The Guardian Weekly - April 19, 2024
The Guardian Weekly - April 19, 2024
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In this issue
April 19, 2024
Iran's attack has shifted focus from aid effort
As Israel becomes 'victim overnight', diplomatic efforts are moving away from plight of Gazans displaced by war
3 mins
Gamechanger Direct attack on Israel is a crisis that affects us all
The missiles and drones that rained destruction on Israel last Sunday morning gave Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, what he craved - a mandate and justification for openly attacking Iran, a country he has long viewed as Israel's archenemy.
3 mins
Russia 'is waging an energy war' against Kyiv
A dramatic rise in European energy prices is inevitable if the Russian destruction of Ukrainian energy infrastructure continues unabated, the former chief executive of Ukraine's state-owned oil company has warned.
2 mins
Pacifist who helped Ukrainians dies in jail
Schoolteacher Alexander Demidenko guided refugees back to their homeland until he was arrested and tortured in prison by Kremlin forces
2 mins
Calls to end 'fear culture' in gender research
Cass review found medical professionals scared to discuss views amid risk of reputational damage and online abuse
4 mins
The stolen schoolgirls
Ten years on from Chibok, what happened to the 276 Nigerian girls who were snatched by Islamist militants from their school?
6 mins
How the Priscilla, Queen of the Desert bus was found
After a 30-year hunt, the original was discovered in New South Wales having survived fires and floods
7 mins
Second coming for Notre Dame's salvaged artworks
There was a moment on 15 April 2019 as the flames consuming Notre Dame Cathedral roared into the evening sky when it seemed all would be lost.
3 mins
Tall tales Children flock to the storyteller of Karachi
Pedalling down a narrow alleyway in Karachi's crowded Lyari Town, Saira Bano slows as she passes a group of children sitting on the ground, listening to a man reading aloud from a book. The eight-year-old gets off her bike, slips off her sandals, and sits on the mat at the back.
2 mins
A test for US justice as Trump's criminal trial begins
He has been businessman, TV showman and president of the United States. This week, in the sobering surroundings of a New York courtroom, Donald Trump played yet another role in American history when he became the first former White House occupant to stand trial in a criminal case.
3 mins
SWEPT AWAY
WHEN THE WATERS ROSE, Meike and Dörte Näkel weren't worried. People in this part of the world, the Ahr valley in Germany, are used to it.
10+ mins
RAIDERS of the LOST ART
At least 2,000 items from the British Museum were reported missing, stolen or damaged last year, and it now faces a massive overhaul. But it's not the only institution that finds it hard to keep hold of its collections - and when that happens, who do they call? Mark Wilding meets the art detectives who track down disappeared treasures
10 mins
For a year, the bodies have piled up-and still the world looks away
One year ago this week, Sudan descended into war. The toll so far is catastrophic.
3 mins
Ripley: a psychopath made for social media
Patricia Highsmith's charming devil has fascinated film-makers since the 1960s, but his brand of evil seems well suited to the Instagram age
3 mins
Can AI make intelligent art?
Pierre Huyghe's uncanny machine-human hybrids are the latest attempt to find deeper meaning in a technology that leaves many playing catch-up
4 mins
Huck reimagined This bravura rewriting of Mark Twain from enslaved Jim's pointof view is part critique and part celebration
Percival Everett's new novel lures the reader in with the brilliant simplicity of its central conceit. James is the retelling of Mark Twain's 1884 classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, from the point of view of Jim, the runaway slave who joins Huck on his journey down the Mississippi River.
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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