Boys learn by watching how the men they respect treat their partners, female colleagues, women on the street. Now is the time for those men to step up, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Experts say lawlessness in Venezuelan gold mining areas makes it hard to meet U.S. standards for import. International commodities trader Trafigura told OCCRP that the Venezuelan gold it bought after...

U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said Sunday that President Trump proposed selling weapons to China during recent meetings with the country’s president Xi Jinping. “President Trump continues t…

Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.

DOJ is now colluding with Elon Musk in fraud, all to export far right extremism into the EU.

State regulator’s record fine for DataOne facility in Vineland follows Floodlight investigation with the Guardian

The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.

Washington state officials don’t have to give the Justice Department the state’s unredacted voter rolls, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in handing the Trump administration its 25th consecutive loss on ...

Media workers are grappling with increasingly volatile press climate in US, with some detained and even deported

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A secret 15-year effort has produced genetic evidence that one of the nation’s Founders fathered children with a woman he enslaved.

More patients want nonhormonal methods of birth control. Yet only one copper IUD is currently available in the United States.

France and Germany among countries with low Pisa scores, which show how well 15-year-olds use school learning in life France’s were its worst ever. Germany’s, too. In the Netherlands, results also tumbled to all-time lows. Even in Finland, Europe’s much-vaunted schools champion and a global leader for decades, scores plummeted. The 2025 Pisa scores, which assess how effectively 15-year-olds apply school-learned knowledge and skills in reading, mathematics and science to real-life situations, have rocked some of western Europe’s education powerhouses. Continue reading...

Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, part of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, was in charge of Adra prison where prisoners were tortured This article contains descriptions of torture. A US federal court in Los Angeles sentenced a former Syrian government official who ran one of the country’s most infamous prisons to 60 years in prison on Thursday – the most significant punishment handed to an official of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s regime by a foreign court and to a defendant present in person. Continue reading...

In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”

Hegseth is only the beginning.

* International Olympic Committee endorses Fitzroy River course * World Rowing and Paddle Worldwide back Australian venue A crocodile habitat has been given the green light to host 2032 rowing after the controversial site passed an assessment “with flying colours”. Olympic authorities on Thursday confirmed they had approved central Queensland’s Fitzroy River as a Brisbane Games venue, ending months of debate. Continue reading...

The Oxford Economics Global Cities Index ranks the world’s 1,000 largest cities, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses and future potential.

People with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are significantly more likely to experience a range of gastrointestinal symptoms, according to a new systematic review covering more than 1.9 million people.

Short- and long-term exposure to air pollution may contribute to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts and death by suicide, according to a new analysis.

Hundreds remain in prison, including journalists, trade unionists and others who supported the 2020 protests against Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s re-election.

When commercial surrogacy agency World Center of Baby told clients it was filing for bankruptcy, hopeful parents and pregnant surrogates were thrown into chaos. The agency’s opaque ownership and…

The catastrophic 9/11 attacks forced the intelligence community to radically revamp its ways of doing business. Now, critics say, President Trump is dismantling much of what was built since then.

Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.

The Trump administration dropped plans for a fund to compensate people who say they were unfairly prosecuted, but several lawsuits are ongoing.