The Guardian Weekly - June 07, 2024
The Guardian Weekly - June 07, 2024
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June 07, 2024
Democracy Comes Under Scrutiny Amid Battle To Buy Basics
After 25 years, Nigeria's role as the region's police officer is in jeopardy, with its people losing faith in a squeezed economy
3 mins
Civil War And Bloodshed? Conviction Infuriates Trump's Base
The posts are ominous. “Pick a side, or YOU are next,” wrote conservative talk show host Dan Bongino on the Truth Social media platform in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions.
4 mins
'Forever War' Risk Grows As Militants Return To Gaza's North
Israel could inherit an insurgency, warns the US, after Hamas regains strength in areas it was forced to flee
4 mins
A stranger for ever A family's struggles after the second world war are intimately captured across continents and generations
Here are some of the events that are not described in Claire Messud's ambitious novel about the lives of three generations of a Franco-Algerian family: the Algerian war of independence, as a result of which the Cassar family lose their home and national identity; the two years the family's most promising scion spends as a student in Paris, during which he endures something (racist bullying? Mental collapse?) that blights his adult life; his sister's broken-hearted suicide attempt; the courtship of a couple who have been held up throughout the novel as exemplars of married love and yet whose relationship - as we discover in the final pages - was shockingly transgressive.
2 mins
Concrete comfort
China's 'lying flat' generation is drawn to seek spiritual solace among the brutalist blocks of the exclusive Aranya resort by innovative architecture and the power of social media
5 mins
MONEY MONEY MONEY
TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW ALBUM, The Tortured Poets Department, is not one of her best.
10+ mins
MY SECRET GERMAN GRANDAD
Women who 'fraternised' with German prisoners of war horrified British society. Could one of these illicit liaisons explain a mystery at the heart of Leo Hickman's family tree?
10+ mins
Sheinbaum signals hope, but can she pursue her own agenda?
A month ago in Chiapas, a Mexican state caught in a bloody battle between criminal groups, a car carrying the front runner to be the country's next president was stopped by a group of masked men.
3 mins
Score draw Why anime is firing up young sports stars
The Bournemouth footballer Dominic Solanke twice thought he had scored the opening goal in a Premier League game against Brentford last month.
3 mins
Kingmaker How will Meloni use her growing influence on EU politics?
Italy's far-right leader has so far been a model European. But this weekend's EU elections may reveal her hand
3 mins
Eyes and ears of the First Nations
From crab monitoring and bear patrols to rescue operations, the Indigenous guardians protect their communities' pristine shores
5 mins
Coalition talks begin as ANC loses majority for first time
Final results from last week's seismic South Africa elections confirmed that the African National Congress (ANC) party has lost its majority for the first time in 30 years of full democracy, firing the starting gun on unprecedented coalition talks.
2 mins
Get out of jail? Why convicted felon Trump is likely to avoid prison time
A Manhattan jury convicted Donald Trump on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush-money case.
3 mins
Soft power Foundation with links to the Kremlin revealed
Pravfond spent millions of euros financing pro-Russia propaganda and legal defences, leaked papers show
3 mins
'For Ukrainians, time is life'
The big story In an exclusive interview, Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells of balancing urgency with democracy in securing western aid and how he faces the challenge of leading Ukraine in the war against Russia
8 mins
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
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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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