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Refugees allowed to work to counter aid cuts
Thailand has set a regional precedent this month by giving refugees permission to work in the country in an effort to tackle aid cuts and labour shortages.
3 min |
October 31, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
A flawed strategy
Don't expect sanctions alone to end this war any time soon
3 min |
October 31, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
I'm playing a gig in Greece but it's raining. Still, I can't complain
Many months ago the band I’m in was invited to play a gig at a literary festival in Greece. The date slotted nicely into our international tour schedule, between Brighton and Plymouth. But it butted up against my already booked holiday; I would have to fly home, spend 36 hours repacking and then fly straight to Greece. Mind you, I’m not complaining.
2 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Can eco-crimes be called murder? Why we should look at damage to the environment as seriously as we take serial killers
Whenever you read, watch or listen to the news, you're likely to be exposed to stories of violence and murder.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
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Washington strikes ship in row with Colombia over drugs
Donald Trump last Sunday accused Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, of being an “illegal drug dealer” and threatened to cut US funding to the country as a Republican senator said the US would soon announce “major tariffs” on the country.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Role of honour
As David Harewood returns as Othello, he and other Black actors discuss how best to tackle Shakespeare's formidable tragedy
6 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
'An international movement' Intelligence agencies eye neo-Nazi fight clubs
Neo-fascist fight clubs, a global locus of neo-nazism, have caught the eye of western intelligence agencies that consider them a burgeoning national security threat, according to experts and government documents reviewed by the Guardian.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
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Hopes and ruins Shock as Gaza City residents return
Families who have made their way back from refugee camps in the south can barely recognise where their homes once stood
2 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Get Cartier!
Upending the very notion of art galleries, French architect Jean Nouvel has turned an old Paris department store into a museum to rival the Louvre
3 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Fender's gritty truths earn him the Mercury
They could have given the award to an album not already a huge hit-but this blend of kitchen- sink drama and stadium choruses is expertly done
3 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Unvarnished truth
A day in the lives of the workers in a nail salon, where everyone's name tag says Susan
2 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
UK state weakness is to blame for collapse of the alleged China spying case
The China spying row has revealed disturbing weaknesses in the processes of the UK state.
2 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Trump trying to go toe to toe with Xi is an embarrassing mismatch
In Sharm el-Sheikh last week, a manically self-congratulatory Donald Trump, Gaza’s make-believe saviour, hailed his fellow “tough guys” - tame tyrants, such as Egypt’s Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, who helped fabricate his flimsy Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Jar code: the essentials to set you up to make perfect pickles
I love ferments and want to make my own. Where should I start? Ben, by email
2 min |
October 24, 2025
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'Lab to fab' Are promises graphene revolution coming true? of a
It was hailed as a wonder material that would change the world - but developing a substance that is just one atom thick has proved slow work
4 min |
October 24, 2025
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It is easier to blame 'outsiders' than build social integration
Every few weeks, another announcement. Immigrants must do this to earn the right to stay in the UK. Others must do that if they are to be allowed to work in the UK. The demands grow more punitive and absurd, like the whiteboard of a meeting where everyone agreed there were no bad ideas. Voluntary work! A decade to receive citizenship! Hear me out: English A-levels!
3 min |
October 24, 2025
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Blue planet Cultures mapped through swear words
When researchers asked people around the world to list every taboo word they could think of, the differences that emerged were revealing.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Scandal to celebration Oscar Wilde's grandson traces the shadow cast by the playwright's trial and his rehabilitation
Today, Oscar Wilde is one of the most celebrated writers in English. His plays are performed. His words are quoted. But it was not always so.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
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Marjorie Taylor Greene tests Trump's limits
For years she was one of Donald Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers. Marjorie Taylor Greene trafficked in racist statements, indicated support for executing Democrats and even floated conspiracy theories about Jewish space lasers. Beneath a red “Make America great again” cap, she became an instantly recognisable face of the Maga movement.
2 min |
October 24, 2025
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'Gen Z gave us victory'
Madagascar is just the latest country where young people, frustrated by a lack of opportunities and sensing their demographic advantage over an older elite, have taken to the streets to topple governments and oust leaders.
6 min |
October 24, 2025
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How Benin bronzes were replaced by clay replicas
The new Museum of West African Art was supposed to house a public display of looted colonial artefacts. What went wrong?
6 min |
October 24, 2025
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Human nature An animal expert asks why we dress our dogs in clothes and question cats' inner thoughts
In the 1970s, a former Soviet naval officer named Igor Charkovsky popularised a concept that came to be known as dolphin-assisted birth.
1 min |
October 24, 2025
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A return to stoic virtues helps us face a future of disruption with calm
Feeling not so great about being in the world right now? Uncertain and anxious about the future? Older cultures have left behind maps and guides for living in uncertain times, whether it be through texts, philosophies, religions or letters.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
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'We are defiant' Youth protests resume despite police crackdown
Hundreds detained as demonstrators take to the streets to campaign against corruption, the underfunding of healthcare and education
3 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Digital ID - a dream for some, a nightmare for others
It is often difficult for people in India to remember life before Aadhaar. The digital biometric ID, allegedly available for every Indian citizen, was only introduced 15 years ago but its presence in daily life is ubiquitous.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
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Why William may still face the 'Andrew problem' on taking crown
The Prince of Wales, whom Buckingham Palace has said was “consulted” before Prince Andrew’s dramatic statement, must have felt some relief at his uncle agreeing to relinquish use of his titles and honours.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
D'oh!
IQ scores are shrinking, brain rot is setting in and with every technological advance we are finding it harder to work, remember, think and function. Is digital convenience costing us dearly?
10+ min |
October 24, 2025
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Influencers Main parties allowing far right to set the agenda
Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found, unwittingly helping the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely.
3 min |
October 24, 2025
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Centre fold How Macron fell from favour with French voters
Three French governments have collapsed in less than a year, and the political crisis looks likely to continue, overshadowing Emmanuel Macron's last 18 months in power.
2 min |
October 24, 2025
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The flood-prone town that's being abandoned by insurers
One more deluge could bankrupt Tenbury Wells, yet its application for defence funding has been rejected
4 min |