China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government (www.theguardian.com)
The industry that has traditionally powered about a quarter of GDP has been in a downward spiral that policymakers have struggled to halt...
I believe in another Israel – one not defined by Benjamin Netanyahu and his cronies (www.theguardian.com)
The Israel that I meet every day is made up of people who want to forge a path towards peace and security for all...
Biden says he is ‘considering’ Australian call to drop Julian Assange charges (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long US push to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents.
Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror (www.theguardian.com)
The Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international community’s silence, human rights groups have said....
Chinese video games are on the rise, but I wish they got more respect (www.theguardian.com)
Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president calls Hopkins’ cannibalistic Lecter ‘late, great’ while condemning ‘people who are being released into our country’...
As a Palestinian American, I can’t vote for Joe Biden any more. And I am not alone (www.theguardian.com)
I am a Palestinian American in Pennsylvania, a contested state. I plan to write in “uncommitted” in the Democratic primary on 23 April and in November, I will vote for a third-party candidate....
Russia to send combat vessels to Caribbean to project ‘global power’, US official says (www.theguardian.com)
Naval exercises spurred by US support for Ukraine are likely to include port calls in Cuba and Venezuela, says official...
The Republican party has become a full-fledged anti-sex movement (www.theguardian.com)
The conservative obsession with purity and control is being achieved by increasingly punitive means...
Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff? (www.theguardian.com)
EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions (www.theguardian.com)
Luis Rubiales faces 30 month jail sentence for Jenni Hermoso kiss (www.theguardian.com)
Luis Rubiales could face a prison sentence of two and a half years if convicted of kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips against her will, court documents have shown. The former Spanish football federation chief has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion in the aftermath of the kiss, offences carrying jail...
‘You can expect everything’: what next for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks? (www.theguardian.com)
As Julian Assange enjoys his first weekend of freedom in years, there appeared to be no question in the mind of his wife, Stella, about what the family’s priorities were....
Biden’s renewed embrace of Israel threatens to deepen Democratic divide (www.theguardian.com)
Last major Arabic-style mosque in China loses its domes (www.theguardian.com)
Turkey stops all trade with Israel over ‘humanitarian tragedy’ in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Turkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories, which prompted strong criticism from the Israeli foreign minister....
Polls show Trump winning key swing states. That’s partly a failure of the press (www.theguardian.com)
Polls can’t predict – but they can warn. And I’m not sure our horserace-obsessed media are heeding the warning...
Jeremy Corbyn re-elected as independent in Islington North after expulsion from Labour (www.theguardian.com)
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city (www.theguardian.com)
Germans under 25 gave the AfD 16% of their vote in the European elections, with particular support in the east...
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report....
Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer (www.theguardian.com)
‘I am not made for war’: the men fleeing Ukraine to evade conscription (www.theguardian.com)
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