‘Real hope’ for cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled
Ukraine’s agriculture minister detained in multimillion dollar graft investigation
Microsoft
Heavy bet on AI pays off as it beats expectations in latest quarter
New York
Judge upholds $83m E Jean Carroll defamation verdict against Trump
Pandabuy
Police raid ‘20 football stadiums’ worth of alleged fake goods warehouses
TikTok
ByteDance would shut down app in US rather than sell it, sources say
Japan
Town to block Mount Fuji view after tourists overcrowd popular photo spot
In focus
‘We are with them’
Support for Hamas grows among Palestinians in Lebanon
Explainer
What does Taiwan get from the foreign aid bill and why is the US economy among the biggest winners?
The sweeping foreign aid package passed by congress has drawn the ire of China, but billions of dollars will actually stay in the US
India election
Fears that Modi’s BJP will polarise voters in fight for key state
Muslims worry Modi’s party will rely on familiar tactics of drawing on religious divisions as it battles Congress to to retain seats in Karnataka
Spotlight
Evolution of man
How Ryan Gosling changed stardom, cinema and society
The actor’s feminist credentials, a wholehearted embrace of comedy and being one of the most memed actors on social media has seen Gosling’s auto-satirising alpha male become white-hot box office in 2024
The Great Gatsby review
A literary classic becomes a Broadway dud
‘It should feel like an extension of the living room’
Radical study centre is named best building in Europe
A ‘non-hierarchical’ university space that can be continually altered or even moved has won the EU’s biennial prize for contemporary architecture
Rights and freedom
Married at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children: an Afghan woman on life under the Taliban
Now living in comparative freedom in Iran, 26-year-old Mahtab Eftekhar describes facing motherhood at 12 and explains why seeking justice for other women means she no longer fears death
Bryce Dallas Howard
‘I can’t be trusted around famous people’
‘A political pawn to get Black votes’
Morehouse students criticize Biden as commencement speaker
Mixed doubles
Why queer erotic sports cinema is enjoying a grand slam
Artists from Dua Lipa to Nia Archives are tapping the boisterous energy of mid-90s music – and even embracing the union jack. Can they avoid the genre’s laddish lows?
Mother Play review
Jessica Lange anchors often aimless Broadway drama
Jimmy Kimmel on Trump
‘He keeps his caps lock tighter than the door to Melania’s bedroom’
A way to make a livin’
Jennifer Aniston set for 9 to 5 reboot
Harry Potter
Audible to turn book series into full-cast audiobooks
Tupac Shakur
Estate threatens legal action against Drake over AI diss track
My partner concealed he had more than one ex-wife. Should I be nervous about our future?
This omission demonstrates a troubling facility with concealment, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. To move forward, you need to be satisfied there are no more big surprises
How we met
‘She accosted me and told me she’d looked me up on Facebook’
‘Born cool’
Why the varsity jacket is still leader of the pack
The experts
Librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books
‘The heat is burning’
76-year-old Harry Hunter becomes oldest Briton to complete Marathon des Sables
Pot of gold
Alice Zaslavsky’s recipe for one-pan angel hair pasta with tomatoes and burrata
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Ukraine
Ukrainian men abroad: share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription
Wedding photography
Share your experiences
Technology
Tell us: what’s your favourite everyday gadget?
Sex
Would you and your partner like to share the story of what you get up to in the bedroom?
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From our global editions
‘Can you steal back something that’s already stolen?’
How radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone
Pedro Sánchez
Why is Spain’s prime minister considering resigning from office?
‘Everyone was in the streets. I just felt happiness’
Portugal recalls the Carnation Revolution
‘Every day I cry’
50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system
In case you missed it
'He doesn’t have any idea'
What would Trump’s Israel-Gaza policy be if he were re-elected?
Uncle Vanya review
Steve Carell leads excellent cast in Chekhov reimagining
The star makes a convincing Broadway debut in a tragicomic winner staged with thought and deft flashes of modernity
Time is your most precious commodity
Can you ever get it back?
Teacher and artist Isabel Manley reflects on how the modern world warped our relationship to time – and how we can begin to rethink it
‘Waiting for Trump’
Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes
US supreme court
What’s at stake in emergency abortion care case?
‘The writer of Fifty Shades gave me tips’
Robinne Lee on her scorching bonkbuster The Idea of You
Hawaii
A scientist's quest to find and save the state’s native sugarcanes
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Thousands in Lisbon celebrated the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, which toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe and ushered in democracy. The almost bloodless revolution was conducted by a group of junior army officers who wanted democracy and to put an end to long-running wars against independence movements in African colonies
The week in wildlife
A lazy leopard, a moonwalking elephant and hitchhiking ducklings