5 h. ago Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: ‘One man rents a city for three days? That’s obscene’

The Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, is about to descend on Venice with his fiancee, some ex-Marines and his limitless credit card. We meet the Italian activists who are saying: enoughWhen she heard that Jeff Bezos was getting married in Venice this June, Heather Jane Johnson felt worse than she had in her entire life. Twenty-five years ago, she ceased trading as a bookseller in Boston, Massachusetts. “I lost a lot because of Bezos and the complicity of Americans in the making of Amazon,” the 53-year-old says. “A big reason I moved to Italy is because I felt betrayed by my countrypeople.”So when posters went up calling a public meeting in the city she now calls home, she went, and she has been to every meeting of anti-Bezos activists since, including one the day before her own wedding last week. “These young people have really restored my faith in humanity,” Johnson says. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Cafe Calton review: I visited the new cafe on Edinburgh's Calton Hill

This place has the best views of the city, on a clear day anyway

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23 h. ago I visited the new cafe at Edinburgh's highest and most picturesque spot

This place has the best views of the city, on a clear day anyway

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24 h. ago Cardiff City players put through gruelling tests on day one of pre

The players have reported to their Vale of Glamorgan training HQ for pre-season testing

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26 h. ago A protest in Venice and galaxies in space: photos of the day – Tuesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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26 h. ago A protest in Venice and galaxies in space: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez 'are forced to MOVE Venice wedding party venue due to protests and US involvement in Iran war'

Bezos and Sanchez nuptials has already attracted huge controversy with protests planned by locals angry at the couple for 'taking over the city' for the planned three day festivities.

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30 h. ago ‘No space for Bezos’: Protesters rally against tech tycoon and fiancé Lauren Sanchez’s Venice wedding

Protesters say tech tycoon Jeff Bezos and his fiancé Lauren Sanchez are not welcome in Venice, as the couple prepare for three-day celebrations on the billionaire’s super yacht.

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45 h. ago Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez face protests from locals over wedding in Venice

Jeff Bezos, 61, and Lauren Sanchez, 55, are set to to tie knot in the 'wedding of the century' in just two days' time, but to say the romantic city's locals are less than thrilled is an understatement.

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49 h. ago Hundreds protest in The Hague against NATO, days before the Dutch city hosts alliance summit

Hundreds of people are protesting against NATO and military spending and against a possible conflict with Iran, two days before a summit of the alliance in The Hague that is seeking to increase allies’ defense budgets

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3 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Putin’s claim that Ukraine is ‘ours’ is evidence of his disdain for peace efforts, says Kyiv

Russian president says Russians and Ukrainians are one people – which Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected – and warns Moscow could also seize Sumy city. What we know on day 1,214Vladimir Putin has said he believes the whole of Ukraine is “ours” and warned that advancing Russian forces could take the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy as part of a bid to carve out a buffer zone along the border. Ukraine’s foreign minister denounced the Russian president’s statements on Friday as evidence of Russian “disdain” for US peace efforts and said Moscow was bent on seizing more territory and killing more Ukrainians. Putin, when asked about fresh Russian advances, told the country’s flagship economic forum in St Petersburg that he considered Russians and Ukrainians to be one people and “in that sense the whole of Ukraine is ours”. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected the notion that Russians and Ukrainians are one people. The Ukrainian president said commanders had discussed Russia...

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4 d. ago Mount Everest Base Camp fundraiser for Perth mental health charity

Former Perth Academy pupil Barry will spend nine days trekking in Nepal for city charity The Neuk.

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5 d. ago How a chaotic 1977 gig in Glasgow made Paisley the punk capital of Scotland

Punk fans from across the country will gather in Glasgow on June 21 for the Punk All Dayer, a one-off festival celebrating the city’s punk roots

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7 d. ago Mapped: The Great Fire of London on Top of the Modern Day City

Mapped: The Great Fire of London on Top of the Modern Day City  Time Out

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7 d. ago What Rangers bound Max Aarons loves about Russell Martin as pair set for Ibrox reunion

Aarons got a brief taste of what it was like to work with Martin during his early days at Norwich City

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1 week ago ‘The rain brings out a cinematic quality’: Eric Van Nynatten’s best phone picture

A neon sign reflected in a puddle in New York City’s Theater District inspired this enigmatic shotIt had been raining all day in New York City. After meeting a friend in a coffee shop near Manhattan’s Theater District, professional photographer Eric Van Nynatten decided on a spontaneous street photography session.“The rain had been nonstop, which most people would find messy and chaotic, but I feel it brings out a cinematic quality in the city,” he says. “The wet streets become shiny and reflective, and at night it looks a lot like a painting. I ended up walking down Broadway as evening fell. It’s an area that’s already a visual spectacle – there are all these amazing retro marquees, billboards and neon signs. I spotted this sign reflected in a puddle just off the sidewalk and set up my composition.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Venice is worn out’: locals see Jeff Bezos wedding as symbol of city’s ills

City leaders claim days-long event will bring in riches but opponents say it will not benefit ordinary VenetiansMarta Sottoriva, a teacher in Venice, has tirelessly campaigned for various causes in her cherished lagoon city, from railing against giant cruise ships to battling soaring rents. Now she is busy preparing banners, handing out flyers and shouting through megaphones in squares as she joins dozens of activists in whipping up resistance to the “umpteenth gigantic event” she says that risks turning the world heritage site – which has long suffered from the effects of excessive tourism – into a playground for the rich.Sottoriva is referring to the star-studded nuptials between the billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, and Lauren Sánchez, a former TV journalist. The days-long shindig, expected to begin from 24 June, will be the biggest wedding held in Venice since George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin in 2014. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez to spotlight Venice's artisanal heritage during upcoming nuptials

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have invited celebrity friends like fellow space traveler Katy Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Mick Jagger and Ivanka Trump for their Venice nuptials later this month, but the couple hopes to put a spotlight on Venice’s own traditions during the celebrations

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1 week ago Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad LIVE Updates: PM Modi arrives in city to take stock of situation, day after deadly Boeing 787

Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad LIVE Updates: PM Modi arrives in city to take stock of situation, day after deadly Boeing 787-8 crash  The Indian Express

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says troops contesting Russian advance in Sumy

Ukrainian forces ‘pushing back the occupiers’ says president but prevailing assessments show Russian gains. What we know on day 1,206Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukrainian forces are pushing back against Russian forces in the border Sumy region where they have established a foothold in recent weeks. “Our units in Sumy region are gradually pushing back the occupiers,” said Ukraine’s president in his nightly video address. “I thank you! Thanks to every soldier, sergeant and officer for this result.”The Ukrainian president provided no further details and offered no proof of Ukrainian advances in the area, and the claim contradicts prevailing assessments of continued Russian gains in Sumy. Russia has seized over 190 sq km (73 sq miles) of the Sumy region in less than a month, according to pro-Ukrainian open-source maps. They have captured more ground in the past days, advancing to around 20km from the city of Sumy’s northern suburbs and rendering it vulnerable to long-range artillery an...

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