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Choke point
An exclusive Guardian investigation has found that Europe is facing a serious public health crisis, with 98% of people living in areas with toxic air linked to 400,000 deaths a year. What can be done to address the problem?
4 min |
September 29, 2023
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Back in the sweet spot
After decades of turmoil, the original Sugababes have reunited-and this time they're not going to let anyone stand in their way
3 min |
September 22, 2023
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'I want this to hit people in the gut'
Chris Ofili on his epic response to the Grenfell tragedy-placing an artist who died at its centre
6 min |
September 22, 2023
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America needs fresh leaders - Biden and Trump should bow out
Joe Biden has many reasons to be grateful he is not a member of Britain's ruling Conservatives, but one in particular stands out. When a Tory prime minister is polling badly, looking jaded and in danger of becoming a liability or a joke, they don't mess about.
3 min |
September 22, 2023
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Wedge issue
From eating plastic-wrapped slices as a child to hobnobbing with the owners of cheese caves, Grace Dent can track her life through the creamy, fatty, salty bliss of her favourite comfort food
10+ min |
September 22, 2023
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'You may have been poisoned'
Independent Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko's reporting on the invasion of Ukraine led to an assassination order being issued. Then came a mysterious illness ...
10+ min |
September 22, 2023
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Slump in demand for coca pushes families to the brink
Noralba Galvis usually returns home to her village in the Colombian jungle with fresh supplies of rice, meat, salt and other foods stuffed into bags. But today, as the 40-year-old steps onboard a boat for the two-hour journey home along the Putumayo River, she carries just a single cardboard box.
3 min |
September 22, 2023
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Found in translation
The act of expressing yourself in a second language can lead to a more considered thought process, improved adaptability and less anxiety
6 min |
September 22, 2023
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How a singer beat prejudice by nurturing his voice
There's a painful scene in the new Netflix drama Can You See Us? when the protagonist, Joseph, is attacked by men who pin him down and hack at his leg with a knife.
2 min |
September 22, 2023
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Once bitten Snack foods on the rise in Africa and Asia
Ultra-processed foods are taking hold in lower-income countries as experts warn a disease toll is sure to follow
3 min |
September 22, 2023
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Treasures of the high seas
Signing of global treaty is a timely opportunity for governments to act in the interests of marine life
4 min |
September 22, 2023
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One year on Young Iranians keep flame of freedom alive
Young Iranians have taken their protests against the authoritarian regime underground one year on from the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman detained for allegedly wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly.
2 min |
September 22, 2023
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Rocket men What we learned from Putin-Kim summit
The US dismissed the meeting of pariah state leaders as 'desperation' - but there are fears over what it could signal
3 min |
September 22, 2023
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Rise and rise of the Tony Blair Institute
With more than 800 staff in 40 countries, is the former prime minister now more powerful than he was in No 10?
3 min |
September 22, 2023
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Straw polls The populist challenge to Europe's institutions
The shape of three European governments could be decided by the performances of or populist, anti-establishment far-right parties in elections in the coming weeks, as the continent's fractured political landscape continues to splinter.
4 min |
September 22, 2023
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At the ready Two nations' different responses to natural catastrophe
Two disasters struck this month: the earthquake in Morocco and devastating flooding in Libya. At least 2,900 people are known to have died in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck in Morocco's High Atlas mountains on 8 September, and the authorities say the toll will rise.
3 min |
September 22, 2023
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Falling apart The climate crisis met a failed state-and disaster ensued
When the climate crisis meets a failed state, the outcome is the kind of disaster that has unfolded in Derna.
3 min |
September 22, 2023
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'I expected to die'
Journalists on the ground in Derna say reporting on the flooding disaster has been a harrowing experience and one that has deeply affected people
4 min |
September 22, 2023
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Tangled up in blue
A former minister exposes the 'shameful state' of Britain's Tory administration in this brilliant account of dysfunctional rule
3 min |
September 15, 2023
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Is Elon Musk really the guiding force the world needs right now?
When Elon Musk posted a personally crafted 280-character “ peace plan ” for the war in Ukraine last October, a Ukrainian diplomat offered a carefully considered review. It ran to two words: “ Fuck off”.
3 min |
September 15, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Les mots perdus
Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote In search of a passage among the French writer's voluminous work, I turned to AI to help me find it. The results were instructive - just not about Proust
10+ min |
September 15, 2023
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'Something happened'
FIRST THERE WERE THE BEWILDERING DNA TEST RESULTS, THEN THE LONG-FORGOTTEN FERTILITY BLOG-AND A DISCOVERY THAT WOULD CHANGE THE LIVES OF TWO FAMILIES FOR EVER
10+ min |
September 15, 2023
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Activists hail abortion ruling but warn of lack of access
Human rights activists in Mexico have welcomed a historic ruling by the country's supreme court that decriminalises abortion, but warned that the historic decision will not automatically make terminations accessible for all Mexican women.
3 min |
September 15, 2023
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Swing shift Can workers' gains lift Biden's poll fortunes?
David Coxistryingtopersuade his union members that Joe Biden has done more for working-class Americans than any president he has seen in his decades as a construction worker and organiser in eastern Ohio.
3 min |
September 15, 2023
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Waste not...Can lab-grown fruit ease food insecurity?
In the face of growing food security concerns due to climate change, scientists in New Zealand are attempting to grow fruit tissue in labs.
2 min |
September 15, 2023
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How El Niño is putting world rice supplies in jeopardy
Normally by this time of year Thongpoon Moonchan-song's fields are submerged in still waters, with scattered rice plants reaching up to her knees. The waters are usually so abundant that if you plunge a net into the fields, you can draw out fish and crab to eat.
3 min |
September 15, 2023
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The rule that saved my little boy's life
Australian protocol giving patients and relatives the right to a second medical opinion may soon be adopted in the UK
5 min |
September 15, 2023
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A cry for help from the traumatised teachers living in fear
South Korea's teachers know why a colleague killed herself after being subjected to abuse from parents, according to Park Seo-yoon*. \"We've all had similar struggles,\" she said.
2 min |
September 15, 2023
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Rubiales quits A victory for feminism but questions still remain
News that Luis Rubiales had resigned, three weeks after his unsolicited kiss and defiant refusal to step down sparked outrage around the world, was welcomed as a win for feminism even as questions swirled about his decision to make the announcement in an English-language interview.
2 min |
September 15, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
'Into battle' New generation of Indigenous activists rises
The medicine man flashed a mischievous grin as he dabbed his warriors' eyeballs with a feather soaked in malagueta pepper and watched them grimace in pain. \"They're going into battle and this will protect them,\" José Delfonso Pereira said as he advanced on his next target with a jam jar of his chilli potion.
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