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The Observer
Beyoncé makes headlines again in stage outfit that takes a swipe at US media
Living under the paparazzi spotlight for years, the pop legend joins the rebellious fashion trend with a statement of her own
2 min |
June 08, 2025
The Observer
Inside the drone attack that left Russia's top brass humiliated
The daring raids on Putin's bomber force were a slap in the face of the Kremlin, Ukraine's jubilant commanders tell Nina Kuryata
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June 08, 2025
The Observer
Spotlight on the Tonys
When the Tony awards for American theatre were launched at the Waldorf Astoria in 1947, winners received a scroll and a cigarette lighter; the women also received 14-carat gold compact mirrors, and the men equivalently solid money clips.
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June 08, 2025
The Observer
The great scrape: FTSE firms erase 'DEI' from annual reports
Five years after the murder of George Floyd sparked the Black Lives Matter protests and a rush among corporates to champion diversity, analysis of annual reports by The Observer reveals a sharp decline in mentions of the terms \"diversity, equity and inclusion\" (DEI) by a majority of FTSE 100 companies.
3 min |
June 08, 2025
The Observer
The world's oldest party is in crisis – and we might just be sitting at its deathbed
With friends like Mel Stride, Kemi Badenoch does not need any more enemies.
4 min |
June 08, 2025
The Observer
Mirror, mirror off the wall
We're forgetting how to experience life as we obsess over our image, says Melanie Reid
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June 08, 2025
The Observer
Preacher, PR, ad boss – the unlikely CV of the evangelical Gazan aid leader
The head of the privatised relief operation backed by armed US contractors appears to have no direct experience of delivering aid, writes Ruth Michaelson, Middle East Correspondent
3 min |
June 08, 2025
The Observer
Credit where credit is due – if you can find it
I keep hitting a brick wall with a misdirected payment of £2,000 that I made online.
2 min |
June 08, 2025
The Observer
Kremlin's 'drone boys' accused of killing civilians for sport
Anastasiya Pavlenko was attacked twice. She was cycling to the centre of Kherson when she noticed a drone was following her.
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June 01, 2025
The Observer
Too many exams, too many pupils let down: Whitehall plans reset of GCSES
Strategy to help failing white working-class boys will be included in plans to rethink policy on exams and training. But how far will leaders be prepared to go?
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June 01, 2025
The Observer
Secretive, militarised, chaotic: anger over failing aid mission for starving Gazans
Relief agencies fear that a controversial US-Israeli initiative to supply food is part of a plan to depopulate the territory, reports Ruth Michaelson, Middle East Correspondent
5 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Relying on China for essential rare earths is making us prisoners of a codependent war
Beijing has an iron grip on minerals that are crucial to weapons manufacturing, but the west must find a way of breaking free of it, writes James Kynge
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
The literary battle against AI is on: 'Real words from real people are so much better'
Book lovers weren't best pleased when The Observer presented them with a new debut novel created by ChatGPT at the Hay Festival this weekend, writes Vanessa Thorpe
6 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Trump's tech bro who slashed, crashed and then finally fell to Earth
Elon Musk thought he could shrink America's mighty federal bureaucracy. The signs are that he simply wasn't thinking straight, writes Giles Whittell
6 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Up to 7,000 jobs at stake after PM gives way to Trump on bioethanol
Ministers will this week be sent a dossier urging “immediate” action to deal with a crisis threatening thousands of jobs in an industry that is critical to the UK’s net zero ambitions.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Mind the steps: escalator repairs plague travel network
A growing number of mechanical problems at the capital's tube and light rail stations are disrupting commuters and incurring huge costs
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Ffs, that TACO is hard to swallow for us acronym klutzes
I asked for an appointment at the doctor’s the other day, and the receptionist asked me what the problem was. I said I was having trouble with my acronyms.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Tsetse fly
I happen to think that maternal care ~ mother-love if you prefer — is the most important thing in the world. Being a loving mother myself, I also take a considerable pride in our greatest achievement. We tsetse flies have created one of the greatest wonders on the entire planet.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
We don't get to choose our memories. For me, it's the horror that will remain
It was meant to be a day of joy for Liverpool. Instead, the awful minutes I lost touch with myfather-in-law and son will haunt me for ever
4 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
The UK government agreed it - now the deal must let the Chagossians return
On 22 May, Mauritius and Britain announced an agreement recognising that the Indian Ocean country “is sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago in its entirety”.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
At last Elon Musk makes sense. He was a bad drug dream
It's a truism that drug addiction does terrible things to the individual's soul. What is less discussed is what it does to the communal soul. I was unsurprised to hear that Elon Musk - he of the wonky Hitler salute and can-I-be-your-sperm-donor-please offer to the world - is, as the New York Times reports, a ketamine head who was wasted for some of the 2024 American general election campaign. It's almost a relief to know for sure, isn't it? Because if they're mad, we are not; truth is the greatest high of them all.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
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1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
GameStop becomes surprise new player in bitcoin gold rush
The US electronics and video games retailer pulled off a shock move, buying $513m of crypto just as JD Vance gave political backing to the currencies.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Marcel Ophuls
The director of The Sorrow and the Pity, who confronted unpleasant wartime truths in his Nazi documentaries
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Alan Garber
Back in April the influential New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks called for a mass movement of resistance against Donald Trump's rule-by-decree which, he said, was \"shackling the greatest institutions in American life\".
4 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
WEF war threatens Davos' future
The leadership crisis at the World Economic Forum is intensifying in ways that bode ill for the organisation that runs the annual elite gathering in Davos.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Angry young Poles hold the key to presidential palace in knife-edge election
As Poland returns to the ballot box, voters frustrated with the lack of progressive change are looking elsewhere for leadership, reports Adam Hsakou in Warsaw
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Please shed some light on my solar panel issue
Ten years ago my husband and I bought 16 solar panels and had them fitted to the house where we were living, which belonged to us both.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Let us pray and pray: church shelters migrant family with 192-day service
A Dutch congregation is providing sanctuary to a family facing deportation by using an ancient law to prevent police entering the building.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Let's wax lyrical over Greggs: it's on a roll
The news that the Greggs sausage roll is to be immortalised in the “culture capital” section of Madame Tussauds, where it will sit on a “regal” blue velvet cushion in the company of Princess Diana and Stormzy, has been greeted with a certain amount of amusement by the media ~ I must admit to finding it quite funny myself.
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