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The battle to reclaim social media from 'manosphere'
Influencers such as Andrew Tate have become bywords for \"toxic masculinity\", attracting huge audiences of young men and boys with a mixture of quasi-motivational pep talks, fast cars and demonstrations of sexual prowess.
Live wires How important are Russia's intercepted military talks?
An extraordinary leak of an online call involving Germany's air force chief and three subordinates emerged last Friday, in which they discussed whether it might be possible to persuade a reluctant chancellor Olaf Scholz to approve giving the long-range Taurus missile to Ukraine, and whether the munition could blow up the strategic Kerch Bridge that connects Russia to occupied Crimea.
Two Sessions but only one message: the party rules supreme
China held its most high-profile annual political gathering this week as thousands of delegates arrived in Beijing for the Two Sessions, a closely observed series of meetings that laid out the government's policy blueprint for the year ahead.
The man who was killed looking for food for his daughters
A few weeks before his death, Bilal el-Essi took a photo of a man's body, sprawled under a women's bike in a Gaza City street, a child's pink backpack fallen from the basket.
Held to ransom Rohingya face exploitation at the hands of traffickers
Even as dehydration was getting to their passengers, the traffickers using boats to carry hundreds of Rohingya away from refugee camps in Bangladesh thrust phones into their hands and demanded they ask their relatives for money.
'Life is meaningless'
In the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, where a million people fled from genocide in Myanmar, Rohingya hold little hope of return-and are finding their lives devastated by diseases such as cancer and diabetes
A clear winner: what is brown butter and how do I use it?
What's the deal with brown butter? I keep seeing it in recipes and on menus.
Steady as he goes A biography of the Labour leader mirrors its unflashy subject, but offers intriguing clues as to what motivates him
Keir Starmer can be a hard man to read.
Statues of liability
At the ancient citadel of Spandau in Berlin, German historyis redefined witha near-secret exhibition of rejected sculptures, from Kant and Lenin to Hitler
Police repeatedly fail victims by not taking stalking seriously
In March 2022, I published an investigation into the crimes of Matthew Hardy, who had been sentenced to nine years in prison in what was then believed to be the UK's worst-ever case of cyberstalking.
THE NEW SCIENCE OF HISTORY
How technology is opening up a new realm of knowledge about the old world
Alabama IVF ruling sparks off infertility scramble
Tucker Legerski and his wife, Megan, have spent more than two years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby.
Down, not out Nikki Haley presses on for Republicans not ready to crown Trump
Despite a stinging loss in her home state of South Carolina, the presidential hopeful is refusing to quit the race
The school helping girls to heal after Boko Haram atrocities
What 19-year-old Binta Usman remembers most vividly about her early days at the Lafiya Sarari girls' school in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state, are the frequent tears that made it hard for her to concentrate in class.
The threat of AI in a year of elections
Governments and tech firms are at odds over how best to police an information ecosystem at serious risk of disruption
Flour power Insects on the nation's menu at last
Italy's first facility breeding crickets for human food hopes to challenge the country's deep-rooted preconceptions
Is a behemoth of global beef losing its taste for meat?
The billboard in Buenos Aires shows a piglet standing forlornly by a butcher's fridge.
'Longfarewell' Nato accession marks change of national identity
Just a few short months ago, Sweden's Nato membership seemed a very long way from being a done deal.
The day Britain's democracy failed
As MPs gathered to debate a ceasefire in Gaza, the Commons descended into chaos, with accusations ofbad faith and bias
Peace talks raise hopes as time runs down for Rafah
A closed-door meeting of spy chiefs, military officials and diplomats late last week backed up by comments by US president Joe Biden on Monday renewed hopes of a ceasefire deal amid fierce debates at the United Nations, but observers warned that time was running out to prevent a Israeli offensive on Gaza's southernmost city.
Young at heart Two-fifths of all Africans are aged under 15. School funding is the key to their futures
The African Union (AU) is marking 2024 as its first Year of Education. This could not have come at a better time.
As Ukraine burns, Russia is thriving
Kyivneeds 500bn to get the country back on its feet. But Moscow has so little debt that even sanctions have not done much damage... yet
Is democracy in Africa on its last legs?
Senegal's slide into chaos bodes badly in a year of key elections for the continent, the future of which lies with a younger generation that seems disillusioned by the apparent failures of elected leaders and stagnant economies
Shadow Of Ukraine War Looms Over Security Conference
On the top floor of Literaturhaus in Munich, the Ukrainian veteran Yuliia Paievska was asked to speak to the elite of the transatlantic security and political establishment, including Hillary Clinton and the Estonian prime minister, Kaja Kallas, as they lunched on a three-course meal, served with military precision.
Nato-Sceptic Trump Fires A Wake-Up Call To Europe
The annual meeting of western leaders and security officials in Munich was held this year under a dark cloud of foreboding surrounding Donald Trump's potential return to the US presidency.
Boom To Bust? How Trump Recast Himself From Business Tycoon To Victim
From Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue to the Trump Building on Wall Street, the Trump World Tower by the United Nations to the Trump International overlooking Central Park, Donald Trump has stamped his name on skyscrapers across New York City.
Fears and desires
At a powerful exhibition in Lviv, Ukrainians reveal their most secret thoughts -while others play conflict karaoke with the sounds oftanks, sirens and bombs
Brussels is panicking over farmer protests: welcome to 'greenlash'
Ursula von der Leyen surrendered to angry farmers this month faster than you could shake a pitchfork or dump a tractor-load of manure outside the European parliament.
Super bowls
Pet food is a $150bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we're getting it right?
ROBOT WARS
From the academic who says humanity has five years left, to the workers worried for their future, there's a growing band of neo-luddite experts who believe it's time to say no to artificial intelligence. Even if that means taking up arms...