The brilliant American was expected to glide to a gold medal on Friday. It was tough to watch such a gifted athlete discover the ruthlessness of his sport ...

The US flag bearer and first Black woman to win Winter Olympic individual gold carries the lessons of Special Forces into Sunday’s 500m speed skating final ...

Mayor of Brendola in Vicenza says he has received complaints from residents who live near industrial zones ...

Annual remembrance in Neauphle-le-Château revives memories of short exile that reshaped Iran, but which locals would rather forget ...

The actor on a massive scam, the guilty pleasure of Judge Judy and why he’s never done a day’s work in his life ...

Secretary of state calls America ‘a child of Europe’ and urges continent to back a new world order ...

His shameful stewardship of a once great title highlights how much we lose when private interest eclipses the public good, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson ...

Everyone has to start somewhere … and in front of someone. Thankfully, these soon-to-be-huge artists left the mime act and dodgy covers (mostly) in the past ...

Democratic representative also condemns US capture of Nicolás Maduro, Trump’s threats to annex Greenland and US support for Israel’s war on Gaza – key US politics stories from Friday, 13 February at a ...

German chancellor rebuts idea of American unilateralism and says ‘democracies have partners and allies’ ...

The US skier who crashed out of the Olympic downhill event said she hopes to soon leave an Italian hospital and return to the US for another surgery ...

For Valentine’s Day, writers picked their favourite lesser-known film love stories – from a dom-sub chamberpiece to a magical teen comedy ...