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'Women will bring down the Islamic Republic'
Iranian author Shahrnush Parsipur, who has been imprisoned for her depictions of women's bodies and sexuality, looks back on a life of resistance
3 min |
March 20, 2026
The Guardian Weekly
The great pretender
After Muammar Gaddafi was killed in 2011, the former CIA asset Khalifa Haftar went on to become Libya's de facto leader - and today he's answerable to no one
10+ min |
March 20, 2026
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Beyond the strait
Donald Trump's decision to launch an attack on Kharg Island could see oil pass the 2008 record price of $147.50 a barrel as damage and field closures risk compounding the greatest energy supply shock in history
5 min |
March 20, 2026
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Anderson finally gets to steal the show
After 11 nominations but no win, Academy voters award film-maker Paul Thomas Anderson the best picture Oscar for One Battle After Another
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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Falling birthrate and funding forces school closures
At a February board meeting for Memphis-Shelby county schools in Tennessee, a parent of five children who currently or formerly attended Ida B Wells Academy, an alternative education school, asked board members a question.
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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Shrink rap: the best ways to downsize recipes to single servings
When cooking for one, dividing by the number of portions doesn’t always work.
2 min |
March 20, 2026
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Feminism lives!
The end of Roev Wade, the ‘failure’ of #MeToo, the Epstein files - some commentators have relished writing obituaries for feminism. But the struggle is alive and kicking
10+ min |
March 20, 2026
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'Extreme cruelty' A long-term 'strategy' to weaponise hunger
Sensor satellite data suggests targeted attacks on farms by Rapid Support Forces were intended to prevent villages producing food
4 min |
March 20, 2026
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Homesick blues
Tinariwen went from Saharan weddings to winning Grammys-but violence forced them into exile. Now, a new generation is stepping in to help
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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Ghost of Pinochet looms over hardline new president
Just south of Santiago, the tiny rural town of Paine is a quiet grid of painted adobe facades, shaded squares and shuttered shop fronts as the summer holidays draw to a close.
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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Land grab The island at the heart of tensions with China
Kasasa island residents want others to join them but a sale of plots to foreign investors has raised wider security concerns
5 min |
March 20, 2026
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Death toll on the rise Families wiped out and towns are emptied
When Batoul Hamdan left the Lebanese town of Arab al-Salim for the sleepy village of Al-Nimiriya, she did so to enjoy Ramadan in peace, surrounded by her family.
2 min |
March 20, 2026
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Too close for comfort Northern Israelis try to maintain normality amid war
Residents near the border with Lebanon hope their country's attacks on Hezbollah and Iran will finally bring years of conflict toan end
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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The trap How the war could become more costly and complex
The Israeli-US war against Iran and its proxies has become a proving ground for two competing concepts of military escalation, each of which threatens to become a trap.
4 min |
March 20, 2026
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Trump's disaster This US-led war aimed to solve problems - but has just made them worse
It's not easy, but let's try to look at this war in the best, most charitable light.
4 min |
March 20, 2026
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A curious incident with the dog in the nighttime
In the middle of the night I feel the warm breath of a creature stirring my hair.
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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An arts income trial changed my life. Others deserve the same luck
I won the lottery.
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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Money gap Richest 1% owns nearly half nation's wealth
Scrunched between luxury apartment buildings and a lush gated community, the neighbourhood of Santa Lucía Reacomodo in Mexico City is a working-class pocket of real estate.
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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'Worst nightmare' Anger as Gulf states bear brunt of war they did not start
Closure of strait of Hormuz puts pressure on region's economies amid growing resentment about conflict started by US and Israel
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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The world's poor are being pushed towards disaster by Trump's war on Iran
Soaring prices at the pump, the scrapping of mortgage deals, and the prospect of higher prices for everything from food to smartphones.
2 min |
March 20, 2026
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The first lesson of war is 'know your enemy' - the UK's now is Trump
The conduct of the unjustified, illegal US-Israel war against Iran grows ever-more disproportionate, dishonourable and deranged. The torpedoing of an Iranian navy ship off Sri Lanka by a US submarine demonstrated that for reckless Donald Trump, the whole world is his battlefield.
3 min |
March 13, 2026
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After Nasa's surprise, private firms still aim for the moon
It was shaping up into another ordinary day at the Colorado headquarters of the small space startup Lunar Outpost late last month when its chief executive, Justin Cyrus, learned of a surprise press conference called by Jared Isaacman, the new administrator of Nasa.
3 min |
March 13, 2026
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She's fired! Noem learns that everyone is expendable in Trump world
Kristi Noem once led a dog to a gravel pit and ended its life with the cold precision of a mafia hit.
2 min |
March 13, 2026
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Why the jury is still out on teen social media ban
As the UK becomes the latest country to consider following Australia's lead on a social media ban for teenagers, a question Australians are repeatedly being asked is: how is it going?
2 min |
March 13, 2026
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Skin deep: what's the trick to mastering perfectly crispy fish?
When I fry fish, the skin never goes crisp, and instead sticks, rips or goes limp.
2 min |
March 13, 2026
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Sing out Mozart with meatballs in a suburban Ikea store
In an attempt to attract new audiences and save money, opera companies are putting performances on in the unlikeliest of places. It often works
3 min |
March 13, 2026
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'One of the last standing' - Is the passion for taxonomy dying out?
Art Borkent has spent much of his life documenting endangered species. Only recently did it occur to him that he may have become one himself
5 min |
March 13, 2026
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Quit ChatGPT - your subscription bankrolls authoritarianism
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is on track to lose $14bn this year. Its market share is collapsing, and its own CEO, Sam Altman, has admitted it \"screwed up\" an element of the product.
3 min |
March 13, 2026
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Walks of life: New hiking routes blaze a trail for conservation
Follow the yellow footprints along Brazil's newest long-distance trail, and they will take you through lush forests and sandy shrubland, past sweeping vistas and bizarre rock formations, into grottos and rural communities.
3 min |
March 13, 2026
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Mojtaba Khamenei: New leader is a supreme insider - but also a mystery
Crowds in Tehran greeted the announcement of the country's new supreme leader by chanting: “God's hand is still upon us, Khamenei is still our leader.”
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