The Guardian Weekly - May 31, 2024
The Guardian Weekly - May 31, 2024
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May 31, 2024
Easter Island Monoliths Face Up To New Climate Extremes
The Ahu Tahai moai, on the east side of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is an impressive 4.5 metres high.
3 mins
From Bad To Worse How Early Election Backfired On PM
Two days after Rishi Sunak stood in Downing Street to announce an early general election, only for the heavens to open, Tory MPs were still scratching their heads in disbelief.
5 mins
Secrets Of The World's Most Trusting Country
In Danish society, people feel safe enough to leave their babies and bikes out on the street. How did they get to this point?
6 mins
Ukraine Can Recover With Bolder Support - But Now It's On The Ropes
The mood in Ukraine is sombre these days.
4 mins
Stark Warning ICJ Ruling Is Third Blow In A Week For Israel As Isolation Grows
The provisional measures issued by the international court of justice (ICJ) ordering an immediate halt to Israel's military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah represent the starkest warning yet to Israel that its offensive risks creating conditions that could be framed as potentially genocidal.
3 mins
Why I Took To Cannes' Red Carpet To Call Out Sexual Violence
The 77th Cannes film festival reached its climax on Saturday when all eyes were on the Croisette, as the winners of the prestigious Palme d'Or were announced.
3 mins
From mains to a sweet treat, how to serve up a thrill from the grill
If you don't have a kamado-style barbecue, what interesting things can you make on a simple grill?
2 mins
Points of origin
Two takes on Covid's early days-one aimed at academics, the other a 'documentary novel' that mixes fiction and fact to powerful effect
3 mins
Life after lava
Icelanders are famously hardy, but after a series of volcanic eruptions set houses alight and opened up 20-metre-deep fissures in Grindavík, the fishing town near the famous Blue Lagoon, residents are asking if they'll ever be allowed back home
10+ mins
How Church of England's slavery ties went to top of hierarchy
An archbishop of Canterbury in the 18th century approved payments for the purchase of enslaved people for two sugar plantations in Barbados, documents seen by the Observer have revealed.
3 mins
'Not our president': Kanak call on Macron for fair deal
I don't know why our fate is being discussed by people who don't even live here.
3 mins
New normal Life under constant attack threat in Kharkiv
Under the late spring sun on a recent Saturday afternoon, these were some of the sounds to be heard in Kharkiv's Shevchenko Park: birds chirruping; young couples laughing over iced coffees; tinny pop music playing from speakers mounted on lampposts; pensioners gossiping on the benches; and, at 11 minutes to three, a prolonged explosion that reverberated in the chest like a rumble of thunder.
2 mins
"They call us Nazis' The town where right is on rise
Rallies in Kaufbeuren show split between AfD supporters and locals who acknowledge Bavarian district's grim past
3 mins
All change? Labour hopes a simple message will chime with vexed nation
Change. The word was emblazoned on the lectern as Keir Starmer responded to Rishi Sunak's rain-soaked speech last Wednesday and, lest there were any doubts about Labour's key campaign message, he said it eight times in his brief address.
2 mins
"There is hate on all sides'
The ICC order to halt the military operation in Rafah capped a disastrous week for Israel on the world stage – while at home, a divided population is increasingly doubtful about the direction of the war. Where does the country go from here?
3 mins
Moving Back To Moscow: How Dream Of Freedom Unravelled
The army of riot police had finally retreated from Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue, the broad thoroughfare in front of the parliament building, back into the barricaded parliamentary estate.
3 mins
News Of Raisi's Death Met With Fireworks And Few Tears
Activists in Iran have said there is little mood to mourn the death of the president, Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash near the border with Azerbaijan on Sunday.
2 mins
Red Flag? Alito Scandal Casts Doubt On Supreme Court Impartiality
With less than six months to go before America chooses its next president, the US supreme court finds itself in an unenviable position: not only has it been drawn into a volatile election, but swirling ethical scandals have cast doubt on its impartiality.
3 mins
Infected blood Final report vindicates the families still awaiting justice
\"We have been gaslit for generations,\" was the reaction of Andy Evans, chair of the campaign group Tainted Blood, in response to the final report into the contaminated blood scandal, which was published on Monday.
2 mins
The race to evacuate Vovchansk's remaining residents
Rescue operations ever more dangerous as fighting reaches Kharkiv townat the centre of Russia’s latest offensive
4 mins
Alice Munro 1931 -2024
The Nobel prize winner whose masterly accounts of ordinary lives in smalltown Canada elevated the short story into the highest form of literature
2 mins
Creativity takes root
From Nikide Saint Phalle's Tuscan Tarot Garden to Barbara Hepworth's coastal oasis, artists’ green spaces are about somuch more than plants
3 mins
Tory war on overseas students is all about saving their own skins
A key turning point in British politics was Tony Blair's famous priorities: \"education, education, education\".
3 mins
Catalans once longed for freedom, but it doesn't look so appealing now
For the first time since 1980, parties opposing Catalonia's independence from Spain have the support of a majority of voters in the region.
3 mins
I believe that Ricky's law has saved lives, it has changed lives, restored families'
Ricky Klausmeyer-Garcia’s friends struggled to get him addiction treatment, leading to the creation of alawin his name. Buta year after his death, profound questions remain about how best to help those with substance use disorder in the US.
10+ mins
The enforcer
For 40 years Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modis side, his confidant and consigliere. As India’s second most powerful man, he is reshaping the country in disturbing ways.
10+ mins
The heat is on
Memory lapses can be scary and hot flushes excruciating. But we know much more now about the menopause. And the aftermath can be amazing
6 mins
Desert film festival brings home the plight of refugees
From the outside, Asria Mohamed's tent in a refugee camp in south-west Algeria could be mistaken for a typical nomadic dwelling used by Sahrawis, people from Western Sahara, though it is smaller in size.
2 mins
Outgunned Police cling on in critical battle with violent gangs
Nine hours and countless bullets after gunmen began bombarding Stanley's police station in Port-au-Prince, the twentysomething officer started fearing he would not make it out alive.
3 mins
Judy fights back to give Mr Punch a modern touch
After 362 years of frankly horrendous treatment at the hands of her husband, Mr Punch, Judy has had enough.
2 mins
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Publisher: Guardian News & Media
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The Guardian Weekly is an international English-language news magazine based in London, UK. It is one of the world's oldest international news publications and has readers in more than 170 countries.
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