World
Like gambling: Addictive dating apps a treadmill ‘we can’t get off’
Andy can pinpoint the exact moment when he realised he was addicted to dating apps; it was during a break-up in 2016.
- by Kimberley Bond
Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza
- by Mohammad Jahjouh and Waffa Shurafa
Divisive influencer Andrew Tate to be tried for rape and human trafficking
- by Stephen McGrath and Andreea Alexandru
Opinion & Perspectives
Coachella is hot, expensive and plagued with tech issues. And that’s not the worst part
The problem for the festival is that it is synonymous not with iconic music but with A-listers and overpriced beer.
Ed Power
UK politics so much funnier than fiction, comedy writer finds it ‘hard to match’
The Tories are in a spot of bother as the UK heads to an election. A possible catastrophic defeat would be both self-inflicted and richly deserved.
Rob Harris
Europe correspondent
Iran’s show of force has demonstrated that Israel is not invincible
This month’s military exchanges between Israel and Iran may have largely been a show of force, but they have sent a number of clear messages about any future conflict.
Amin Saikal
Professor of Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Islamic Studies
North America
‘I hated that dog’: Trump VP contender boasts about killing puppy
South Dakota Governor Kirsty Noem’s political ascension was looking promising, but she may have gone a little too far even for gun-happy Republicans.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned by New York top court
The ruling is the second major #MeToo setback in the last two years and reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.
- by Michael Sisak
Europe
Divisive influencer Andrew Tate to be tried for rape and human trafficking
- by Stephen McGrath and Andreea Alexandru
Asia
It turns out, money does grow on trees in Nepal
The Japanese love their beautiful yen bills, with their elegant, understated designs printed on tough, off-white plant fibre.
- by Bhadra Sharma and Alex Travelli
‘Infiltrators’: Indian PM Narendra Modi accused of using hate speech against Muslims
Critics of the prime minister — an avowed Hindu nationalist — say India’s tradition of diversity and secularism has come under attack since his party won power a decade ago.
- by Krutika Pathi
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Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza
“We were attached to this baby in a crazy way,” her uncle said after his brother’s entire family was killed.
- by Mohammad Jahjouh and Waffa Shurafa
IDF claims it killed half of Hezbollah commanders in southern Lebanon
- by Laila Bassam and James Mackenzie
Hamas video shows Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin alive
- by Josef Federman and Jack Jeffery