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Slim Whitman dies of heart failure at the age of 90
Country singer recorded more than 65 albums and his 1955 version of Rose Marie was No 1 for 11 weeks in BritainCountry music star Slim Whitman has died at age 90 of heart failure at Orange Park medical...
View Article: the best news photographs of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images of the dayJoanna RuckMee-Lai Stone
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Julia Gillard to travel to Indonesia
Prime minister will meet President Yudhoyono and discuss ways of combating people-smuggling and terrorismJulia Gillard will travel to Indonesia next month to discuss ways of combating people-smuggling...
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Syrian refugee children left to die at roadside, charity told
Save the Children hears refugees' horrifying testimonies of hundreds of injured civilians left to their fate amid warfareInjured people, including children, have been left to die by the roadside as...
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Long-term transport plan urgently needed, say engineers
Institution of Civil Engineers call for immediate action to improve maintenance and guarantee Highways Agency fundingEngineers have warned that a lack of strategy, patchy maintenance and uncertain...
View ArticleAustralia’s dreaded cost of living – manacle or myth? | George Negus
George Negus: Tony Abbott is keen to lower the cost of living faced by ordinary families. But there is a significant difference between cost of living and cost of lifestyleGeorge Negus
View ArticleSteve Bell on Barack Obama's Berlin speech – cartoon
Barack Obama delivers speech in Berlin calling for reduction of nuclear arsenalsSteve Bell
View ArticleSayed Abdellatif breaks silence on detention row
Exclusive: Egyptian asylum seeker whom leader of the opposition called a 'convicted jihadist terrorist' says he is innocent of all chargesOliver Laughland
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James Gandolfini dies aged 51
Star of HBO's hit series The Sopranos may have suffered heart attack in Italy, according to cable network spokeswomanThe Emmy-award winning American actor James Gandolfini, best known for playing New...
View ArticleAsylum, detention and Indonesia: politics live blog
Julia Gillard to go to Indonesia, a debate on asylum, and more Labor leadership rumbling - all the action from the day in parliamentKatharine Murphy
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Obama calls for reduction in nuclear arms in broad-brush Berlin speech
President sticks to big themes of freedom and openness but acknowledges concerns over threats to privacy and drone strikesBarack Obama called for a renaissance in the shared liberal values that...
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Brazil protesters win U-turn on fare rises
Rio and São Paulo leaders back down on public transport fare increases in face of mass unrestAuthorities in Brazil's two biggest cities have made a U-turn on public transport fare increases in the face...
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US races to mollify Hamid Karzai over plans for peace talks with Taliban
Afghan president suspends long-term security talks with Americans amid anger over Taliban press conference in QatarThe US was scrambling to salvage a plan to open peace talks with the Taliban on...
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Country diary: Sparty Lea, Northumberland: Wader chick fever grips birds and...
Sparty Lea, Northumberland: The air is reeling with the alarm calls of parents whose chicks are now scattered across the fieldFrom Allendale town the road curves up through deep verges where cow...
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Letters: Labour must hold Trident debate now
Many people would prioritise spending on health or education, on infrastructure, job creation or supporting the vulnerable rather than on replacing Britain's Trident nuclear weapons. Others would argue...
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Storytelling school seeks to inspire a happy ending to Italy's recession
Director Alessandro Baricco believes investment from Italian businesses will make Turin's Scuola Holden a beacon of hopeAs workmen chat around him in a dust-strewn former army barracks in Turin, writer...
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Why NSA surveillance is a threat to British doctors and lawyers | Ross Anderson
Professionals using cloud services will have to guard against the danger of patients and clients being snooped onSo now the penny drops, and we all know why GCHQ has long refused to allow government...
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Letters: Cooling the Arctic is imperative
I read with dismay the announcement from the Met Office meeting that the UK could be in the middle of a cycle of wet summers which could last 10-20 years (Rain, rain won't go away, 19 June). My dismay...
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US stock markets tumble after Bernanke drops hint on ending stimulus
Dow falls over 350 points as investors react badly to news that Fed is considering easing back on bond-buying schemeUS stock markets plummeted Thursday amid fears that the Federal Reserve was preparing...
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Taliban's unworldly moderates in Doha struggle for coherence in peace talks
High hopes for Afghan peace talks in the Gulf almost failed at the start after Taliban's clumsy bid to use it as a political platformThe Taliban team who have been waiting in Doha for more than a year...
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