list of full names of aliens currently residing” … Read more
The founder of an animal rescue charity who discovered 70 starving pythons and dozens of dead snakes on a couple’s property near Durham has called for better laws to protect reptiles reared as pets. Daniel Holmes, of Knaresborough Exotic Rescue, said the condition of the snakes – some of whom he thinks had not been … Read more
The US government is relying on a rarely used provision of the law to try to deport a prominent Palestinian activist who recently completed his graduate studies at Columbia University, where he was a leader in last year’s campus protests. A government charging document addressed to Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent US resident and green card … Read more
DiCaprio speaks up for Western Australia forest Leonardo DiCaprio has drawn the world’s attention to the government’s decision to allow the mining company South32 to clear native forest in WA’s jarrah forests for bauxite mining. The actor claimed the operation at Boddington could threaten the critically endangered woylie (or brush-tailed bettong) and that the government … Read more
Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on nearly $30bn worth of American imports after US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports went into effect on Wednesday. The Canadian government said it will be following a “dollar-by-dollar” approach and institute 25% tariffs on American imports, including steel, computers and sports equipment. Donald Trump first announced the tariff on … Read more
Well, that went well, didn’t it? Weeks of finding ever more ingenious ways to flatter the US president. Extolling the brilliance of Donald Trump being able to tie his own shoelaces. “That’s incredible, Mr President. No one has ever managed to do that so beautifully.” No chance for flattery has been passed up. It is … Read more
Israel’s defence minister has reaffirmed the country’s intention to occupy a swath of Syrian territory beyond Israel’s contested northern borders for an “unlimited amount of time” during a visit to the strategic Mount Hermon. “The IDF is prepared to stay in Syria for an unlimited amount of time. We will hold the security area in … Read more
Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study – adding to growing evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife. Analysis of young sable shearwaters, a migratory bird that travels between Australia’s Lord Howe Island and Japan, has found that plastic waste … Read more
Tiger Woods is headed to the big screen with Amazon MGM Studios acquiring film rights to Kevin Cook’s book The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played. According to Deadline, Reinaldo Marcus Green, who turned the rise of Venus and Serena Williams into the Oscar-nominated 2021 film King Richard, will direct … Read more