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Dismay over government silence on sexual violence

As footage emerged last week of two women in the state of Manipur being forcibly stripped, paraded naked, publicly molested and allegedly gang raped , everyone from prime minister Narendra Modi to the chief justice of India publicly expressed their shock and disgust.

Win or lose?

Polls had predicted an election win for the conservative People’s party, in league with far-right Vox. But a hung parliament has left all to play for and deliver ed a signifi cant blow to Europe’s rightwing populists

Hammer houses

American photographer Janine Wiedel documented filthy workers risking their lives in the mills, mines and forges of the late 1970s English Midlands

The government is wrong to cling to its cruel migration bill - Alf Dubs

'I’m a 16-year-old orphan from an African country escaping a war and religious persecution and I have a sibling living legally in the UK. What is a safe and legal route for me to come to the UK?'

After real progress on climate, Europe now faces a 'greenlash' - Nathalie Tocci

When floods swept Europe in July 2021, killing more than 200 people in Germany, Belgium and neighbouring countries, it was a disaster that came as the climate crisis was moving to the top of Europe’s political agenda. All of a sudden, climate was no longer an abstract threat that could be batted into a distant future; it was already here, causing shocking weather events, destroying lives and leaving people homeless.

Our food systems are close to collapse - and the rich don't care - George Monbiot

According to Google’s news search, the media has run more than 10,000 stories this year about Phillip Schofield, the British television presenter who resigned over an affair with a younger colleague. Google also records a global total of five news stories about a scientific paper published this month, showing that the chances of simultaneous crop losses in major growing regions, caused by climate breakdown, appear to have been dangerously underestimated. In the media world, celebrity gossip is thousands of times more important than existential risk.

Why fentanyl crisis could derail fragile detente with Beijing

Who is responsible for the United States’ opioid epidemic? According to the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, the culprits are “transnational criminal enterprises” who need to be tackled via international law enforcement operations. But according to Chinese state media, “the fentanyl crisis in the United States is demand-driven”, primarily by “the users themselves”.

'Voltage valley' loses hope as EV revival deal turns sour

When Lordstown Motors, an electric vehicles (EV) manufacturer in Ohio’s Mahoning valley, declared bankruptcy last month, it was the latest blow to a region that has seen decades of extravagant promises fail to deliver.

Bigger, better

Despite problems behind the scenes, this year's World Cup should lift the profile of the women's game to a new level

How fiction is falling prey to its own vision of dystopia

First the soldiers came for those with mohawks. Then they came for the hairdressers themselves.

Grain crash - Diners go cold on rice in haste of modern life

0.5% The proportion of Japan’s domestic rice production that gets sent overseas, despite a fi vefold increase in exports between 2014 and 2021

Farmers embrace Maya traditions

Yucatán villagers are reconnecting with milpa growing methods despite a changing landscape

Councils join calls for ban on disposable e-cigarettes

20%  Of 11 to 18-year-olds have tried vaping

Tatar-led resistance fighting back in Crimea

85% Proportion of political arrests and illegal searches carried out against the Ta tar community in the region

'My last war' - Foreign volunteers on the front

Alan from England tells of the battle from the trenches, while Steve from the US hasn't registered with his embassy

Seeing red - Record-breaking heatwaves are only going to get more severe

The world endured the hottest week ever recorded between 3-10 July. And meteorologists say there is more to come - a lot more.

Heating up - Soaring temperatures spark global concern

52.2 - The temperature in degrees celsius that was recorded in a remote township in China’s Xinjiang region – a new nationwide record

SONGS OF FREEDOM HIP-HOP IN EGYPT'S REBELLION

Ever since protests in Cairo in 2011, music has been vital to young people making their voices heard against an oppressive regime

The allergy timebomb

More and more youngsters are suffering extreme allergic reactions to everyday foods. What can be done to help the families living with constant terror?

'Life and death' - Stars argue action is aimed at protecting jobbing players

A lot of people are on the margins...this isn't an academic exercise

The quest for equity - What has been going on behind the scenes of raised fists?

63 Years since actors and writers last joined forces against the studios to fight for improved payments, including cover for healthcare

Lights! Camera! Industrial action!

Hollywood actors pulled focus as they joined a long-running strike by screenwriters who want to revisit how studios pay them for their work in an age of streaming and artificial intelligence

Imperial measures

This account of three South Asian nations and their journey to independence embraces food, cinema and personal history

Blonde versus bombshell

In the pink corner, Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie. In the other, Christopher Nolan's epic Oppenheimer. Which will triumph in the box office smackdown?

Why women love the Boss

Bruce Springsteen is seen as one of the quintessential writers of male experience, but as a new book explores, his connection with female listeners is just as complex

Africa, by Africans

A remarkable new photography show reveals a liberated view of the continent

It's only rock'n'roll, but the old timers teach us about more than music - Jonathan Freedland

It's a paper ticket, from before the age of the QR code, and it announces the Rolling Stones at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 26 June 1982. I was 15, but I still remember the buildup - the papers full of jokes about the band needing Zimmer frames to reach the stage and, perhaps, more frequent bathroom breaks. They called them \"the Strolling Bones\". On that day, Mick Jagger was 38 years old.

Addictive apps are bad for children's health it's time for regulation - Devi Sridhar

WhatsApp is for old people. At least that's what my first-year medical students tell me. Young people, especially teenagers, communicate through Snapchat, an app that reaches 90% of 13-to 24-year-olds and 75% of 13- to 34-year-olds across the UK.

Why is it so hard to create policies to effectively solve race inequality? - Kenan Malik

Should public policy be \"race-conscious\" or \"colour blind\"? Should it target the specific inequalities faced by minority groups or treat all citizens equally without any reference to individuals' racial and cultural backgrounds?

AI Utopia or dystopia?

From curing cancer to fighting the climate crisis, artificial intelligence could herald a limitless new dawn for humanity. Alternatively, it could just decide to wipe us all out. Steve Rose asks technology experts about the best and worst-case scenarios