The Guardian Weekly - March 15, 2024
The Guardian Weekly - March 15, 2024
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In this issue
March 15, 2024
A $1bn push for power
Leaked documents have revealed the vast scope and cost of the Kremlin's vote-rigging machinery. With Putin certain to win another six-year term this weekend, why do elections matter so much to the Russian president?
4 mins
Putin's puppets How stagemanaged polls string along the voters
Two election cycles ago, in 2012, Sergei Mironov was loudly playing the role of opposition to Russia’s ruling party, wearing the white ribbon of the protest movement in the State Duma and claiming his run against Vladimir Putin was “serious ”.
4 mins
Deportation and coercion How Russia stamps rule on occupied Ukraine
Early voting in Russia’s presidential election had already begun last week in occupied areas of Ukraine, with officials carrying ballot boxes going house to house in some areas, accompanied by soldiers.
3 mins
'Like choosing between a hedgehog or a porcupine' The presidential election rematch no one wants
In past years, the first phase of the general election has involved at least one of the presidential nominees introducing themselves to the public and presenting their case for taking the US in a new direction. But that has been rendered unnecessary this year: former president Donald Trump and president Joe Biden are very familiar to the electorate and are broadly unpopular.
4 mins
Blame game Distracted Democrats risk forgetting the greater goal
When an opinion poll in the New York Times found that a majority of Joe Biden's voters believe he is too old to be an effective US president, the call to action was swift. But it was not aimed at Joe Biden.
3 mins
'We used to adorn our street, now all is bleak'
As the holy month of Ramadan begins, food shortages and the fear ofattack continue to afflict Rafah’s displaced families
4 mins
Shore point AUS-built floating aid port for Gaza what could go wrong?
The US plan to build a floating port off the Gaza coast is a bold move, reminiscent of the Mulberry harbours built after D-day in Normandy, but there are serious concerns that what relief it brings will be too little too late for Palestinians facing starvation.
2 mins
'We're stuffed' Have the Tories given up on winning the next election?
Hours after last Wednesday's budget, the Conservative party's great and good assembled at the medieval Guildhall in London to hear Rishi Sunak address the 50th anniversary dinner for the Centre for Policy Studies thinktank. His party had a clear plan, the prime minister told hundreds of Tory MPS, peers, donors and other assorted luminaries: one centred on higher growth and lower taxes.
4 mins
A big no, no How a vote on updating the constitution ended in fiasco
Proposals to reword Ireland's 1937 constitution to get rid of outdated language about the role of women and the nature of the family have been comprehensively rejected in a double referendum.
2 mins
'No closure' Ten years on, the mystery of MH370 is still unsolved
Despite a vast international investigation, relatives of 239 passengers lost on the ill-fated flight are seeking answers
3 mins
Xi silent at congress, but it’s clear who isin charge
Xi Jinping didn't speak at China's Two Sessions meetings this year, but his presence was still felt.
2 mins
Map mines the rich history of caves below city's homes
Hidden behind a tropical garden in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden is a subterranean secret - a cave opening from the ground like the yawning mouth of a giant.
3 mins
The ancient astrolabe where Jewish and Islamic science mix
AImost exactly a year ago, Federica Gigante was preparing a lecture and searching the internet for a portrait of the 17th-century Italian nobleman and collector Ludovico Moscardo when an altogether different image caught her eye.
3 mins
The Frozen Zoo How scientists are putting disappearing species on ice
Ina California laboratory, four women do the painstaking work of preserving cells amid agrowing extinction crisis
6 mins
‘Barbecue’ Feared gang boss leading an assault on government
Murals in the pauperised Haitian slums he rules liken him to the Argentinian guerrilla Ernesto \"Che\" Guevara.
3 mins
New Yorkers bemoan lost views of Empire State Building
Tom Clark's Lower East Side apartment comes with a prime view of the Empire State Building. \"I can see it from my couch,\" he said. Well, he used to be able to catch a glance - before an ultra-thin luxury tower dubbed 262 Fifth Avenue came along.
3 mins
How Covid changed politics
Four years on from the start of the pandemic, the drama may have subsided but the lingering effects on the entire planet go on. Are we suffering from political long Covid?
10+ mins
THE DEBUTANTE-TURNED-TERRORIST
How Rose Dugdale, a privileged English girl, became an IRA bomber is a confounding tale-a new film tells her dramatic story
10+ mins
Who cares if the races are dull? F1 drama has never been better Marina Hyde
Episode two of the new season of Drive to Survive begins with a scene of Father Christmas visiting Red Bull team principal Christian Horner's house. It's a charming vignette for the show - just Horner, his wife, Geri Halliwell, his two young children and a TV crew.
3 mins
MPs must know protests are inevitable if they fail to represent the people Andy Beckett
Where should politics happen? For most MPs, accustomed to the Palace of Westminster's inward-looking spaces and rituals, the answer is obvious.
3 mins
The Guardian Weekly Newspaper Description:
Publisher: Guardian News & Media
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The Guardian Weekly is an international English-language news magazine based in London, UK. It is one of the world's oldest international news publications and has readers in more than 170 countries.
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