The Guardian Weekly - September 15, 2023
The Guardian Weekly - September 15, 2023
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September 15, 2023
Have we reached Peak China?
The world's second-biggest economy has long seemed set on an everupwards path. But amid a slowing economy and jobs market, the outlook may be changing for the country's people-and its leaders
4 mins
Red alert Too few jobs, not enough tax receipts and a weak safety net
When finding a job feels as unlikely as winning the lottery, playing the actual lottery may seem like a more productive use of time. In the first half of 2023, faced with a struggling economy, Chinese consumers spent 273.9bn yuan ($37bn ) on lottery tickets, an increase of more than 50% on the same period in 2022.
3 mins
'Bad' Apple? Smartphone ban may signal wider backlash against US tech
China's government last week reportedly expanded its ban of iPhones to local government workers and state-owned companies, soon after it had emerged central government employees were forbidden from bringing the devices to work.
2 mins
'Everything is gone' Despair in villages reduced to rubble
As the dirt roads leading to some of the areas worst hit in last Friday's earth quake in Morocco were gradually cleared, the full extent of the disaster was being revealed, including whole villages destroyed in Al-Haouz province.
4 mins
Fading hopes Offers of help flood in amid desperate search efforts
Select foreign aid and rescue teams joined desperate efforts to find any remaining survivors high in Morocco's Atlas mountains this week, as the death toll passed 2,800 people after a powerful earthquake that rendered many villages inaccessible.
1 min
'The war came to us': the Danube ports in the firing line
With Odesa out of action, Izmail and Reni are now the only places vital grain and sunflower oil can be exported
4 mins
Diplomatic win Biden defers to Modi on Ukraine in sign of India's growing influence
It took Indian diplomats 200 hours of non-stop negotiations, 300 bilateral meetings and 15 drafts, but in the end the G20 countries reached a consensus on the war in Ukraine - one that largely retreated into generalised principles rather than the specific condemnation of Russia that the same group of leaders agreed upon when they met in Bali a year ago.
2 mins
'A good week' Starmer's core team sets course for No 10
Labour is hotly tipped to win the next election. Can the reshuffled shadow cabinet deliver?
3 mins
Business beats a path to Labour's green door
Labour is turning away business leaders who want to attend events at its party conference in Liverpool next month because too many have applied in the belief that Keir Starmer will form the next government.
2 mins
'Into battle' New generation of Indigenous activists rises
The medicine man flashed a mischievous grin as he dabbed his warriors' eyeballs with a feather soaked in malagueta pepper and watched them grimace in pain. \"They're going into battle and this will protect them,\" José Delfonso Pereira said as he advanced on his next target with a jam jar of his chilli potion.
2 mins
Rubiales quits A victory for feminism but questions still remain
News that Luis Rubiales had resigned, three weeks after his unsolicited kiss and defiant refusal to step down sparked outrage around the world, was welcomed as a win for feminism even as questions swirled about his decision to make the announcement in an English-language interview.
2 mins
A cry for help from the traumatised teachers living in fear
South Korea's teachers know why a colleague killed herself after being subjected to abuse from parents, according to Park Seo-yoon*. \"We've all had similar struggles,\" she said.
2 mins
The rule that saved my little boy's life
Australian protocol giving patients and relatives the right to a second medical opinion may soon be adopted in the UK
5 mins
How El Niño is putting world rice supplies in jeopardy
Normally by this time of year Thongpoon Moonchan-song's fields are submerged in still waters, with scattered rice plants reaching up to her knees. The waters are usually so abundant that if you plunge a net into the fields, you can draw out fish and crab to eat.
3 mins
Waste not...Can lab-grown fruit ease food insecurity?
In the face of growing food security concerns due to climate change, scientists in New Zealand are attempting to grow fruit tissue in labs.
2 mins
Swing shift Can workers' gains lift Biden's poll fortunes?
David Coxistryingtopersuade his union members that Joe Biden has done more for working-class Americans than any president he has seen in his decades as a construction worker and organiser in eastern Ohio.
3 mins
Activists hail abortion ruling but warn of lack of access
Human rights activists in Mexico have welcomed a historic ruling by the country's supreme court that decriminalises abortion, but warned that the historic decision will not automatically make terminations accessible for all Mexican women.
3 mins
'Something happened'
FIRST THERE WERE THE BEWILDERING DNA TEST RESULTS, THEN THE LONG-FORGOTTEN FERTILITY BLOG-AND A DISCOVERY THAT WOULD CHANGE THE LIVES OF TWO FAMILIES FOR EVER
10+ mins
Les mots perdus
Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote In search of a passage among the French writer's voluminous work, I turned to AI to help me find it. The results were instructive - just not about Proust
10+ mins
Is Elon Musk really the guiding force the world needs right now?
When Elon Musk posted a personally crafted 280-character “ peace plan ” for the war in Ukraine last October, a Ukrainian diplomat offered a carefully considered review. It ran to two words: “ Fuck off”.
3 mins
The Guardian Weekly Newspaper Description:
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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