The Guardian Weekly - August 30, 2024
The Guardian Weekly - August 30, 2024
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August 30, 2024
Paris 2024 Levelling the field
Marie-Amélie Le Fur lost a leg at the age of 15. Nine medals later this elite runner, now head of the Paralympic committee, faces an even bigger challenge – how to ensure Paris 2024 will change French people’s views on life with a disability and open doors for future competitors
4 mins
A vital gauge These Games should tackle social issues, but I'm wary
Progress at the Paralympics also highlights the lack of change in the ordinary lives of disabled people
3 mins
Five to follow Athletes to watch out for
Froma US swimming stalwart to French cycling’s champion of champions’, this quintet will beon the hunt for medals
1 min
'You hit us, we hit you' Life in the borderlands of conflict
Like every morning, Ali Abu Khudoud woke up just before dawn last Sunday to perform the fajr prayer.
4 mins
On the edge War remains possible despite sound reasons for avoiding it
If Israel and Hezbollah wanted an all-out war it would have happened a long time ago.
3 mins
Pokrovsk packs up as Russian invaders close in
Library books are piled in the street, waiting to be removed in a truck.
3 mins
'Everyone was afraid' The families on the mpox frontline
First, liquid-filled blisters developed on three-yearold Marceline Désiré's back.
3 mins
'We need to act' Massive Attack stage ultra-low emission gig
As pop stars fly on private jets and haul stage sets around the world, with fans generating significant emissions via their own travel to gigs, Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja has said \"it's time to act\" and address the environmental damage wreaked by live music.
2 mins
Line in the sand A bitter battle over seabed mining
Rare metals in iron sands off North Island coast could be extracted despite local opposition as government pushes to fast-track proposals
5 mins
Canal plus The quest to make urban waterways swimmable
Around the world, architects and campaigners are turning previously polluted rivers and harbours into bathing spots
5 mins
Is Trump ok? Unhinged reaction to rise of Harris sows doubts
Even some of Donald Trump's supporters are now asking the question that was the undoing of Joe Biden: is the former president fit for office? But while Biden's run for re-election was largely sunk by a single disastrous televised debate before a national audience, Trump is ramping up doubts with each chaotic, disjointed speech as he campaigns around the country.
3 mins
Islands laid waste by Beryl survey devastating cost
From the outside, it looks like a typical primary school in the multi-island Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), with children's voices echoing behind the distinctive green walls.
3 mins
The evolution of Kamala Harris
From a childhood activist to US presidential candidate, the daughter of civil rights campaigners has an unbroken history of working to change 'anything that wasn't right', friends say.
10+ mins
We Ukrainians have spent our lives trying to escape Russia's legacy
At 35, I'm younger than many things - such as the internet or Apple computers.
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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