Author: The Guardian

Germany’s Georg Steinhauser ended leader Tadej Pogacar’s streak of wins at the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday with a solo victory after a day of constant climbing. The momentum of victory.Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) soloed the first climb of the Brokon Pass with just over 30 kilometers remaining on stage 17 of the 159-kilometre race, continuing to open a considerable gap over Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier. With the peloton showing no real sense of urgency, Steinhauser, 22, making his Grand Tour debut, took victory on the second climb of the Broken Pass in persistent rain.Pogacar, who debuted in the Giro d’Italia, won the 15th…

Rishi Sunak has called a surprise early election for 4 July in a contest that will see Keir Starmer try to take power for Labour after 14 years of Conservative-led government.The prime minister announced the election would be in the early summer, in a high-risk move for the Conservative party as it trails 20 points behind Labour in the polls.Sunak finally decided to name the date after claiming inflation was back under control and the economy was improving, saying it was “the moment for Britain to choose its future”.“I hope that my work since I became prime minister shows that…

According to The Guardian, at least 1,000 paintings that artist Damien Hirst said were “created in 2016” were created several years later.Hirst created 10,000 paintings, each consisting of colorful hand-drawn dots on A4 paper, as part of a project called Currency, which was born out of a desire to create a form of currency from art. idea.The year 2016 is engraved next to the artist’s signature on the work. Hirst and the authorized sellers of the paintings have repeatedly stated that the physical works were created in 2016.When they go on sale in 2021, in a high-profile event, buyers will…

I’ve been standing in the dairy aisle at my local grocery store, poring over the nutrition labels on the backs of different soy, almond and oat milk containers, for 15 minutes when I decide: maybe not this week. I’ve spent the past four months reporting on ultra-processed foods and wanted to see whether it’d be possible to go even a week without them.The problem is, I can’t find any dairy-free milks that fit the bill. The soy creamer that I’ve fixed my morning cups of tea with for nearly a decade is chock-full of ingredients I now recognize as markers…

AStefanos Tsitsipas’ regret was palpable as he received reports of his second-round defeat at last month’s Madrid Open. Tsitsipas explained that his goal is to get as close to 6,000 ATP ranking points as possible during the clay court season, which is the maximum he could earn during this period in a perfect world. Now he’s behind.”Now I’m probably one step away from achieving that, so minus 1,000,” he said. “I have to keep working for the points because I really want to go out there and get my points and reach new heights in terms of ranking and performance…

Forget polls or statistical modelling – if you want to know what is going to happen in the US elections, may I suggest consulting the Ivank-a-Meter™? Much complex analysis has gone into the development of my proprietary prediction tool, but the premise is this: the closer Ivanka Trump is to her father, the closer Donald Trump is to the White House.Both Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, always seem to know which way the wind is blowing: the pair made out like bandits when they were unelected members of the Trump administration. Then, when it felt like the grift may…

Nearly three-fifths of Americans incorrectly believe the United States is in a recession, with most blaming the Biden administration, according to a Harris Poll conducted exclusively for The Guardian. The survey found that pessimism about the economy persists as Election Day approaches.The poll highlights many misconceptions about the economy, including: Fifty-five percent believe the economy is shrinking and 56% believe the U.S. is experiencing a recession, even though gross domestic product (GDP), the broadest economic indicator, has been growing. 49% think the S&P 500 will fall this year, even though the index is up about 24% in 2023 and more…

Over the years, Denmark has emerged as the good faith capital of the world. Nearly 74% of Danes believe “most people can be trusted” – more than any other nationality. On wider metrics, such as social trust (trusting a stranger) and civic trust (trusting authority), Denmark also scores highest in the world, with the other Nordic countries close behind.The political scientist Gert Tinggaard Svendsen argues that trust accounts for 25% of Denmark’s otherwise inexplicable wealth. By his reckoning, a quarter of that wealth comes from physical capital (means of production and infrastructure), half comes from human capital (the population’s level…

A study has found that the likelihood of seemingly “never-ending” rainfall in the UK and Ireland last autumn and winter increased by 10 times and humidity increased by 20% due to human-caused global warming.A dozen storms battered the region between October and March, making it the second-wettest period on record in nearly two centuries. The downpours caused severe flooding, at least 20 deaths, severe damage to homes and infrastructure, power outages, trip cancellations and severe losses of crops and livestock.Without the climate crisis, rainfall from storms would only occur once every 50 years, but as global warming has reached 1.2…

Vince Fong, backed by Donald Trump, has won a special election to finish the term of the former US House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, who also lent his endorsement.Fong, a California state assembly member, defeated fellow Republican and Tulare county sheriff Mike Boudreaux in the 20th congressional district, in the Central Valley farm belt.It was not immediately clear when Fong would be sworn in – that is up to the current House speaker, Mike Johnson. Trump endorsed Fong in February, calling him “a true Republican”.McCarthy last year became the only US House speaker in history voted out of the job, and…