The 18 winning images chosen from about 1,900 entries to the annual contest from 50 countries across the globe

A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appearing to chat to a gull

September 25, 2026 represents the 20th anniversary of one of the most impactful sporting events of the 21st century. Twenty years ago, the New Orleans Saints reopened the Superdome on ESPN’s Monday Night Football against the arch-rival Atlanta Falcons. It was the first game the Saints played in New Orleans following the devastation of Hurricane…

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The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

In dark corners of the internet, men are goading each other to masturbate in public – and on female shoppers – and post the footage

Glenn Walsh, from Bishop's Sutton, prepares for the contest in the UK's watercress farming capital.

Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say

They’re all over blurbs and social media, but do these bite-size labels lead to formulaic fiction? Plus the classics reimagined for a modern reader

One ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy As film exhibitor strategies go, counter-programming is one of the most reliable. It worked for The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia!, released in the US on the same day in 2008, as well as for Dunkirk and Girls Trip in 2017. In 2023, Barbie and Oppenheimer leveraged the tactic to the tune of $2.5bn in combined box office takings. This week we could see another example as Amazon releases its authorised documentary about Melania Trump in more than 100 UK cinemas. There it will compete against an already-eclectic slate of releases including the Jason Statham action film Shelter, the ape horror Primate, Bradley Cooper’s comedy-drama Is This Thing On? and Richard Linklater’s Jean-Luc Godard fictionalisation Nouvelle Vague. Continue reading...

AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

Meet the lawyers who earn billions on pelvic-mesh injuries while their clients get the scraps.

Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression

If you love dogs and words, you’re barking up the right tree

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Darren Pardoe was installing anti-bird spikes in a Cornish town before the encounter.

Amber left her foster family after just one night and was not found for another 36 days.

Semicolons are on notice!

Sinister tales of ineptitude abound as ChatGPT and its horrid friends are now found in even more places

Several current and former agency meteorologists and staff told CNN they are concerned warnings won’t be issued in time as hurricane season nears.

Rescuers on Kangaroo Island say they are ‘overjoyed’ after the dog walked into one of their traps * Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast After 529 days on the run, Australia’s favourite fugitive has been caught at last. Valerie the miniature dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island way back in 2023, has been rescued by conservationists. Continue reading...

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