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Giant screens showing the message “JUST&T MARRIED!” (T&T for Taylor and Travis) are seen outside Madison Square Garden, the reported venue for the wedding celebrations of pop singer Taylor Swift and pro-athlete Travis Kelce, in New York City on July 3, 2026. US pop queen Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce, whose lavish wedding has drawn hundreds of celebrities to New York, have officially married, a representative for the singer said July 3. “Taylor and Travis did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen. Instead, her brother Austin Swift served as Taylor’s Man of Honor and Jason Kelce was Travis’s Best…

Another month, another heatwave. The climate crisis means things are heating up year on year, and while we can hide in air-conditioned shops and offices, our homes can get uncomfortably – sometimes dangerously – hot.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.We also have to go outside – or worse, pack ourselves like sweaty sardines on sweltering public transport. On those occasions, a portable fan can make all the difference between manageable discomfort and indulging in an inadvisable quantity of ice-cream. Their recent popularity has led to manufacturers churning…

Ninety-six games in the books, just eight more matches to come. FIFA World Cup 2026 has lived up to its billing as the biggest of all time, and may yet end up in the conversation as the best tournament, too.We’re down to the final eight nations with hopes of winning the trophy – four of them for the first time – while the other four are aiming to write a new glorious chapter in their football history.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBut now the last 16 and the first rest day of the competition are out of the…

She is concerned, however, that it will be difficult for voters to coalesce around any new candidate in just three months.”The thing I’m the most worried about is we run somebody and he or she loses, and then we spend the next four years pointing fingers at whose fault that was,” she said.In primary contests across the country this year, Democrats regularly opted for outsider congressional candidates offering a vivid vision for what the party should stand for and promising to fight for their beliefs in the face of Republican resistance.Platner was one of the earliest and most prominent examples…

Character.AI’s plan to become more than just an LLM-powered chatbot platform is going beyond interactive books, comics, and audio dramas. Today, the company announced the debut of c.ai Series — short-form, episodic videos designed to be watched and interacted with — on your phone.Unlike traditional microdrama services that feature cheaply produced, live-action shows starring human performers, c.ai Series are animated and almost entirely made with generative AI. The company’s interest in getting into the microdrama space isn’t surprising considering that it’s projected to become a $26 billion industry in the next few years. And even though some young people have…

One of the big headaches facing a prospective Burnham government is the welfare budget. A major review of Personal Independence Payments (Pip) in England and Wales published on Thursday found the disability benefit to be “not fit for purpose” and in need of fundamental change.Opposition parties, most notably the Conservatives, have called for the welfare budget to be cut in order to fund defence spending.Sir Keir attempted to push through welfare reforms to cut £5bn a year from budget, but was forced into a major U-turn following a backbench revolt, which was led by Haigh among others.She told the BBC…

Spriggina floundersi worms that bent to the right are preserved as fossils that bend to the leftScott Evans/AMNH A 555-million-year-old worm had a predilection for turning right, possibly indicating the oldest known example of handedness. Although these worms lacked limbs and so couldn’t be considered left- or right-handed in the way that we understand, the development of a tendency to favour one side over another is evidence of an advanced nervous system. It remains a feature of free-living mobile life today, but until this discovery, it wasn’t thought to have emerged until the Cambrian Period, which began around 541 million…

Key events84km to go: Sean Kelly is wondering why Uno-X Mobility are riding. Is it payback for the being allowed to take the yellow jersey, he asks Voigt on the Discovery Plus motorbike.“The only reason I can see is they want to say thank you to Pogacar for handing over the jersey,” says Voigt.“I will pass the question on to the team car, and I will send you a WhatsApp, so then you will know exactly. Is that a deal?”Can’t say fairer than that.Share85km to go: O’Connor has 1min 10sec on the bunch.On-bike pundit Jens Voigt: “UAE riding is a…

American rapper Cardi B and Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye have sparked dating rumours after the pair were spotted together on Wednesday at several Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week events, sending social media into a frenzy. The speculation began after videos and photographs from the Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2026 Haute Couture Show surfaced online, showing Okoye escorting the Grammy-winning rapper to her seat before the pair sat side by side to watch the runway presentation. Goalkeeper Okoye in a gentlemanly form towards Cardi B The duo were also seen together at the Messika Haute Joaillerie presentation, where they appeared…

It was in the middle of the pandemic that I ceased stashing sparkling wine. There were no special occasions, or occasions at all, really, save for daily episodes of the BBC’s Baby Club with two cabin-fevered infants and the weekly thrill of a veg box. I might have been stockpiling chickpeas, but I was cracking bubbles open willy-nilly because, well, why not?The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.And I never stopped. The unrelentingly grim news agenda seems as good a reason as any to pop a cork these…