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A ticking timebomb of methane leaks

Super-emitting releases of CH4, along with massive future surges, represent a huge threat-but curbing emissions would rapidly reduce global heating

There I was, with a ringside seat on history

At 24, Gary Younge was sent to report for the Guardian on South Africa's first democratic elections. Almost 30 years on, he reflects on a career writing about race, politics and people - and what still needs to change

THE AGE OF FEMALE RAGE

Public displays of anger by women were once frowned upon. But, fired up by issues such as police brutality and domestic inequality, female fury is rising to the fore.

Biden's Crusade For Global Democracy Is So Last Century

It was Joe Biden’s week.

In The Earthquake's Aftermath, Border Divisions Rise Up

A once quiet Turkish town with a large Syrian population could be a model of neighbourly tolerance - or are the cracks being laid bare?

Man of steel

Steel pan ace Leon Foster Thomas garnered acclaim for his solo work and has joined the band that inspired him. Now, his new album brings it all home

Reclaiming Shylock

As a new adaptation of The Merchant of Venice opens, Jewish creatives explain how they tackle the notorious role.

Apothecarists now

Ancient remedies for wound care are enjoying a revival after their efficacy amazed doctors. Now researchers are poring over historical documents to unearth other medicines in the face of antibiotic resistance

Baghdad memories

When US troops arrived in Baghdad, they were hailed as liberators bringing democracy where there had been oppression. What I saw was the unfurling of -lawlesschaos that would ripple across the region

How Ohio freight train disaster was racialised by the right

Until 2 February it was business as usual in the small rural community of East Pales-tine, Ohio.

Cracking the case

A life-changing encounter with the secretive giant armadillo led conservationist Arnaud Desbiez to dedicate his work to saving the mammal from extinction

Cost of calm Gangs may be gone but human rights under threat

War on criminals by populist leader Nayib Bukele produces dramatic change, but 'cure could be as harmful as disease'

'It was a beautiful city'

For more than 80 days, the Russians bombarded Mariupol, determined to take the Black Sea port, even if they had to raze it to the ground first. After Russian forces finally crushed Ukrainian resistance last May, they set about putting their stamp on the city, erasing evidence of the recent atrocities and of past Ukrainian history in the city. A year on from the invasion of Ukraine, the Guardian tells the story of Mariupol perhaps the bloodiest and most shocking chapter of Russia's brutal war

'Nature has a judgment'

Asif Kapadia has never seen a ballet, and Akram Khan has never made a film: the duo talk about their new climate crisis dance movie, Creature

Back in black

From Wednesday Addams to Siouxsie Sioux, goth's fishnet-draped brigade is back, in a revival of the original outsider youth cult - or did it ever go away?

Keep it in the family: why succession is an obsession for leaders

For a Ugandan general trained by the British army at Sandhurst, Muhoozi Kainerugaba is an unorthodox kind of guy.

The links between Modi's violent nationalism and big business

India is under attack by foreign powers. Specifically the United Kingdom and the United States.

Totally buzzing

They are a $50bn global industry loved by teens and gig-economy workers-but what are energy drinks really doing to our health?

'There I was with my mittens on the moon, at the Last Supper, on the Titanic, on top of buildings'

I had predicted that Donald Trump would try to overturn the election results in every way possible, including the incitement of violence. But even I didn't imagine how far the defeated president would go on 6 January 2021.

THE PRESIDENT'S LEFT-HAND MAN

Bernie Sanders has galvanised American progressives in recent years. But the veteran senator is still angry about his country's vast inequalities of wealth, and is keen to tackle them.

Georgia case Trump report findings could lead to criminal prosecution

The release last week of a portion of the Fulton county special purpose grand jury’s report marks a new step toward potential criminal charges holding Donald Trump and his allies accountable for election interference.

Brain waves

Orthodox theories around the causes of dementia have focused on toxic plaques. But some scientists have doggedly pursued the idea that viruses and bacteria could play a role

Canal plus Depopulated Venice reels in the digital workforce

On most mornings, Mylène Ebrard hops on a waterbus from her home in Giudecca, a neighbourhood of Venice with a village-like feel, and across the canal to her favourite bar, where over a hot chocolate she works from her mobile phone.

Berlin's plan for a car-free city prompts a bitter war of words

Many visitors to Graefekiez, a lively cobbled-road neighbourhood just - south of Berlin's centre, come in search of something new: a tattoo from an authentic Japanese parlour, a rare print from an off-grid gallery, a 4 am dive-bar beer.

'An extreme situation' Sea ice hits record low

The area of sea ice around Antarctica has hit a record low, with scientists reporting \"never having seen such an extreme situation before\".

Concerns over release of 'treated' Fukushima wastewater

AImost 12 years have passed since the strongest earthquake in Japan's recorded history resulted in a tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people along its north-east coast.

Gabrielle begs the question of how, and if, to rebuild

As people dig houses from the silt, a national conversation is emerging over how to mitigate for the new climate normal

In the cold Palestinians left isolated by 'Israeli spring' unity

As the light faded and tens of thousands of protesters made their way back from the Knesset to Jerusalem's train station last week, the mood was tired but determined.

Anger and despair as Erdoğan's pledges are scrutinised

A mid a wasteland strewn with bricks and iron and a city reeling from unfathomable loss, a lone new building stands unscathed.

Unfazed Sturgeon quit on her own terms

For those close friends who got a text from Nicola Sturgeon in the hours before she publicly announced her resignation as Scotland's first minister, it was the timing and not the fact of her departure that came as the shock.