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True stripes

It's 20 years since the White Stripes frontman was anointed as rock royalty. Out of lockdown, he has two new albums and is on the road again

Protests in Shanghai reveal public mistrust of 'zero Covid'

At about noon last Tuesday, Yu Wenming, an 82-year-old man in Shanghai, A called his local residential committee for help.

Facebook in Africa Network struggles to curb west African disinformation tide

Social media campaigns pushing an anti-western, pro-Russian agenda seem to have laid the ground for a series of coups in the Sahel

FROM RUSSIA WITH NO LOVE

The war has prompted an exodus from the west of Russians accused of espionage, which some feel is long overdue. Why were the clandestine activities of so many diplomats' indulged for so long?

Cleaning up the chaos Charred houses, ruined lawns, broken bridges and unexploded bombs

Galina Muzyra moved around her front garden as she cleaned up the mess left by occupying Russian soldiers.

Balancing act Could rising prices sink the Democrats' midterm hopes?

The latest inflation report from the US labor department, released last week, showed US prices increased by 8.5% between March 2021 and March 2022 - the highest level since 1981.

'I AM CRYING EVERY DAY' IN THE STANDS WITH UKRAINIANS AS DYNAMO KYIV PLAY ONCE MORE

Football club kicks off its ‘match for peace' series in Warsaw, watched by thousands of refugees and fans seeking national solidarity

War games in the Baltics

Nato's 'achilles heel' faces uncertain time

The battle for Kyiv is over-but the Donbas will be a different story

The tragedy discovered amid the rubble of Bucha and Borodianka overshadowed any jubilation that Kyiv had defeated Russian forces that had spent a month trying to envelop the capital and snuff out the Ukrainian nation.

Scientists have revealed how to solve the climate crisis, but will we listen?

Amid the triple crisis of the war in Ukraine, the still-raging pandemic and escalating inflation, climate scientists have just pulled off a truly impressive achievement. They have stood firm and persuaded the world's governments to agree to a common guide to solving the climate emergency. Despite the despair of mounting global problems, the release of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows some grounds for hope.

Patel sorry as just 12,000 arrive in UK

Priti Patel, Britain's home secretary, has apologised for the time it has taken for Ukrainian refugees to arrive in the UK under two visa schemes, after new figures showed 12,000 have so far reached Britain.

A RECESSION WORSE THAN ANY OTHER THE PAINFUL PROSPECT OF CHANGING TO LIFE WITHOUT RUSSIAN GAS

BERLIN n Germany, they call it “Day X”. Businesses up and down the land are making contingency plans for what is seen as a growing likelihood that Russian gas will stop flowing into Europe's biggest economy.

KHARKIV UNDER FIRE ‘WE HAVEN'T HAD A DAY OFF IN A MONTH'

The rubbish collectors in Kharkiv wear flak jackets. Several of their trucks are peppered with shrapnel holes from shells that landed during their rounds. The bins they empty are packed with the shattered, twisted remains of homes destroyed by explosions.

In the bad books

From Art Spiegelman to Margaret Atwood, books are disappearing from American schools’ shelves. What’s behind the rise in censorship?

Slowly but surely, the sun is setting on the Commonwealth

Just how long has the British monarchy been in crisis? This time – after “Megxit”, after Prince Andrew – it was the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s disastrous trip to the Caribbean.

Putin casts a shadow over Orbán in high-stakes election

Until the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hungary’s general election campaign was dominated by such ruling party preoccupations as “traditional values” and protecting children from “ LGBT propaganda ”.

Omicron makes tracks into virus-free outposts

Covid outbreaks in Samoa and Vanuatu have further whittled down the number of Pacific island nations that have escaped the pandemic, as cases surge after the first instances of community transmission in both countries.

The Putin perplexity Biden's blunder may at least force the west to focus on an endgame

At the end of what had been a largely flawless visit to Europe, during which he focused on the misery Vladimir Putin was imposing on Russia, Joe Biden closed his 27 -minute speech last Saturday evening in Warsaw by conjuring up the image of a less popular US president – George W Bush – when he said: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”

Welcome to Britain. Now what?

As war in Ukraine creates millions of new refugees, many people evacuated from Kabul last summer are still living in limbo. For six months, we followed three families as they adjust to life in their new home

What happens next? Moscow may have scaled back its military ambitions, but the war is far from over

One month after Vladimir Putin asserted that Ukraine should be liberated from the historical mistake of its independence, the Russian defence ministry announced that Russia’s war aims were limited to the Donbas region, and nearing completion.

Vote loser? Pécresse's regress leaves Républicains facing oblivion

The rightwing presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse has promised to rewrite the French constitution in order to fight crime and illegal immigration, as she tried to boost a flagging campaign that risks her party imploding if she fails to reach the final round this month.

‘GOD HAS LEFT MARIUPOL'

An unfolding story of heartache, destruction and death has been documented by residents

How should the world respond to the next pandemic?

Having raised the alert about the highly infectious Omicron variant of the S ars-CoV-2 virus last November, Tulio de Oliveira watched as South Africa was hit with travel bans. Already smarting at what he saw as wealthier nations’ hoarding of vaccines, anti viral drugs and test reagents, his frustration spilled over.

EDGE OF REALITY

A battle in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is being waged across social media. But who is winning the infowars?

EBV The enemy that lives inside our bodies

Epstein-Barr virus is a decisive factor in multiple sclerosis and linked to cancer. Can the lessons of Covid help to eradicate this common infection?

Anyone got a plan?

The west needs to agree on a long-term strategy to outflank Putin

Green futures Could Putin's gamble help the west kick its hydrocarbon habit?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have a profound impact on the world’s race to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, climate experts have warned – but it may not all be negative.

THE WAR THAT NOBODY WANTED TO SEE COMING

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wasn’t inevitable, but we have been moving toward it since the collapse of the Soviet Union

West slaps sanctions on Putin's fake news factories

Twelve key disinformation outlets used to bolster Vladimir Putin have been hit with sanctions in an online crackdown on “false and misleading” reports claimed to be orchestrated by Russian intelligence.

‘WE WILL FIGHT THE RUSSIANS BACK'

While hundreds of thousands of people fl eeing the destruction in the east have arrived in search of sanctuary, the citizens of Lviv have been preparing for the inevitable onslaught by Putin’s forces