Pixar 'switched Finding Dory plot' after killer-whale documentary row
Disney-owned studio said to have altered movie storyline after claims made in Blackfish over deaths at SeaWorldThe Disney-owned animation studio Pixar has taken the rare step of changing the plot of...
View ArticleApple plans new iPhone launch for 10 September, say reports
Company lines up cheaper smartphone, dubbed iPhone 5C, and next generation model, thought to be called the iPhone 6.Apple is thought to be planning the release of two new phones on 10 September,...
View ArticleJens Stoltenberg: the Norwegian prime minister and sometime cab driver
The head of state has become famous for a short stint driving an Oslo taxi during which he listened to the views of ordinary peopleName: Jens StoltenbergAge: 54.Appearance: Where you least expect him...
View ArticleMargery Lewis obituary
My mother-in-law, Margery Lewis, who has died aged 97, was among the original 36 women who walked from Cardiff to Greenham Common in 1981 – aiming to raise awareness of government plans to site nuclear...
View ArticleTally hopes: flamingo count in Spain - in pictures
One of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe is measured and tagged at the lagoon in the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain
View ArticleTokyo, as you've never seen it: the second largest photo ever taken –...
To create this 360º 'Gigapixel Panorama' of the world's largest city, photographer Jeffrey Martin took over 10,000 photos from the Tokyo Tower, and combined them digitally to form an interactive image,...
View ArticleShould the Sulzbergers sell the New York Times? | Michael Wolff
There are two schools of thought on this: please no, keep the Grey Lady as she is; and, hell yes – get out of the way, ArthurThe rising discussion about whether the Sulzberger family will sell the New...
View ArticleA boy called Messiah: how a name can change your child's life | Holly Baxter
The baby renamed Martin by a US judge had a fortunate escape – I had to wait till I was 16 to change my name by deed pollWhen a US judge changes someone else's baby's name from Messiah to Martin...
View ArticleNew York's stop-and-frisk policy is unconstitutional, judge rules
Judge Shira Scheindlin says policy violates individuals' right to protection and orders appointment of independent monitorA New York judge ruled Monday that "stop-and-frisk" searches carried out by...
View ArticleDutch prince Johan Friso dies 18 months after skiing accident
The prince – once second in line to the throne – had been in a coma since February 2012, following fall in Lech, AustrlaDutch prince Johan Friso, who went into a coma following a skiing accident in...
View ArticleJustine Greening under fire over theft of British aid supplies to Somalia
Calls for better safeguards as UK development secretary says al-Shabaab looting demonstrates 'challenging conditions'The British government has been criticised over the theft of UK-funded aid supplies...
View ArticleThe best news photographs of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images
View ArticleEurozone crisis live: Greek economy shrinks 4.6% in second quarter
The Japanese economy grew at an annualised rate of 2.6% in the second quarter, missing expectations.Angela MonaghanKatie Allen
View ArticleGoing against the drain: migration and youth unemployment in Somaliland
In Somaliland 75% of young people are jobless and migration is high. Daihei Mochizuki, from IOM Somalia tells us why effective policies must see both issues as interrelatedSomaliland is actually one of...
View ArticleBauer - a media company's corporate culture has an impact on civil society
Bauer Media, the publisher of magazines in Germany accused of glorifying Adolf Hitler's regime (see here and here), clearly understands the value of a high-minded corporate culture for media owners.It...
View ArticleMan killed in fall from upper deck of Atlanta Braves' Turner Field
Ronald Lee Homer, 30, falls 60ft on to parking lot in third such accident at MLB stadium since August 2012The mother of a man who died after falling 60ft from the upper deck of Turner Field on Monday...
View ArticleCleethorpes locals donate £1,500 to help find donkey attackers
Donations from public follow reports that two donkeys were 'kicked in the face, put in headlocks and hit with wood' After last week's unsettling news that the long-standing tradition of donkey rides on...
View ArticleBritish warship HMS Westminster leaves for Gibraltar - video
Britain sends a warship to Gibraltar amid heightening tensions between the UK and Spain
View ArticleJanet Hadley obituary
My friend Janet Hadley, one of the pioneering firebrands of the women's liberation movement, has died of cancer aged 63. Newer friends might have asked: "Janet, a firebrand?"The description doesn't...
View ArticleBarbara Mertz obituary
American crime writer and Egyptologist who created the feisty parasol-wielding Victorian heroine Amelia PeabodyThe American author Barbara Mertz, who has died aged 85, once described archaeology as...
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