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Are Finns the happiest because they keep expectations in check?
We Britons have about 60 words for happiness: blissfulness, ecstasy, pleasure, delight... The list is as varied as it is surprising, given that we only just scraped into the top 20 happiest countries in the world this year.
3 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
The supreme court has done its worst, but we can fight back
The first thing to remember about the damage done by the US supreme court this June and the June before is that each majority decision overturns a right that we had won.
4 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
Thousands of children in the US city of Richmond hear or see shootings near their schools each year, yet there is little support to help them navigate the stress caused by exposure to day-to-day violence
10+ min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
The RUBBER BARON
It has been said that condoms share marketing characteristics with napalm and funerals. But it is Ben Wilson's mission to make them sexy.
10+ min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Torn down Rightwing justices axe decades of settled law
Another momentous term has ended at the US supreme court in which the rightwing supermajority crafted by Donald Trump applied its blueprint for the radical overhaul of vast swathes of American public life to new areas, including race and LGBTQ+ rights.
3 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
'The trees are like matchsticks' A global approach to wildfires
US crews have been deployed to help Canada tackle record wildfires-prompting questions about best practice
3 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
'Tourism has been painted white on the continent'
A couple hope their five-month journey through 12 countries will inspire other black Africans to follow in their footsteps
3 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Green peace Centenarian who built an 'allotment in the sky'
When Joan Carulla Figueres turned the roof terrace of his Barcelona apartment into a garden, it was out of nostalgia for his rural origins. Sixty-five years later, the ecological concepts he has long followed have become commonplace, and he is acclaimed as a pioneer of organic farming.
3 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Excavation hopes to find identities of children in mass grave
On a summer day, the site of the children's mass grave in Tuam appears deceptively bucolic. There are no crosses or tombstones in the walled patch of grass. Butterflies flit over shrubs. Robins cheep from branches. It's peaceful.
3 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
From thin air The race to draw energy from the atmosphere
Scientists have generated electricity from the humidity in the air-but can we ever make enough to power our homes?
4 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
NHS at 75 How Britain's health service wound up in intensive care
Squeezed budgets, staff shortages and an ageing population have pushed hospitals to the brink. But is there cause for hope?
6 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
History repeats At the end of the day, violence in the West Bank solves nothing
Jenin 21 years ago. Jenin today. In 2002, it was attack helicopters hovering above the West Bank city's refugee camp over a week of fighting. The new offensive has been led by drone strikes as Israeli soldiers entered the city, reducing the centre of the camp to rubble.
2 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Assault on Jenin carries hallmarks of second intifada
Violence escalates to a level that marked uprising and subsequent crackdown that erupted a generation ago
3 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Diplomacy may yet cost Lukashenko's leadership
For a few hours on 24 June, as troops loyal to the renegade warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin marched on Moscow, the Belarusian opposition in exile believed Day X had arrived.
2 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
After the rebellion What will the wrath of a weakened Putin look like?
Four days after Vladimir Putin faced the most serious challenge to his 23-year leadership, the Russian president called in the country's top media figures for a briefing in the Kremlin.
5 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Voice of the unheard This is the price of ignoring decades of racist police violence
Since the video went viral of the brutal killing by a police officer of Nahel M, a 17-year-old shot dead at point-blank range, the streets and housing estates of many poorer French neighbourhoods have been in a state of open revolt.
3 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
A parallel world
The police killing of a 17-year-old boy of Algerian and Moroccan descent provoked fury from sections of French society who feel trapped by segregation, social inequality, racism and poverty
6 min |
July 07, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Modi And Biden Bond Amid Mutual Concerns Over China
Narendra Modi arrived in Washington DC last Wednesday - the capital of a country he was once prohibited from visiting for almost 10 years - and joined the ranks of Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Volodymyr Zelenskiy as one of the few leaders to address a joint session of Congress more than once.
3 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Moscow Mirage - Putin And Prigozhin Averted Bloodshed-but For How Long?
Though they have avoided open bloodshed, it is hard to imagine Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin will ever be reconciled.
3 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Why Is It Taking So Long To Tackle The Epidemic Of Children Vaping?
Blueberry bubblegum. Lemon pie. Caramel cheesecake. Sickly-sweet concoctions that are just a fraction of the dessert-flavoured nicotine vapes available to buy for not much more than a high-end chocolate bar, in bright packaging often adorned with cartoon illustrations designed to appeal to children.
3 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
A poignant step along the yellow brick road
Elton John's classic songs wrapped up a weekend packed with eclectic acts, joyous nostalgia and not-so mystery guests
3 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
I can't say Imran Khan's name on TV-this madness has to end
I am not a big fan of Imran Khan. I have long criticised Pakistan's former prime minister, but now it is becoming difficult to do so. There is a de facto ban on referring to him in the media, meaning we are no longer allowed to mention his name or show his picture.
3 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Two sea tragedies reveal much about how we value human lives
Have you heard about the billionaire and multimillionaires who were trapped - and killed on a submersible after spending up to $250,000 each to view the wreckage of the Titanic?
4 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
The children of Windrush
The Empire Windrush docked in Britain in 1948 carrying hundreds of people from the Caribbean. On the 75th anniversary of its arrival, the children of its passengers tell of a lasting legacy.
10+ min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Battle of the borsch
The beetroot soup's origins have been fiercely contested for centuries, but have taken on a new symbolism since Russia's invasion of Ukraine
10+ min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Hope eternal - It is a human trait to believe in survival despite all odds
The discovery of wreckage from the Titan submersible last Thursday on the North Atlantic seabed close to the wreck of the Titanic ended a five-day vigil of hope.
3 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
That's life. Or is it?
A series of surprising studies into the science of the mind has shown how deeply our own beliefs influence the outcome of experiments
5 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
After Ardern: politics back to usual with two men called Chris
Whether Jacinda Ardern was baking a cake, getting turned away from a full cafe or taking her baby to work, her every move as New Zealand's prime minister seemed to prompt breathless global coverage.
3 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
'Too hot' Why interest rates could spell a big headache for Sunak
If the heads of some of Britain's biggest banks were nervous as they entered Downing Street for a crunch meeting on the mortgage crisis last Friday, they were quickly reassured.
3 min |
June 30, 2023
The Guardian Weekly
Summit fails to deliver on climate crisis finance
Poorer countries struggling with a growing debt crisis were thrown a lifeline at a global finance summit in Paris last week but the plans still fell short of the debt forgiveness programme that some had hoped for.
2 min |