Peter Thiel apologizes for rape comments Facebook board member and Trump donor Peter Thiel has apologized for a book he co-wrote in 1995 that argued the definition of rape had been expanded to include "seductions that are later regretted". Thiel's co-author, David Sacks, a Stanford and Paypal alumnus along with Thiel, also apologized after the Guardian reported on the book's contents. "As I've said before, I wish I'd never written those things. I'm sorry for it. Rape in all forms is a crime," Thiel told Forbes. Trump-donor Peter Thiel sorry for calling date rape 'belated regret' The $3m campaign to put Murdoch on defensive over climate change A well-funded international campaign to counter the influence of Rupert Murdoch's media empire on climate change has been planned, emails to Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta reveal. The plan to use "guerrilla tactics", civil disobedience and targeted advertising appears to have been hatched by David Fenton, founder of Fenton Communications, a US public relations agency. The proposal aimed to "make Murdoch's climate denial a major issue", and "bring the scientific facts on climate change to his audiences." Hacked emails reveal plan to counter Rupert Murdoch's climate denial Pakistan police station attacked
At least 59 people have died and more than 110 were injured after a team of heavily armed suicide attackers stormed a police training academy in the Pakistani city of Quetta. The government said three gunmen attacked the Balochistan police college on the outskirts of the capital of Balochistan province at about 11.20pm local time on Monday, killing two guards on the front gate and then making straight for the hostel where 700 cadets were sleeping. Peer Jan Naeem, 23, said he and his fellow cadets were "left at the mercy of Allah." Quetta attack: Pakistan reels as more than 50 die in assault on police academy AT&T's $85bn plan: TV for smartphones The phone giant's $85bn acquisition of Time Warner will enable the two companies to move quicker and operate better in a world where people increasingly access content on their mobile devices, says the phone giant's CEO Randall Stephenson. "The world of distribution and content is converging, and we need to move fast, and if we want to do something truly unique, begin to curate content differently, begin to format content differently for these mobile environments, and this is all about mobility," he said. AT&T shares dropped on Monday over concerns the deal may not receive regulatory approval. What will AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner mean for customers? Priceless Qur'an masterpieces go on display in Washington The last significant survey of Islam's holy book in the west was in London in 1976. Into that void comes the first major exhibit on the Qur'an in the US, The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, at the Sackler Gallery in Washington DC. On display are more than 60 richly decorated manuscripts that span nearly a millennium. The show includes some of the oldest extant Quranic manuscripts, created within a century of Muhammad's death in 632, which survived in part because the revered texts could never be thrown away. The Art of the Qur'an – landmark exhibit shows holy book as text and work of art Iceland best for women For the past six years, Iceland has topped the World Economic Forum's gender gap index and looks likely to do so again this week. The Economist recently named Iceland the world's best place for working women. But why? For centuries, this seafaring nation's women stayed at home as their husbands traversed the oceans. Without men at home, women played the roles of farmer, hunter, architect, builder. They managed household finances and were crucial to the country's ability to prosper. Why Iceland is the best place in the world to be a woman In case you missed it … When the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa, was executed by Francisco Pizarro in 1533, the conquistadors moved quickly to obliterate all traces of the Inca empire. New research is tracing noble Inca bloodlines through surnames to the direct descendants of Atahualpa. "I discovered it was more common to find a gardener or servant with an Inca surname than a person from a middle- or upper-class background," says Dutch historian Ronald Elward. Peru's royal pedigree: direct descendants trace roots to Incan emperor and kin Support the Guardian's fearless journalism The Guardian is an independent voice in this year's election. That means no bias or corporate owner influencing our coverage. But in-depth political reporting takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. If everyone who reads our coverage helps to pay for it, our future will be more secure. Support the Guardian with a monthly payment, or a one-off contribution. | 
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