Author: The Guardian

For much of the first day of the 152nd British Open, it felt impossible to rationalize what had happened. The scale of the fireworks on the final day of the 2016 Royal Troon Open left every onlooker in awe. Henrik Stenson’s match against Phil Mickelson feels like golf’s rumble in the jungle.Back in Dreich Ayrshire, amid rare winds and occasional storms, carnage ensued. The undeniable club front-runner after round one is the venue itself. It’s up to others to evaluate the entertainment value attached to it. Tren was scared.Tiger Woods’ latest loss came as no surprise, but attention was raised…

The growing threat of climate change and the increase in unpredictable natural disasters that comes with it is leading survival-minded shoppers to a bucket of possible salvation from Costco.The big box warehouse club retailer is selling the “Readywise Emergency Food Bucket” for around $80 to its US customers.“In a world where unpredictability has become a constant, our assortment takes on a vital role in emergency preparedness,” reads the product’s description on Costco’s website. “Imagine the sudden onset of severe weather, the challenges of unexpected job transitions, or the unsettling thought of food shortages. These are the moments when having a…

timeEgger Woods says he’s ambitious to “make a difference at the weekend” but even making the cut now feels close to fantasy for the limping legend following his first-round appearance at Royal Troon shot a disastrous 8-over-par 79.On a gray summer day in Scotland, the crowd cheered the three-time British Open champion, but the standing ovations were mixed with sympathy and even derision. Tiger looked sore, he looked in pain, and most importantly, he looked well behind his pace as he struggled to keep up with contender Xander Schauffele, even in Walking around the court.Tiger was candid about the nature…

The volume of sexually explicit images of children being generated by predators using artificial intelligence is overwhelming law enforcement’s capabilities to identify and rescue real-life victims, child safety experts warn.Prosecutors and child safety groups working to combat crimes against children say AI-generated images have become so lifelike that in some cases it is difficult to determine whether real children have been subjected to real harms for their production. A single AI model can generate tens of thousands of new images in a short amount of time, and this content has begun to flood both the dark web and seep into…

It was a day of queues at Trent Bridge. At lunch, the greats were at book signings, people were queuing for Brian Lara’s autograph; at afternoon tea, people were queuing in front of the ice cream van; and there were queues all over the pub – undeniably, in the English test The match was pretty standard – and the batsmen lined up aggressively.Not every hitter likes it though. The sun was shining brightly over Nottingham, the pitch looked rolling well and the outfield was as green as Robin Hood’s tights, trimmed to ensure the ball’s path was virtually friction-free. But…

A 28-year-old German comedian has got into trouble with Donald Trump supporters and then Elon Musk after sending a series of tweets appearing to welcome the assassination attempt on the former US president.Sebastian Hotz, who posts and performs as El Hotzo, lost his job with a public broadcaster this week for a series of tweets on X, Musk’s social media platform, after Trump narrowly escaped death, saying that the attempt had been like the last bus – “unfortunately, just missed”.He also published a post saying it was “absolutely fantastic when fascists die”.Hotz, who has more than 700,000 followers on X,…

Team Ineos Grenadiers suffered another bitter disappointment at the Tour de France as Lotto-Dstny’s Victor Campenaerts sprinted past former world champion Michal Kwiatkowski to win the title on stage 18 at Barcelonnette.Kwiatkowski, the 2020 and 2023 Tour de France stage winner, finished third in a field that featured three riders, including Frenchman Matteo Weir Mattéo Vercher, but he was beaten by breakout specialist Campenaerts, one of the main car classics adventurer.It was another blow for the British team, which had already suffered disappointment on stage nine, with Tom Pidcock unexpectedly being overtaken by Wycher’s TotalEnergies team-mate Anthony Turges to finish…

Argentina’s undersecretary of sport has been sacked after calling for Lionel Messi to apologise for the racist and transphobic song about France’s players that the former captain Hugo Lloris has described as “an attack on French people”.Chelsea said on Wednesday they had “instigated an internal disciplinary procedure” against Enzo Fernández after the midfielder posted a video on Instagram that showed him and some of his Argentina teammates involved in the chants as they celebrated their victory against Colombia in the Copa América final. He later apologised, saying the video did not “reflect my beliefs or my character”, and is expected…

A Boeing Co. plane faced fresh questions after an engine fire caused an emergency landing shortly after takeoff on a transatlantic flight from Edinburgh.In February last year, a turbine blade of a Delta Air Lines 767 passenger plane broke during takeoff. Shortly after takeoff, passengers saw flames briefly coming from the engine of the plane.The flames subsided while the plane was in the air, but the plane made an emergency landing at Prestwick Airport, south of Glasgow, where ground crews noticed an oil leak from the plane’s right wing.The Air Accidents Investigation Branch, the British government agency that investigates aviation…

Joe Biden has reportedly become more open in recent days to hearing arguments that he should step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate after the party’s two main congressional leaders told him they doubted his ability to beat Donald Trump.While continuing to insist he will be the party’s nominee in November, the president has reportedly started asking questions about negative polling data and whether Vice-President Kamala Harris, considered the favourite to replace him if were to withdraw, fares better.The indications of a possible rethink come after Biden tested positive on Wednesday for Covid-19, forcing him to isolate for several days…