The Guardian Weekly - April 12, 2024
The Guardian Weekly - April 12, 2024
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April 12, 2024
No one is in charge
The Gaza war has disrupted the world order. As US diplomacy flounders, emerging powers see a chance for new voices to join the top table
10 mins
Anguish Over Tens Of Thousands Of Missing Palestinians
Late one night in March, Ahmed Abu Jalala rose quietly, trying hard not to wake his family, sleeping around him on the floor of a UN-run school in northern Gaza.
5 mins
Alone and embattled Netanyahu's woes mount, but he won't be going quietly
For Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the first week of April has perhaps been the worst since the Hamas attack on 7 October, six months ago, that triggered the current war in Gaza.
2 mins
'Inevitable' Kyiv bullish about third attempt on Kerch bridge
In the biggest Ukrainian onslaught inside Russian territory since Vladimir Putin's fullscale invasion two years ago, Ukraine has in recent weeks carried out a series of drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and ports. On 2 April, it hit a refinery and drone factory in the industrial region of Tatarstan - more than 1,300km from the border.
3 mins
How Island Kept Death Toll Low In Massive Earthquake
For Nina Huang, it was the shaking that jolted her awake. "The first thing I did when I woke up was to hold the cupboard next to my daughter. I was afraid that it might fall down on her," she recalled. Then her phone buzzed with a warning about a tsunami.
3 mins
Is it time to abandon a tax based on house values from 1991?
Battersea power station offered no prospect of luxury living when Tony Belton became a local councillor in 1971. The coal-fired behemoth was nearing closure after 40 years of belching soot over London, and would spend almost as long in dereliction and blight as a result of false starts at redevelopment.
3 mins
Heavenly host Churches embrace heavy metal
It was a \"bonkers gig\", pairing heavy metal with a pipe organ-a musical curiosity that the bands thought would surely seldom be repeated, if ever.
2 mins
Pave the way Contest to remove tiles and restore greenery
National competition aims to help the Netherlands reach environmental targets by removing garden flagstones
3 mins
Weeding out knotty threat harder due to climate crisis
Homeowners in the UK are being urged to be extra vigilant of Japanese knotweed growing on their properties after the invasive species emerged six weeks earlier than usual this year after unusually warm weather.
2 mins
Windfarm resistance stalls green transition
In La Guajira, plans for renewables are beset by delays and anger from local Indigenous people
5 mins
Red runs Pyongyang's Alps-style paradise gets mixed review
Gliding down pristine, mountain runs, Olga Shpalok said she was \"getting 100% satisfaction\". After a full day of skiing, the designer from Vladivostok relaxed with a visit to her hotel's well-equipped spa and sauna.
3 mins
Dismay in Addis Ababa as 'the soul of the city' is razed
In the heart of Addis Ababa, the historic, ramshackle district of Piassa once teemed with shops and cafes. People would come from across Ethiopia's capital city to buy anything from jeans to jewellery.
3 mins
Tick tick boom Lyme disease-carrying bugs are on the march
They're hard to spot, hungry and, after mosquitoes, the world's biggest vectors of disease. They're found in the countryside and urban parks and infestation rates are increasing. So what can be done about this little blood-sucking pest?
5 mins
Presidents Assemble Obama And Clinton Give Biden Boost
For once showbusiness royalty - Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Lea Michele and Mindy Kaling was not the main attraction. Instead it was a trio of US presidents that enticed people to pay up to half a million dollars for New York's hottest ticket.
3 mins
Market share Division and dysfunction cloud WTO's vision
When trade ministers gathered in the Moroccan city of Marrakech 30 years ago this month to sign the agreement creating the World Trade Organization (WTO), the mood was celebratory. The Berlin Wall had come down only recently, communism had collapsed, and there was optimistic talk of how the body would prise open new markets and act as the arbiter when disputes broke out between countries.
2 mins
Six tips for budding centibillionaires (No 1: come from a wealthy family)
There is a tiny new elite at the frontier of money-making and they are known as the centibillionaires. These titans of the universe have personal assets of at least $100bn, and there are now 14 of them in the world-up from six last year. You will find them listed, compared and celebrated by the Bloomberg billionaires index and the Forbes world's billionaires list, which has just been published.
3 mins
True ugliness is editing out a disabled child from a school photo
There is a difference between being shocked and being surprised. I thought of that as I read the news that disabled children had been \"erased\" from their class photo in a primary school in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.
3 mins
If the defeated Tories lurch further right it is bad news for Labour
For many people reading this, the analogy will seem ludicrous, but hear me out: if the Conservative party was one of your friends, you'd be very worried about them.
3 mins
Keeper of the flame
It is seen as one of the greatest films ever. So what has Víctor Erice been doing in the halfcentury since The Spirit of the Beehive? As his new film hits screens, he reveals all
5 mins
Genre gap Beyoncé's new album falls short
Cowboy Carter arrives on the back of booming business for the country genre, drowning out the Black music history it claims to celebrate
3 mins
Hitman who wears a hoodie
In 2014, Ed Sheeran became the most-streamed pop star in the world. The 10 years since have seen the artist dominate music-for better or worse. How did he do it?
5 mins
London calling The life of a workingclass writer made good is the dark, Dickensian spine of this enjoyable stateof-the-nation novel
The city itself is the star of all great London novels, and plays whatever role is required by the tale or the times. It was a semi-sentient organism in Dickens's Bleak House, wrapped in fog and thick with mud.
3 mins
Everyday magic From Rafael Nadal's ball-bouncing to wedding and funeral traditions, does ritualistic behaviour serve any purpose?
The adjective \"ritual\", from Latin via French, means related to religious rites. As soon as it appeared, however, the word \"ritual\" could be used in a derogatory fashion to denote things empty of authentic spiritual content.
2 mins
Not doing well A survivor of a life-threatening illness charts the history of health anxiety, asking if it is a rational response to our flawed bodies
In the 14th century, King Charles VI of France suffered from a curious delusion. He believed his body was made entirely of glass. A relatively new material, both fragile and transparent, glass captures the hypochondriac's acutest fear - brittle vulnerability - with their greatest desire: visceral omniscience.
3 mins
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