US man who planned 2020 Venezuela coup attempt arrested for arms smuggling
A former US Green Beret who, in 2020, organized a failed crossborder raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested
Sean Dyche ‘keeps it real’ as Everton spurn overseas tours for closer tests
Ten Premier League clubs have chased the dollar this summer and included the US on their pre-season schedule. Three have headed east to Japan and,
Colombian guerrillas withdraw threat to disrupt UN biodiversity summit
A dissident rebel group has backed down from its threat to disrupt the UN biodiversity summit in Colombia later this year. The Central General Staff
Manchester City fined more than £2m after number of delayed kick-offs
Manchester City have been fined £2.09m by the Premier League for 22 instances of delaying the kick-off or restart of matches. The champions have accepted
Guinea court finds former dictator guilty in stadium massacre trial
A court in Guinea has found the former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and seven other military commanders guilty of crimes against humanity in a long-awaited
Post your questions for Paul Feig
Paul Feig is one of the most exciting directors of the last 20 years, especially if comedies are your bag. His biggest break came with
‘She lived so much life so quickly’: the lost tapes of Elizabeth Taylor
Imagine the conversation Elizabeth Taylor could have had with Taylor Swift; a generational tete-a-tete between the Cleopatras of their times (to name drop Taylor’s most
Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72
Onyeka Onwenu, the singer, actor, broadcaster and activist whose love ballads and songs about women’s rights were a soothing balm during Nigeria’s rocky 1980s and
‘We never stole from kids, just insured places’: Armand Schaubroeck, the ex-con muse of Andy Warhol
In 1966, Armand Schaubroeck – an ex-con who had made a local name for himself selling guitars out of his mum’s basement in Rochester, New
Werckmeister Harmonies review – Béla Tarr’s brooding masterpiece of a town sleepwalking into tyranny
Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr and his co-director and editor Ágnes Hranitzky now have their 2000 film rereleased, 24 years on as part of a career