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Green belt that's keeping a city cool
Huge swathes of vegetation surround the urban sprawl of Ouagadougou as an unusual project looks to combat the effects of the climate crisis
4 min |
February 14, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Debris of war How will Gaza reconstruct its annihilated infrastructure?
After Donald Trump called for what has been described as an \"ethnic cleansing\" of Palestinians to rebuild Gaza as a US \"riviera\" - an idea as unworkable as it is unhinged - the issues of how, if and when Gaza will be reconstructed are back at the fore.
2 min |
February 14, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Has Merz's immigration bet played into hands of the AfD?
On a foggy, frigid morning in Saxony, far-right MP René Bochmann could not believe his party's luck in the final days of the German election campaign, with all eyes on Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).
3 min |
February 14, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
National day unites Māori visitors in show of resistance
Twenty-year-old Keshaan Te Waaka stood for the first time - on the narrow bridge connecting New Zealand's far north coastal town Paihia to the Waitangi treaty grounds, where 185 years ago, Māori chiefs and the British Crown forged a nation-state.
2 min |
February 14, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Brink of war Fears grow of escalating conflict in spite of talks
Last weekend, the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda - Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame - were among those who took part in a regional summit aimed at ending the resurgent violence in eastern DRC.
2 min |
February 14, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
The Elon empire It is Musk, not Trump, who is running America
\"Musk has seized control of many of the organs of state. There does not seem to be any way to stop him\"
3 min |
February 14, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Soft power Will USAid shutdown surrender ground to China?
Trump's shutdown of USAID has already had disastrous effects on humanitarian aid and development programs around the world, but it has also ceded ground to the US's chief rival, China, analysts have said.
3 min |
February 14, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Electoral autocracy' Trump and the Orbán playbook
The president has moved to gut the federal government, fire critics and reward allies -treading a path similar to 'would-be dictators', such as the Hungarian leader
7 min |
February 14, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Is the levy dry? Why Trump blinked before imposing his 'beautiful' tariffs
Donald Trump was in his element last week. Asked if he would really unleash a trade war on the US's closest neighbours, the president talked tough in the Oval Office.
2 min |
February 14, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Trump lives in a fantasy political world but reality will prevail
Why exactly is Donald Trump's new presidency so disorienting? So far, explanations have tended to focus on its manic pace, contempt for political conventions and blatant subversion of supposedly one of the world's most robust democracies.
3 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
'I curse this war': hunger and fear after rebel takeover
People living in Goma on the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern border with Rwanda have spoken of their fear and acute hunger after the M23 rebel group swept into the city last week.
3 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
The life aquatic
Adventurers have long wondered if we could live on the seabed. Now, 80 metres below the surface of a flooded quarry in the UK, we are about to find out
9 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
The secret to startup's rapid AI success
Who is behind DeepSeek and how did it achieve such an impressive feat in such a short time?
1 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
My inside story
Louise Lancaster was one of a group of Just Stop Oil activists given the longest-ever UK sentences for peaceful protest after blocking a motorway. Six months into her incarceration, the mother of three adult children reveals what she has learned about life in prison
10+ min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
What went wrong with the China-funded Dubai 2.0?
The city of Gwadar has a huge new airport, but suspicion of Beijing's true intentions threatens to wreck the project
5 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Into the deep
The emergence of DeepSeek-a Chinese AI chatbot supposedly developed at a fraction of the cost of Silicon Valley models has stunned the US tech giants and potentially opened up the artificial intelligence race to a host of other players
3 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Labour is sacrificing all to the god of GDP-and mocking objections
I can scarcely believe I'm writing this, but it's hard to dodge the conclusion. After 14 years of environmental vandalism, it might seem impossible for Labour to offer anything but improvement. But on green issues, this government is worse than the Tories.
3 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Keeping up with Bridget Jones
Nearly 25 years after the first of the films about the ultimate singleton, Renée Zellweger discusses the resting place for her character's massive knickers
6 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Fright club: why chills are hot
The paranormal has hit prime time, with scary podcasts and TV shows more popular than ever. Why does the unexplained have sucha holdonus?
4 min |
February 07, 2025
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'Dark times': In Trump's culture war, even tragedy is fair game
Donald Trump didn't need to wait for the black box flight recorder. He knew what caused the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and army helicopter that killed 67 people. Or he thought he did.
3 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
'Write me a sonnet' - DeepSeek, ChatGPT Grok... which is the best AI assistant?
With the assistance of an expert from the UK's Alan Turing Institute we tried out leading chatbots.
3 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Trump tariffs Trade-offs, threats... and friendships under strain
One by one, the bottles of Kentucky bourbon were pulled from the shelf of a Vancouver liquor store. In their place, a sign: \"Buy Canadian instead.\" The move, aimed at states with Republican governors, marked an early salvo in a looming trade war between the US and Canada.
3 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Vicious cycle: How far-right parties are cannibalising the centre right
Far-right parties could become the largest force on the right in Europe within a decade, experts have said, as mainstream conservative parties look to copy their hardline agendas, especially on immigration, in a vain effort to win back votes.
2 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Brass taxes How tariffs could play out around the world
Proponents of tariffs argue that when they are used effectively, they can give an advantage to locally sourced alternatives by making imports prohibitively expensive.
3 min |
February 07, 2025
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The golden ticket: Inside the race for the biggest job in world sport
Britain's Sebastian Coe is among the front-runners, but faces stiff competition from all sides in the politically charged contest to become the next IOC president
5 min |
February 07, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Machine codes: DeepSeek has ripped away the veil of mystique around AI
No, it was not a \"Sputnik moment\".
3 min |
February 07, 2025
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What is DEI and why is Trump waging war against it?
When American voters headed to the ballot box in November, opinion polls suggested the cost of living, immigration and reproductive rights ranked among their biggest concerns.
2 min |
January 31, 2025
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Who are M23 rebels and why is there fighting in eastern DRC?
The armed group M23 and Rwandan soldiers entered the centre of Goma last Sunday after weeks of advancing on the main city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province.
2 min |
January 31, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Aid distribution What Israel's ban on Unrwa may mean for Palestinians
Israel this week insisted it would not back down over its plan to close the Gaza operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), even though critics said the move would jeopardise urgent humanitarian aid efforts.
3 min |
January 31, 2025
The Guardian Weekly
Anti-terror strategy failed to stop a killer
Southport attacker's lack of coherent ideology meant the Prevent scheme did not see him as a potential risk, exposing the need for reform
3 min |