The Guardian3 min readPolitics
#Tankman2018: Hero Of Tiananmen Protest Remembered Across Globe
On the 29th anniversary of the crackdown in Beijing, protesters are reenacting the historic face-off between a lone man and a Chinese tank
The Guardian3 min read
New US Ambassador To Germany Under Fire For Rightwing Support
German politicians have criticised Donald Trump’s new ambassador to Germany after he said he wanted to “empower” anti-establishment rightwing forces throughout Europe. In an interview with the far-right news outlet Breitbart over the weekend, Richard
The Guardian3 min readPolitics
Trump's Lawyers Want Legal Immunity For The President. Who Will Stop Them? | Jill Abramson
The memo drafted by Trump’s lawyers outlines unbridled powers and essentially claims the president is above the law
The Guardian4 min read
Japan's Demographic Time Bomb: Can A Calendar Help Otari's Single Men Find Love?
Dropping birth rates and a dwindling population prompts group of rural men to put their faith in PR to revive their ailing towns, and love lives
The Guardian4 min read
How Theranos Used The Media To Create The Emperor’s New Startup | John Naughton
With £10bn and a pretty face, fraudster Elizabeth Holmes blinded some of the most respected journalists in the industry
The Guardian6 min readPolitics
How A Gun-carrying, Far-right Activist Plots A Run At The US Senate
Joey Gibson, a far-right activist whose political rallies have prompted counter-protests and violence, is running for Congress in Washington state
The Guardian7 min read
Anthony Burgess: ‘Metropolis Changed My Childhood’
A previously unpublished 1980s essay by the novelist and critic Anthony Burgess launches this year’s search for new critical writing
The Guardian4 min read
Citizenship For Sale: How Tycoons Can Go Shopping For A New Passport
Citizenship-by-investment programmes offer the super-rich an opportunity to acquire a new nationality
The Guardian7 min readBiography & Memoir
Yoko Ono Is Back In Liverpool, A City She Never Forgot
She was labelled a witch and a band wrecker. Now, 38 years after the murder of her husband John Lennon, Yoko Ono has returned to his home town to tell their story
The Guardian3 min readPolitics
Kim Yong-chol: The Ultimate North Korean Regime Insider
The man sent to New York for talks with Mike Pompeo ahead of the June summit is a former DMZ border guard and spy
The Guardian3 min read
Have I Been Ghosted? You Asked Google – Here’s The Answer | Stuart Heritage
Every day millions of people ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
The Guardian9 min readSociety
After Charlottesville: How A Slew Of Lawsuits Pin Down The Far Right
Far-right leaders are ‘under attack’ as lawsuits are filed over the death of Heather Heyer, Sandy Hook conspiracies and more
The Guardian5 min readSociety
Coffee Shop Racism: Where America's Racial Divisions Are Exposed
Many say the Starbucks incident exposed discrimination that people of color and black people in particular face every day
The Guardian3 min read
The School Teaching North Korean Refugees How To Live In The South
More than 100 students attend Yeomyung school in Seoul, where they are taught the quirks of assimilating, from using credit cards to navigating the metro
The Guardian4 min readTech
Browsing Porn In Incognito Mode Isn't Nearly As Private As You Think | Dylan Curran
When you use incognito mode, it doesn’t mean that your activity disappears forever – it’s just hidden on the incriminating device
The Guardian4 min readSociety
How Famous Men Toppled By #MeToo Plot Their Comeback
Charlie Rose, Mario Batali and others celebrities are planning to rehabilitate their reputations after a range of accusations
The Guardian4 min readPolitics & Current Affairs
'Miracle' Cures And Europhobia – The Strange Origins Of Italy's New Rulers
Can Giuseppe Conte, who first made news in a notorious medical case, really heal his country?
The Guardian3 min read
Bangladesh's Philippines-style Drugs War Creating 'Atmosphere Of Terror'
Human rights activists say campaign, in which 50 people shot dead in a week, is politically motivated
The Guardian4 min readSociety
A Century On, Why Are We Forgetting The Deaths Of 100 Million? | Martin Kettle
The 1918 Spanish flu outbreak killed more people than both world wars. Don’t imagine such a thing could never happen again
The Guardian4 min readFashion & Beauty
The Adidas Superstar Tracksuit Is A Classic. But It's Still Too Bold For Some | Seamus Jabour
My electric blue Adidas SST was such a hit at Sydney’s Icebergs, it helped us score a table
The Guardian5 min readSociety
Stabbed At A Neo-Nazi Rally, Called A Criminal: How Police Targeted A Black Activist
Exclusive: records show police surveilled and tried to charge a citizen journalist attacked at a California rally. Does it fit a pattern of punishing black protesters?
The Guardian4 min read
'People Just Have Less Time Now': Is The Mediterranean Diet Dying Out?
Possible suspects in the demise of the Mediterranean diet are not hard to find in the food court of Plenilunio, a giant mall not far from Madrid airport that offers customers 138 shops, a multiscreen cinema and dozens of restaurants. If visitors are
The Guardian4 min read
Irish Anti-abortion Campaigners Dodge Google's Ad Ban
Anti-abortion campaigners have sidestepped Google’s ban on online adverts relating to the referendum in Ireland on Friday, so as to promote their message on popular websites. This May the tech company banned paid messages relating to the referendum f
The Guardian4 min read
How Facebook Is Influencing The Irish Abortion Referendum
Hundreds of Facebook adverts have been analysed to see how both sides are using this online battlefield
The Guardian3 min readPolitics
Is Italy's Government On A Collision Course With The EU?
Brussels has shown concern about the rhetoric of M5S and League, but the ragtag coalition has domestic worries of its own
The Guardian3 min readPolitics
The Failed Trump-Kim Summit: The Story Of A Trainwreck Foretold
Washington and Pyongyang were talking at cross purposes, and the debacle began and ended with gut decisions made by Trump
The Guardian3 min readTech
Irish Pro-choice Campaigners Recount #HomeToVote Journeys Online
Hashtag has been used by Irish voters travelling home to vote yes in the abortion referendum
The Guardian4 min read
How Do You Break Up With Someone? You Asked Google – Here’s The Answer | Anouchka Grose
Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
The Guardian3 min readFashion & Beauty
Meet Bon And Pon: The Japanese Retirees Making Coordinated Outfits Cool
Couple have more than 700,000 Instagram followers and are launching their own line in a Japanese department store The
The Guardian5 min readTravel
Berlin And Barcelona Use Sleuths To Root Out Illegal Holiday Lets
When Eckhard Sagitza and his team of Airbnb detectives roam the fashionable streets of Berlin’s Friedrichshain district, they keep an eye out for pairs of colourful rent-a-bikes, locked outside the doorways of tenement buildings. The recent explosion
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