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Preserving the shoes of Stutthof
The Guardian Weekly

Preserving the shoes of Stutthof

Leather footwear from Nazi concentration camps ended up at the Baltic coast base, and campaigners want them to be salvaged

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May 03, 2024
On French coast, hope outweighs risk of death or Rwanda
The Guardian Weekly

On French coast, hope outweighs risk of death or Rwanda

Five drowned last week as a packed dinghy tried to cross the Channel, but those seeking a better life remain undeterred

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May 03, 2024
Growing tide of plastic threatens Galápagos species
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Growing tide of plastic threatens Galápagos species

Animals live amid mounds of waste as piles of bottles, buoys, nets and packaging keep building up in what should be a pristine area

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May 03, 2024
'Peace is over' - Call for west to boost arms production
The Guardian Weekly

'Peace is over' - Call for west to boost arms production

Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, praised US politicians last week for approving a long-delayed military aid package, but said western allies needed to recognise that \"the era of peace in Europe is over\".

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May 03, 2024
The elite force bearing the brunt on eastern front
The Guardian Weekly

The elite force bearing the brunt on eastern front

The Azov brigade is tasked with repelling relentless Russian attacks as the invaders have made the most of an artillery mismatch

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May 03, 2024
'My babies came back to me'
The Guardian Weekly

'My babies came back to me'

Four families who were torn apart by Chile's illegal adoption scandal finally found each other again decades later. They describe the emotional moment they met for the first time - and how they pieced together the lives they had spent apart By Naomi Larsson Piñeda

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May 03, 2024
Into the woods
The Guardian Weekly

Into the woods

In the past 10 years the idea that trees communicate with and look after each other-dubbed the 'wood-wide web' - has gained widespread currency. But have these claims outstripped the evidence?

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May 03, 2024
A pragmatic path - Extremists block the way to peace as calls grow for two states
The Guardian Weekly

A pragmatic path - Extremists block the way to peace as calls grow for two states

Beware the friend who is only trying to help. Not, perhaps, as a rule for life but certainly when it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the clashes that battle provokes around the world. Often those who think they're doing their bit serve only to make an impossible situation even worse.

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May 03, 2024
'WE'RE VERY WELCOME' - HAS A VIRAL VIDEO CHANGED THE MOOD ON MARCH?
The Guardian Weekly

'WE'RE VERY WELCOME' - HAS A VIRAL VIDEO CHANGED THE MOOD ON MARCH?

A woman is standing next to a group of Holocaust survivors and their descendants in Trafalgar Square in London, live-streaming her challenge to the pro-Palestine marchers on her phone. \"Why will none of you condemn Hamas?\" she repeats several times.

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May 03, 2024
UP IN ARMS
The Guardian Weekly

UP IN ARMS

In the US, student protests and arrests are signalling a wider political battle with bitter historical echoes. In London, several mass marches have led to disputed claims the city is becoming a no-go zone for Jewish people. What is going on inside the Gaza demonstrations - and where might they be leading?

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May 03, 2024
Is Paris Ready To Embrace Its Olympic Moment?
The Guardian Weekly

Is Paris Ready To Embrace Its Olympic Moment?

In a live television interview from Paris’s Grand Palais – the centrepiece of this year’s Olympic Games, which open on 26 July – Emmanuel Macron set out his ambitions for the country’s athletes in much the same way he might outline a political manifesto.

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April 26, 2024
Can Britons Learn To Love The Idea Of The 'Nanny State'?
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Can Britons Learn To Love The Idea Of The 'Nanny State'?

Despite detractors, Rishi Sunak’s tobacco bill shows the public will support policies that would once have been thought draconian

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April 26, 2024
Battle Ready How Might New US Aid Change The War?
The Guardian Weekly

Battle Ready How Might New US Aid Change The War?

After months of stalling, the US House of Representatives last weekend approved more than $61bn of military assistance to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia, as well as billions for other allies including Israel and Taiwan.

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April 26, 2024
What are the rules of thumb for buying a quality kitchen knife?
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What are the rules of thumb for buying a quality kitchen knife?

I need anew chef’s knife any recommendations? Nothing too expensive, though.

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April 26, 2024
Keep it reel Clubs drive a celluloid resurgence
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Keep it reel Clubs drive a celluloid resurgence

A ballooning number of groups dedicated to cinema in its original medium are springing up across the UK. They explain its thrills and challenges

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April 26, 2024
I'm begging world leaders to raise taxes for rich people like me
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I'm begging world leaders to raise taxes for rich people like me

The need to tax rich people like me has never been so dire. Extreme wealth concentration in the hands of a few oligarchs is a threat to democracy the world over.

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April 26, 2024
Troubled waters
The Guardian Weekly

Troubled waters

In an unprecedented deal, a private company bought land in an Arizona town - and sold its water rights to a suburb 300km away. Have the floodgates opened for US corporations to cash in on drought?

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April 26, 2024
Melania is back-but she's still not playing by the rules
The Guardian Weekly

Melania is back-but she's still not playing by the rules

Her biggest fashion statement as first lady was a green jacket emblazoned with the words, “I really don’t care, do u?” More recently Melania Trump has given the impression that she doesn’t care whether her husband, Donald, returns to the White House. That is about to change.

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April 26, 2024
Poll prejudice In a big voting year, where are all the female candidates?
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Poll prejudice In a big voting year, where are all the female candidates?

With more people set to vote in elections than at any time in history, 2024 is being touted as a test of democracies’ strength around the world. But one thing remains in noticeably short supply – female leadership candidates.

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April 26, 2024
The man who helped scores to flee violence in Darfur
The Guardian Weekly

The man who helped scores to flee violence in Darfur

Every night, for weeks at a time last year, Saad al-Mukhtar put a small group of people in the back of his Toyota Land Cruiser and drove them under the cover of darkness from his home in the Sudanese city of Geneina across the border and into Chad.

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April 26, 2024
Track record Paris Olympics of 1924 saved the Games. Can this be repeated?
The Guardian Weekly

Track record Paris Olympics of 1924 saved the Games. Can this be repeated?

Paris 1924 was the sixth and last Olympics presided over by Baron de Coubertin, the modern movement’s founder. He had good reason to be pleased with his work.

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April 26, 2024
Under fire IDF is fighting on many fronts-but the hardest may be at home
The Guardian Weekly

Under fire IDF is fighting on many fronts-but the hardest may be at home

Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defence minister, described the conflict Israel was engaged in as a “multi-front war” this month.

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April 26, 2024
The new rules of engagement
The Guardian Weekly

The new rules of engagement

The response by Gulf states to the Iran-Israel conflict may well decide the outcome of the crisis - but the Sunni monarchies face complicated choices about the region's future

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April 26, 2024
All together now
The Guardian Weekly

All together now

Irish post-punk band Fontaines DC's forthcoming album Romance promises to be an arena-filling singalong-and that's how they want it

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April 26, 2024
Out of the shadows A Pandora's box has been opened, and this crisis is far from over
The Guardian Weekly

Out of the shadows A Pandora's box has been opened, and this crisis is far from over

Israel’s retaliation was surprisingly limited. Iran minimised the significance of last Friday’s air attacks on a military base near Isfahan and other targets, denying they were externally directed.

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April 26, 2024
Pacifist who helped Ukrainians dies in jail
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Pacifist who helped Ukrainians dies in jail

Schoolteacher Alexander Demidenko guided refugees back to their homeland until he was arrested and tortured in prison by Kremlin forces

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April 19, 2024
Huck reimagined This bravura rewriting of Mark Twain from enslaved Jim's pointof view is part critique and part celebration
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Huck reimagined This bravura rewriting of Mark Twain from enslaved Jim's pointof view is part critique and part celebration

Percival Everett's new novel lures the reader in with the brilliant simplicity of its central conceit. James is the retelling of Mark Twain's 1884 classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, from the point of view of Jim, the runaway slave who joins Huck on his journey down the Mississippi River.

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April 19, 2024
Can AI make intelligent art?
The Guardian Weekly

Can AI make intelligent art?

Pierre Huyghe's uncanny machine-human hybrids are the latest attempt to find deeper meaning in a technology that leaves many playing catch-up

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April 19, 2024
Ripley: a psychopath made for social media
The Guardian Weekly

Ripley: a psychopath made for social media

Patricia Highsmith's charming devil has fascinated film-makers since the 1960s, but his brand of evil seems well suited to the Instagram age

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April 19, 2024
For a year, the bodies have piled up-and still the world looks away
The Guardian Weekly

For a year, the bodies have piled up-and still the world looks away

One year ago this week, Sudan descended into war. The toll so far is catastrophic.

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April 19, 2024