Jaguar swims underwater during feeding - video | World news

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  96 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

The amazing world of animals Animals Jaguar swims underwater during feeding - video Video footage uploaded to YouTube shows a Jaguar diving into water to fetch its food. While dense rainforest is its preferred habitat, the jaguar will range across a variety of forested and open terrains. It is strongly associated with the presence of water and is notable, along with the tiger, as a feline that enjoys swimming Source: YouTube / Vince Pinto [Read More]

Justin Theroux as Seamus O'Grady

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  52 words  |  Valentine Belue


Justin Theroux as Seamus O'Grady
The bad guy - I used to look like that in my time, you know. Seamus leads a dangerous band of Irish mobsters. He's not a good kid, and there's every chance the Angels are going to kick his ass. Fingers crossedCharlie's Angels: Full Throttle

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Keith Hopkins | Higher education

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  835 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Higher educationObituaryKeith HopkinsHistorian who revolutionised the approach to ancient historyFrom the beginning of his academic career, Keith Hopkins, who has died aged 69, used his extraordinarily powerful intellect to challenge the conventions constraining the writing of ancient history. Keith, professor of ancient history at Cambridge University (1985-2001), warred continuously against the assumption that serious history could be written by induction from inadequate ancient sources, which had often come to be treated as though they were sacred texts. [Read More]

Laila Shawa obituary | Art

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1048 words  |  Valentine Belue

Walls of Gaza II, 1994, by Laila Shawa, including the print 20 Targets, top row, second leftView image in fullscreenWalls of Gaza II, 1994, by Laila Shawa, including the print 20 Targets, top row, second leftArtObituaryLaila Shawa obituaryPalestinian pop artist whose work reflected the harsh political realities of her homelandLike many pop artists, Laila Shawa, who has died aged 82, used repetition and silkscreen printing. In the hands of forerunners such as Andy Warhol, the form and technique highlighted the commodification of celebrity – as in the American artist’s images of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley – but Shawa, who was Palestinian, had much darker and more political concerns. [Read More]

Muppets in Moscow: the wild story behind Sesame Street in Russia

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1875 words  |  Kary Bruening

Sesame StreetIn an unexpected new book, Nastasha Lance Rogoff recalls some difficult and at times dangerous tales of making Ulitsa Sezam It was Big Bird diplomacy. In his days as a US senator, Joe Biden led congressional support for international versions of Sesame Street, the educational show with muppets that had transformed children’s television in America. From Mexico to India, from South Africa to Northern Ireland, there have been co-productions of Sesame Street specifically tailored to a local audience. [Read More]

The ultimate stag party | Food

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2841 words  |  Aldo Pusey

The ObserverFoodThe ultimate stag partyRachel Cooke thought deerstalking involved a gentle walk followed by a venison feast prepared by a posse of Conran chefs. But in the Scottish highlands, surrounded by rutting males, the cold truth was horribly differentIn 1925, John Buchan published his second most famous novel, John Mcnab, which tells the story of three metropolitan high-flyers (one is a barrister and former attorney-general, one a cabinet minister and one an eminent banker), each of whom is suffering from an indefinable boredom and lethargy. [Read More]

US inflation ticked up to 3.4% in December as policymakers mull rate cuts | Inflation

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  539 words  |  Valentine Belue

The Fed raised interest rates 11 times last year, but interest rates might be cut this year. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/ReutersThe Fed raised interest rates 11 times last year, but interest rates might be cut this year. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/ReutersInflationUS inflation ticked up to 3.4% in December as policymakers mull rate cutsConsumer price index exceeds economists’ expectations as Fed weighs when to start cutting borrowing costs Inflation ticked higher in the United States last month as the Federal Reserve weighs the latest stage of its battle against price growth. [Read More]

Womens World Cup quiz: how much do you know about the tournament? | Women's World Cup 2023

 Posted on May 19, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  38 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Guardian Sport NetworkWomen's World Cup 2023

Women’s World Cup quiz: how much do you know about the tournament?

The ninth Women’s World Cup is kicking off in Australia and New Zealand. How well do you recall the previous eight?

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A psychedelic retreat proves a healing trip

 Posted on May 18, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1454 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Self and wellbeingAmsterdam holidaysExploring the therapeutic benefits of magic mushrooms at a ceremony in Amsterdam I’m at a weekend retreat in a converted church near Amsterdam. There is soft, celestial music playing and I’m sipping fresh herbal tea while discussing my hopes and fears for tomorrow’s “ceremony”, which is retreat parlance for a psychedelic trip. Consuming the truffle parts of magic mushrooms is permitted in the Netherlands and my nine fellow guests and I will be eating a variety called Dragon’s Dynamite. [Read More]

Father and Son by Jonathan Raban review salute to a complicated father

 Posted on May 18, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1093 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

The ObserverAutobiography and memoirReviewThe late travel writer and novelist’s study of his dad – brave soldier, man of the cloth but also snob and antisemite – offers a beautifully written portrait rather than judgment Jonathan Raban completed this, his last testament, just before he died, aged 80, in January. As well as a leave-taking, it offers a belated salute to a father from his son. The title echoes the great Edmund Gosse memoir of 1907, a reckoning of filial relations that shocked its Edwardian readership and broached a new candour in life-writing. [Read More]