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  • Workers assist an injured man after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar
    Workers assist an injured man after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar
    Rescue teams at a construction site in Bangkok
    Rescue teams at a construction site in Bangkok
    Damaged pagodas in Naypyitaw, Myanma
    Damaged pagodas in Naypyitaw, Myanma
    A collapsed building at a construction site in Bangkok
    A collapsed building at a construction site in Bangkok
    A worker reacts after the tremors of a strong earthquake that struck Myanmar affected Bangkok
    A worker reacts after the tremors of a strong earthquake that struck Myanmar affected Bangkok

    Live
    Thailand and Myanmar earthquake death toll rises as Bangkok declared disaster area with dozens trapped under skyscraper

    United States Geological Survey said the quake was shallow, at a depth of just 10km (six miles) with the epicentre near the central city of Mandalay
    • people hold signs against Tesla and Elon Musk

      Tesla
      Global anti-Elon Musk protests planned at nearly 200 Tesla showroom locations

    • Business live
      China’s Xi urges global CEOs to protect trade supply chains

    • Bird flu
      Bird flu reinfections at US poultry farms highlight need for vaccines, experts say

    • Japan
      Japan unveils first plan to evacuate 100,000 civilians from islands near Taiwan in event of conflict

    • Signal group chat leak
      Judge orders Trump officials in Signal leak to preserve all messages

    • Music
      Dua Lipa wins second copyright case over single Levitating

    • New Zealand
      Running shoe brand Hoka accused of misappropriating Māori culture

  • people standing by a sign

    Analysis
    The Signal fiasco is a political gift to Democrats but their power is limited

  • man in suit gestures as he speaks a a lectern

    US
    Trump targets another law firm over its ties to Robert Mueller

  • silhouettes of people crowding around portrait of man wearing suit and bowtie

    Smithsonian
    Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for ‘improper ideology’

  • Harvard Medical School.

    Harvard
    Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport

In focus

  • Woman on bridge

    Cotton Capital
    ‘We live in both worlds’: how teachers of Gullah Geechee herbal medicine are cultivating tradition

  • aerial view of farm and rows of crops

    Silicon Valley
    The controversial California city backed by tech elite has a new plan: boats

    California Forever is back with a proposal that has some on board: using the land it owns to create a shipbuilding hub
  • A solar electric generating system in the Mojave desert. The book Abundance argues for sustainable energy ‘so clean it barely leaves a carbon trace’.

    US
    What is ‘abundance’ liberalism, and why are people arguing about it?

    A new book has sparked debate with its provocative claim that progressive public policy in the US is broken

Spotlight

  • a man looking at the camera

    Boxing
    ‘There’s a dangerous epidemic in boxing’: the tragic, cautionary tale of Paul Bamba

    Paul Bamba was ambitious and loved by his friends and family. But his quest for success was built on dubious fights and a fatal disregard for his own health
  • person wearing red bikini looks over while laying on chair and holding phone

    The White Lotus
    Off-season: has The White Lotus become a letdown?

  • ‘He brings more to the role because of the life he’s lived’ … director Uberto Pasolini (right) on the set of The Return with Ralph Fiennes (Odysseus).

    Film
    ‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey

    The actor and director on why The Return took 30 years to make, their joy at persuading Juliette Binoche to join them – and the punishing regime that earned Fiennes his battle-scarred physique
  • A woman looks at a DVD.

    Review
    The Life List review – overly neat Netflix weepie leaves dry eyes

    Carry-On’s Sofia Carson is a young woman whose mother sends her messages beyond the grave in a mushy PS I Love You-esque drama
    • Ike Barinholtz, Seth Rogen and Martin Scorsese in a scene from The Studio.

      Television
      So long, Scorsese! Is The Studio the TV show that will finally kill off Hollywood?

    • Stockholm’s waterfront and skyline in winter

      Environment
      ‘The heat you need at a reasonable price’: how district heating can speed the switch to clean energy

    • Joan Baez playing guitar on the Beach in California, 1962.

      Ranked
      Raw, romantic and radical: Joan Baez’s 20 greatest songs – ranked

    • Cynthia Erivo in Number One on the Call Sheet.

      TV review
      Number One on the Call Sheet review – a spectacular tribute to black excellence in Hollywood

  • people protesting

    The resistance is alive and well – and our research shows it

    Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman and Soha Hammam
    • illustration

      AI may help us cure countless diseases – and usher in a new golden age of medicine

      Samuel Hume
    • people protesting near construction site, one person holding a sign saying 'you can't eat money'

      I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking

      Steven Donziger
    • A mother looking tired while on a sofa with her young baby

      New mums are being ‘strongly encouraged’ to take regular exercise and get more sleep. Hahahaha

      Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
    • Man in a mask holding a Turkish flag lifts his arms in front of a line of riot police as a crowd of people head towards a blossoming tree at night

      I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life

      Orhan Pamuk
  • Creighton v Connecticut<br>UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT - MARCH 10: Paige Bueckers #5 of the Connecticut Huskies is introduced befpre the championship game of the Big East Women’s Basketball Tournament against the Creighton Bluejays at Mohegan Sun Arena on March 10, 2025 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

    Why hasn’t middle America given Paige Bueckers the Caitlin Clark treatment?

    Etan Thomas
    The UConn star has embraced Black America rather than being pitted against it. It means she has not been lionized in the same way as a similarly brilliant player
  • a man looking at the camera

    ‘A dangerous epidemic in boxing’
    The tragic, cautionary tale of Paul Bamba

  • Yuki Tsunoda

    Red Bull need to adapt fast and that is why they axed Lawson

    Giles Richards
  • Texas Tech's Elijah Hawkins (3) reacts after defeating Arkansas in overtime during their Sweet 16 game on Friday.

    March Madness
    Sweet 16 roundup: Texas Tech rally past Arkansas in first OT game of tournament

    Texas Tech fought to an 85-83 win over Arkansas on Thursday night and a spot in the Elite Eight, joining Florida, Alabama and Duke
    • Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma has been struggling with a knee injury but is fit to face Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup.

      Soccer live
      Mitoma fit for Brighton’s FA Cup tie, Osasuna fury after Barça game

    • Josh Giddey is mobbed by Chicago Bulls teammates

      NBA
      ‘Never done that before’: Giddey's 47-foot buzzer-beater stuns Lakers

    • Ilona Maher scores a try for Bristol against Gloucester-Hartpury.

      Rugby
      Ilona Maher makes USA squad to face Japan before Pacific Four challenge

    • Ilia Malinin of the United States performs his short program on Thursday at the world figure skating championships in Boston.

      Figure skating
      Malinin sets personal best to lead after short program at world championships

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    Weather tracker
    Heavy rain alerts in Queensland as floods cut off towns

  • aerial view of smog over a city

    Climate crisis
    Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requests

  • damaged trees in a forest

    Pollution
    Acid rain could return to US due to Trump rollbacks, says scientist who discovered it

  • Map of US wildfire risk

    Climate crisis
    Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it

  • photo of man with mustache wearing tan jacket holding a baby as a woman stand nexts to them

    Prisons
    Man suffocated to death after being hurt and neglected in Colorado jail, family says

    Lawsuit says Michael Burch, who died in 2023, languished in cell for a week with no medical care after fight with deputy
  • A crowd at the posthumous ceremony for Selena on the Hollywood walk of fame in 2017 in Los Angeles.

    Texas
    Woman convicted of killing ‘Queen of Tejano’ Selena in 1995 denied parole

  • Pete Hegseth lifts his arms above head while wearing a camo vest

    Pete Hegseth
    Defense secretary's Arabic-language tattoo stirs controversy over ‘Islamophobia’

  • a woman sits in a mostly empty row of chairs

    US politics
    Trump withdraws Elise Stefanik’s UN nomination to protect GOP House majority

    • US wildfires
      Wildfires rage on in North and South Carolina as more firefighters arrive

    • Vicente Gonzalez
      Texas Democrat tirelessly promotes El Salvador’s strongman president

    • Misconduct
      New Jersey police chief accused of defecating on floor to harass co-workers

    • HHS
      RFK Jr plans 10,000 job cuts in restructuring of US health department

    • Immigration
      Alleged MS-13 leader arrested in Virginia as part of Trump crackdown on gangs

    • Nevada
      Las Vegas police arrest suspect in Tesla arson attack

  • Police responded to an aircraft crash at Avalon airport in Victoria on Friday afternoon in which the pilot was injured

    Australia
    Avalon Airshow crash: aerobatic pilot critically injured after plane plummets to ground in front of shocked crowd

  • Illustrations shows medics holding down and poking something sharp towards someone's face.

    Science
    Why the weasel testicles? Cambridge show explains medieval medicine

    • Wildlife
      Export of endangered eels to Russia ends after UK government ban

    • UK
      King Charles undergoes hospital observation due to cancer treatment side effects

    • Trump tariffs
      End of an era for Canada-US ties, says Carney, as allies worldwide decry Trump’s car tariffs

    • Trump tariffs
      Flight bookings between Canada and US down 70% amid Trump tariff war

    • Israel
      Israel parliament defies protests to pass law tightening grip over judges

    • Egypt
      Six Russian tourists die after submarine sinks off Egypt coast

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  • Helen Garner at home in Melbourne. Photograph: The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    The savage suburbia of Helen Garner: ‘I wanted to dong Martin Amis with a bat’ – podcast

  • Mike Waltz, the White House national security adviser, listens as Donald Trump speaks

    Politics Weekly America
    Trump’s ‘Signalgate’ blame game – podcast

  • Wes Streeting in conversation with Pippa Crerar at the Guardian Live event

    Politics Weekly UK
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  • Ballal poses in sunlight with Oscar with earth and vegetation behind

    Today in Focus
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  • North Macedonia Wales WCup Soccer<br>Wales fans celebrate after Wales' David Brooks scoring his side's opening goal during a World Cup 2026 group J qualifying soccer match between North Macedonia and Wales at National Arena Todor Proeski in Skopje, North Macedonia, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

    Football Weekly
    Wales leave it late and farewell to Trent Alexander-Arnold – Football Weekly Extra

  • black and white photograph of Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane of Mumford and Sons.

    Music
    Mumford & Sons: Rushmere review – back to dreary basics

    A return to their inglorious past for the British folk rockers comes served with an extra helping of self-indulgence
  • an 8 bit graphic of two Turtles characters

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the hardest game I ever played – so why am I back?

    Dominik Diamond
  • Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra picted at the Academy Awards, holding their Oscars.

    Film
    No Other Land co-director condemns Academy’s letter to members after Hamdan Ballal attack

  • ‘A master of strange lyrical koans’ … Dan Bejar AKA Destroyer.

    Music
    Destroyer: Dan’s Boogie review – darkness haunts a gorgeous ruined palace of a record

  • Hassan Blasim.

    Books
    The best translated fiction – review roundup

  • Giuseppe Penone’s Respirare l’ombra (To Breathe the Shadow), 1999.

    Art and design
    Towering trunks, disturbing dolls and deep-sea daydreams – the week in art

  • Judge car illustration

    You be the judge
    My flatmate cleaned my car, but it looks worse than before. Should he help me redo it?

  • The popular Pita &amp; Burek prepared in the Bosna buregdzinica in the old city of Sarajevo.<br>DC9XFA The popular Pita &amp; Burek prepared in the Bosna buregdzinica in the old city of Sarajevo.

    Travel
    ‘All around us was the low hum of contented diners’: readers’ favourite places to eat in Europe

    Opulent omelettes, plump scallops and a ‘confessional’ fondue are among our tipsters’ happy culinary memories, from Athens to the Algarve
  • OPI’s Repair Mode Bond Building Nail Serum

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    I’ve never liked nail strengthener, but this one actually works

    OPI’s new serum claims to repair your broken bonds, and I’ve seen an undeniable reduction in breakage
  • A collage of black and white photos of disabled people protesting for their rights, including a wheelchair sit-in at the US Capitol, over a light blue backdrop

    Well Actually
    The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone

  • composite image of a man with hands on his shoulders and a black and white picture of a man's head upside down

    Well actually
    ‘I know what it is to go down the rabbit hole’: the male coaches pulling young men back from the edge

  • a woman with hands on head with a rainbow distortion filter

    Health
    Migraines made life feel unlivable. It took years to find a doctor who believed me

  • Wholegrain and cereal on rustic wooden table.

    Food
    Are whole-grain foods really healthier?

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  • Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

    US news
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    Life and style
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    Wales
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  • Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Aren B. Palik, vice president of the Federated States of Micronesia

    Analysis
    China looks south as it seeks to reduce reliance on a capricious United States

  • An aerial view of Jakarta, Indonesia

    Indonesia
    A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia

  • An Aston Martin car driving down a road at sunset

    Explained
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    The long read
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    The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she really reformedand is the director up to his own tricks?
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    Colombia
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    The week in wildlife
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