The UN’s special rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, on the war in Gaza, living under US sanctions and accusations of antisemitism For a brief period this month, the human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese seemed to have some relief. In an extraordinary move in July last year, the Trump administration placed ...
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Why is Ferrari facing such a backlash to its first electric car?Why is Ferrari facing such a backlash to its first electric car?
The Italian marque has broken with the past with its four-door, €550,000 Luce and traditionalists are furious Ferrari is different from other carmakers, and so are its product launches. So revered is the company in its native Italy that among the first people to sit behind the wheel of its ...
What exactly are the Savannah Bananas becoming?What exactly are the Savannah Bananas becoming?
The Bananas started as baseball’s most eccentric attraction. Now they are building something that increasingly resembles a traveling entertainment universe of their own The Savannah Bananas brand has, arguably, become bigger than the Savannah Bananas themselves. What would seem to be a crucial component of the Bananas experience – the ...
The chaotic, unique, beautiful Lebanon I knew has been reduced to rubble. When will it end?The chaotic, unique, beautiful Lebanon I knew has been reduced to rubble. When will it end?
Suspected war crimes happen almost daily as Israel continues its bombardment, which Unicef estimates is killing nearly 14 children a day. We cannot write this off as just another war in a war-torn region There are various reasons why, at 43, I still don’t know how to drive a car. ...
Trump’s corruption leaves us cynical – and complacent | Judith LevineTrump’s corruption leaves us cynical – and complacent | Judith Levine
Impunity breeds popular cynicism, and cynicism undergirds autocracy As his mentor Roy Cohn counseled, Donald Trump never admits wrongdoing or apologizes. But he occasionally evinces something resembling a qualm. In October, considering renewing claims against the government for $230m in compensation for federal investigations against him, he reflected on his ...
Middle East crisis live: Israel hits Lebanon with huge bombing raid and kills senior Hamas leader in GazaMiddle East crisis live: Israel hits Lebanon with huge bombing raid and kills senior Hamas leader in Gaza
Strikes on Lebanon further strain supposed ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, and came as Iran said US had violated separate truce The deputy political chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy said renewed war with the US was unlikely but warned his country stands ready to thwart any ...
‘Excuse me, can I have my rug back?’ The agony of losing your furniture as well as your soulmate‘Excuse me, can I have my rug back?’ The agony of losing your furniture as well as your soulmate
When your heart is breaking, and you are leaving the home where you and your ex were once so happy, it is hard to fight for the sofa you spent a fortune on. Then you find yourself in an empty flat, with nothing to sit on When wandering around Ikea ...
‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’
Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last tropical glaciers found the remaining ‘eternal snow’ in Indonesia’s West Papua region has lost almost all its ice Mapping the last glaciers in Oceania – in pictures An expedition to document the end days of the last tropical glaciers in Oceania has revealed sombre ...
‘Writing is exactly like love – you need to do it in the dark’: novelist Leila Slimani on why literature is erotic‘Writing is exactly like love – you need to do it in the dark’: novelist Leila Slimani on why literature is erotic
Now in residence at the Madrid Prado, the author talks about its dark, inspirational Goyas, the clandestine nature of her writing – and why she finally wrote about her jailed then posthumously exonerated father It is a bright, chilly spring morning in Madrid, and the Museo del Prado doesn’t open ...
‘Catnomics’: how Japan’s feline fixation has become an industry worth billions‘Catnomics’: how Japan’s feline fixation has become an industry worth billions
Their influence is evident in every corner of society, the imperial family owns some, and Tokyo even has its own ‘cat town’ Feline features stare out from the covers of umpteen novels, they have an officially designated day devoted to their mystique and popularity, and have outnumbered dogs as pets ...