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The Guardian Weekly
Silver service Concerns about ageing society 'ignore huge opportunities'
While pundits and pressure groups have raised concerns over falling fertility rates, highlighting the challenges for economies and healthcare systems, others are more upbeat, arguing the rise of the \"silver economy\" brings new opportunities for growth.
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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City limits The mayors facing rise of far right
From Budapest to Barcelona, mayors are being thrust on to the political frontlines to battle the biggest challenges
5 min |
January 02, 2026
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One family's epic fight to hold on to their West Bank farm
In 1916, Daher Nassar, a Christian Palestinian farmer living south of Bethlehem, bought a 42-hectare stretch of farmland on the slopes and valleys of Wadi Salem, and formally registered the purchase with the Ottoman authorities, who then ruled the region.
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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Smash hit True story that inspired acclaimed boxing film
Tobias Mupfuti was eight years old when he found himself homeless and living on the streets of Victoria Falls after his father had rejected him and his mother was too poor to be able to feed or clothe him or send him to school.
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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I used to report regularly from the West Bank.
Twenty years after my last visit. I was shocked by how much worse it is today
10+ min |
January 02, 2026
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THE BRIT BOOM
UK culture is having a moment. Can it be protected from global conglomerates?
7 min |
January 02, 2026
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Hated by millions of us, faux Cyrillic needs to be left out in the cold
One of the worst bugbears to possess is one that is shared by hardly anyone else.
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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Pots of gold
Europe's voters know their state pension schemes don't add up, but reject attempts to reform them. What can governments do next?
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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Trump's legacy will be more of a blotch than a Maga masterpiece
For those who lived through the cold war, the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 was an unforgettable moment.
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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The writing appears to be on the wall for lovers of the art of sending letters
Predictions of the demise of letter writing are not new.
2 min |
January 02, 2026
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My daughter is going to uni. How can I cope with the loss?
I am a single mum to an 18-year-old daughter.
2 min |
January 02, 2026
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Waste not, want not ... one little takeaway box at a time
I've always loved catching up with friends and family over a meal out.
2 min |
January 02, 2026
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Peace talks Is Trump's '95% done' claim just an empty boast?
A deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine was \"95% done\", Donald Trump claimed after his meeting last weekend with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago.
2 min |
January 02, 2026
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COUNTRY DIARY
The way to Neath Abbey Quarry is a perfect stranger to me this morning.
1 min |
January 02, 2026
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Colonial critique A Canadian debut rebuilds the link between humans and the natural world
Noopiming, the first of Canadian writer-musician Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's books to be published in the UK, means \"in the bush\" in the language of the Ojibwe people.
2 min |
January 02, 2026
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How Epstein files reveal financier's routine abuse of girls
By the mid-2000s, Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of teen girls was routine.
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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Casting vote It’s China that holds sway in these 'sham' elections
Myanmar’s military has regained momentum in its battle against a determined patchwork of opposition groups, retaking some territory, and pushing ahead with a widely condemned election that began last Sunday.
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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Republicans brace themselves for a midterm tsunami
The latest opinion polls show that Americans are deserting Trump and his ailing party in waves and returning to the Democratic fold
6 min |
January 02, 2026
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Inside the Korean film crisis - and why K-pop isn't immune
South Korea's entertainment dominance appears unshakeable.
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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A wildlife corridor stretching to the tip of the Americas
Protection of remote Patagonian coastline and forest with unrivalled biodiversity will connect 2,800km of national parkland
3 min |
January 02, 2026
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Power hungry How great a threat is AI to the climate?
The datacentres behind the new technology are polluting the natural world - and some experts fear the exponential rise in demand could derail the shift to a clean economy
6 min |
January 02, 2026
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Ageing populations How Europe's social contract became a ticking timebomb
France's pensioners earn, on average, fractionally more than people in work, thanks in part to a generous mandatory state pension that, for those with full contributions, pays out a maximum of 50% of previous salary (up to a certain limit).
5 min |
January 02, 2026
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Kyiv looks to other fronts as Russian army inches forward
A depleted - but far from defeated - Ukraine looks to 2026 with few good military options, even though a critical €90bn ($105bn) loan from the EU has been agreed.
4 min |
January 02, 2026
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The Guardian Weekly team's small-screen picks of the year, from nature's wonder to a trip to 1970s Belfast
The final season of Jack Rooke's coming out dramedy Big Boys (Channel 4/Netflix/Apple) was as funny and filthy as its two predecessors.
4 min |
December 19, 2025
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THE YEAR THAT WAS
How closely were you paying attention to the news in 2025? The answers to these questions all appeared in the Guardian Weekly - see how many you can recall
2 min |
December 19, 2025
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COUNTRY DIARY
It has become an annual ritual, the cutting of branches from this shapely holly for a winter wreath.
1 min |
December 19, 2025
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PAINT IT ORANGE HOW A CHARITY TURNED ANGER INTO COMMUNITY PRIDE
Dashing through the snow with Father Chris... It does not get any more seasonal, even if it feels like there might be a final syllable missing.
2 min |
December 19, 2025
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EVERDAY HEROES
From a woman speaking out against state violence to a journalist killed in Gaza, here are some of the brave people who made a real difference in 2025
10 min |
December 19, 2025
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A Trumpian Kennedy Center is warning to all cultural institutions
Into the pale stone wall of the Kennedy Center, above its elegant terrace on the edge of the Potomac River, are carved bold and idealistic sentiments.
3 min |
December 19, 2025
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THE INTERREGNUM
Confronted with the 'mobster diplomacy' of Donald Trump, the world finds itself in a transitional moment as the rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of credibility and legitimacy
10+ min |