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Workers deported from Saudi Arabia tell of abuse

Among the joyful family reunions at the arrivals gate at Dhaka's international air-port, one group of travellers stands out.

On a bench, in sunshine: how Kate dropped her bombshell

There was no carpet of roses outside Windsor Castle last Saturday, no bunches of daffodils blocking the entrance to Kensington Palace - just an occasional bouquet.

'Full gamut' China hacking threat goes beyond raid on voters' data

In March last year an integrated review of the UK's defence and foreign policy said it would protect the country's \"democratic freedoms\" from Chinese state attacks.

UN ceasefire resolution is a painful moment for Tel Aviv

Diplomacy occasionally has the capacity to surprise, and when it does it often portends a deep shift.

Pocket full of poison An urgent and persuasive warning about the toll of 'phone-based childhoods' that miss out on many enriching activities

At the start of the 2010s, rates of teenage mental illness took a sharp upward turn, and they have been rising ever since.

Damien Hirst has sawn his electrifying past in half

The pioneering British artist changed my life-but by creating new works and backdating them to his nineties golden era, he has cast doubt on his legacy

Garrick row shows up the dinosaurs desperate to shut women out

Last week, the woman likely to become Britain's first female chancellor was invited to give a lecture at the heart of the economic establishment.

I advised US on the next pandemic.But what I learned is alarming

Four years on from the first Covid lockdown, life feels to be largely back to normal, although legacies of the pandemic remain.

SUMMON MY AGENT!

THE CELEBRITY AGENT MARK ROESLER is telling me about a new client he's just taken on - a big name with global reach.

THE ENIGMA OF HAMAS

How Israeli, Palestinian and US political actors understand Hamas is not merely a theoretical question it will determine how an end to the war can be found

'Here, there is no future'

Almost a year since conflict reignited in Sudan, its terrified people are crossing borders to Chad and beyond. An increasing number are trying to reach Europe as food supplies dwindle in the refugee camps and the eyes of the world look elsewhere

In Britain's Degraded Politics, Fighting Racism Is A Cynical Game Gary Younge

'The very serious function of racism is distraction," Toni Morrison argued in a lecture in Portland, Oregon, in 1975. "It keeps you from doing your work.

Growing Rift Why IVF Court Ruling Has Split GOP On Abortion

There is a growing rift in the long marriage between anti-abortion activists and Republican lawmakers.

Misleading messaging for fans is Taylor-made

Beforeanote from the next album has been heard, Swifties have turned sleuths, spreading baseless allegations about its assumed subjects

Romantic fiction: our addiction to swiping makes us miserable Georgina Lawton

On Valentine's Day this year, a lawsuit was brought by six people in the US against Match Group, the company behind dating apps such as Tinder, Hinge and Match. The suit blames dating apps for game-like tactics that, they say, contribute to addictive behaviour, making miserable swiping addicts of us all.

Putin may have been 're-elected', but Ukraine could yet topple him Timothy Garton Ash

Vladimir Putin has been \"re-elected\" president of Russia. In truth, Russian voters had no genuine choice last weekend, since Putin has killed his most formidable opponent, Alexei Navalny, and ordered the disqualification of any other candidate who presented even a small chance of genuine competition.

Facing Arizona

The state Republican party is undaunted by electoral defeats for those claiming voting is rigged - and election officials are bearing the brunt of their fury in the place that has become the ground zero of Trump's big lie

The Chinese battery maker that has the US worried

The world's two superpowers are so intricately linked that it's hard to think of a pillar of the economy that hasn't been strained by tensions between the US and China.

Gathering dust How cathedral rooftops could hold the key to cosmic secrets

Armed only with vacuum cleaners, scientists _| hope that a hunt for extraterrestrial pa ticles willhelp suck up clues about the universe

Bollywood film shines a light on dark-skin prejudice

Three months ago, a high court judge in Chhattisgarh, hearing a divorce petition by a husband whose wife said he humiliated her for her dark skin, said it was time Indian society changed its \"dialogue at home\" to eradicate prejudice.

Route cause Marathon feat to make racism run out of road

The 12 ultramarathons that Deo Kato has completed in recent years look modest compared with his current challenge to run from Cape Town to London.

Island queen In search of the rare 'monkeyeating' eagle

In their last stronghold, these endangered birds are under threat from logging, hunting and militant armed groups

Out of time? Racism row leaves Sunak looking weaker than ever

On the fringes of cabinet last Tuesday, ministers chatted in hushed tones about Tory mega-donor Frank Hester's \"clearly racist\" remarks about Diane Abbott, but concluded that \"we've got to get the money in\".

Letters home reveal hopes and fears of new arrivals in America

In the wake of St Patrick's Day, Ireland's annual celebration of its diaspora, a new online archive has given voice to the human cost paid by generations of emigrants.

The decade that changed Crimea

Vulnerabilities have been exposed by Kyiv, but hopes are slim of the province ever returning to Ukraine after 10 years of Russian annexation

A warm war’ As stalemate persists, Moscow raises its spying game in Europe

It was a crude and violent assault, but as a bloody message, it was chillingly effective. An attacker ambushed Leonid Volkov, a close adviser to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Nalvany, outside his home on the outskirts of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Power of lava

After weeks of warnings that semi-molten rock was building up under the ground, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said last Saturday that an eruption at 8.23pm local time had opened a nearly 3km-long fissure in the earth between two mountains.

Evacuated residents call for wider war against Hezbollah

Inhabitants of northern towns emptied after 7 October say they cannot return unless militants are pushed back

'Usual suspects' Only a radical reset of political accountability can bring change

Scenes of unrest in Haiti, as Ariel Henry announced his resignation as prime minister last week amid a violent gang uprising, have brought a strong sense of deja vu .

Plundered Two centuries of exploitation have paved the path to anarchy

In December 1914, the USS Machias dropped anchor in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Eight US marines disembarked, sauntered to the Banque National de la République d’Haïti (BNRH) , removed $500,000 worth of gold belonging to the Haitian government – $15m in today’s money – packed it in wooden crates to carry back to the ship and thence to New York , where it was deposited in the vaults of the investment bank, Hallgarten & Co .