Tensions in the national party are trickling down to US college campuses, where a newer student group is rapidly outflanking longstanding moderate rivals When the Utah county clerk’s office announced last month that it was hiring Kai Schwemmer – an undergraduate at Brigham Young University and a rightwing influencer – ...
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A rain festival with no rain: the Indian farmers bracing for a ‘super’ El Niño as monsoon arrives lateA rain festival with no rain: the Indian farmers bracing for a ‘super’ El Niño as monsoon arrives late
Raja is normally a celebration of the start of the monsoon, but in the eastern state of Odisha, the rains came so late the seeds were sown under clear skies Kasturi Gamango and Pramila Sabar cannot contain their giggles as they explain one of the big attractions of the Raja ...
The body snatchers: how a young Nigerian man was lured to London in an organ-trafficking plotThe body snatchers: how a young Nigerian man was lured to London in an organ-trafficking plot
David Nwamini was working at a market in Lagos when he was given the chance to start anew in the UK. He had no idea what was expected of him in return • The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order David Nwamini ...
Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learnedAnthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned
Six years on from Covid crisis, Republicans still politicizing science – and Fauci remains a political punching bag A US Senate committee hearing featuring Dr Anthony Fauci revealed at least one certainty: six years after the pandemic, politicizing science remains a vital political tactic. The high-profile hearing was pitched by ...
Snowy valleys, balloon bikes and a wild game of buzkashi: a different view of Afghanistan – in picturesSnowy valleys, balloon bikes and a wild game of buzkashi: a different view of Afghanistan – in pictures
As the son of Afghan refugees, Daniel Malikyar wanted to paint a picture of the country he knew, rather than the one he read about in news headlines Continue reading… ...
One big chart: deaths in the OdysseyOne big chart: deaths in the Odyssey
Would you rather be eaten by a Cyclops or fall off a roof and break your neck? Here’s how the plucky adventurers perish during the course of the story If you have watched or read the Odyssey then you are aware that – SPOILER (do you need spoiler warnings on ...
Middle East crisis live: US launches ‘heavy waves of strikes’ on Iran after days-long pause in attacksMiddle East crisis live: US launches ‘heavy waves of strikes’ on Iran after days-long pause in attacks
US says attacks on Thursday morning hit dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets while experts say earlier strikes by both sides increase risk of return to all-out war US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warn The US military is saying is has finished its “heavy wave of ...
Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about itYour worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it
Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for In Sarah Wilson’s new book, one page is mostly blank. It’s intended as a reprieve, a neutral space “for you to stare at for a minute ...
Tony review – knives out in tasty reheat of Anthony Bourdain’s memoirTony review – knives out in tasty reheat of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir
Dominic Sessa stars as a conceited yet vulnerable young chef alongside Antonio Banderas – but the feelgood factor is compromised by what we know of the author For all the drugs and punch-ups, this is an unexpectedly sentimental coming-of-age story – or maybe origin myth – about the formative youthful ...
US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warnUS-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warn
Riyadh’s decision to join US in strikes on Iran-backed militia further complicates widening and ‘unpredictable’ war US-Saudi strikes on Iran-backed militia in Iraq have pushed the region into “uncharted territory”, analysts have warned. Amid stark warnings of a widening and increasingly “unpredictable” conflict, Riyadh’s decision to publicly join the US ...