Notre Dame: Plastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. But recent research adds to growing concerns about the impact of tiny plastic fragments on our health. A study from the United States has, for the first time, found microplastics in human brains. The study, which has yet to be … Read more
The 2024 Hurun India Rich List has shattered records, showcasing a staggering surge in wealth among India’s elite. For the first time, the list surpasses the 1,500 mark, featuring a remarkable 1,539 individuals with a net worth of over Rs 1,000 crore each. Moreover, Gautam Adani and family have topped the 2024 Hurun … Read more
Family handouts Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice da Silva Aguiar and Bebe King died after the attack on 29 July A love of Taylor Swift and dancing brought three young girls together at a Southport studio for a holiday club on 29 July. Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, … Read more
BBC One of the worst droughts in living memory is sweeping across southern Africa, leaving close to 70 million people without enough food and water. In Mudzi district in northern Zimbabwe, a community and their livestock are gathered on a bone-dry riverbed. The Vombozi normally flows throughout the year but right now, it is just … Read more
Who among us hasn’t bought a piece of exercise kit only for it to gather dust in a corner, or start a new life as a clothing rack? That’s because, if trainer Dalton Wong is to be believed, we’ve been buying the wrong stuff. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if … Read more
It started with a crossbow. In July, Carol Hunt and her two daughters, Louise and Hannah, were killed in their family home in Hertfordshire. When Hannah was found, reports say she was still alive with a crossbow bolt in her chest. Louise’s ex-boyfriend, Kyle Clifford, has been charged with the killings. Three weeks later three … Read more
Planet Labs The Proletarsk oil depot in Russia’s Rostov region burned for 10 days after it was hit by a Ukrainian drone Western technology and finance are helping Ukraine carry out hundreds of long-range strikes inside Russia. That is despite Nato allies still refusing to give Ukraine permission to use Western-supplied munitions to do so … Read more
Kaos, the new venture from Charlie Covell, the creator of Channel 4 drama series The End of the F**king World, is anything but chaotic. Multi-stranded, immaculately paced and plotted, it’s a reimagining of Greek mythology that is subtle and intricate, witty, rigorous, hugely intelligent, funny and brutal. It flies. Covell’s script is a masterpiece – … Read more
Then, one day, the newspapers carried pictures of 11 tattoos on an unidentified body. These were the same tattoos as those on Charlotte Angie’s body. When her close friends contacted her to get the news, she replied by sending a message. You must have heard about the Shraddha Walkar murder case in 2022, where her … Read more
AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank: Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants, carrying out arrests and sealing off the volatile city of Jenin. The ongoing operation was among the largest in the West Bank in months, and a reminder that the … Read more