Trump VP contender writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book
Cancer
‘Real hope’ for cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled
‘Selfless and strong’
Memorial honours World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza
Ukraine’s agriculture minister detained in multimillion dollar graft investigation
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
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