WhatsApp ‘drops’, price hikes and queues: scramble for solar eclipse specs
Amid doubling prices and fraying tempers, shoppers hunt for elusive eyewear to prepare for rare eclipse of sun
Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem
As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals
I got married in the Vegas of Europe. It was the most romantic 20 minutes of my life
Post-Brexit visa rules and faceless pen-pushers were keeping me and my partner apart. But love finds a way, writes French journalist Jules Darmanin
An Amputation Obsession: the Monster and the Surgeon review – an engrossing story, if you can stomach it
This documentary follows the shocking case of Neil Hopper, a top surgeon who had his own legs removed due to a fetish.
Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library review – interrogating Hannah Arendt
An encounter in a police cell with a Nazi officer could have been the end of the political theorist, but Jenny Lyn Bader’s play has little feel for the dramatic
David McBride leaves prison on parole after being jailed for leaking Afghanistan war documents
Attorney general grants former army lawyer’s release after 27 months in jail
India fuels worldwide jump in planned coal production
Rise in new mine proposals, mainly in states of Odisha and Jharkhand, comes despite plateau in global demand
Zambia elections haunted by ghost of incumbent president’s arch-rival
Hakainde Hichilema is bidding for second term, but feud between him and family of Edgar Lungu, who died in 2025, continues
Victims of road crime feel ‘forgotten by system’, official review finds
Many of those affected in England and Wales think offences are not treated with the seriousness they deserve, says commissioner
‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss?
Call it a crisis, call it a decline, call it a recession: the long, lusty snog is in trouble, harder to experience in real life or even watch on screen. But why? And what’s it like to think you may never lock lips with another?
The ABC has a tradition of mocking the powerful. Now, after the Rinehart furore, it risks creating a comedy no-go zone
I didn’t think the Race Around the World segment was funny, but does the ABC really need to change its editorial policies to make sure violence and humour sleep in separate beds?
Thailand suspends gun licences as teen shooter and grandparents he killed are cremated
Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul calls for tighter gun controls and ‘decisive penalties’ after nine dead in school shooting
Ukraine war briefing: ‘With precision, as planned’ – Kyiv outlines battlefield gains
Zelenskyy announces recapture of 745 sq km in Oleksandrivskyi sector; plea from stranded Ukrainian frontline troops. What we know on day 1,632
Ibac charges police officer accused of repeatedly hitting Indigenous man with Taser during Melbourne arrest
Victorian corruption watchdog alleges weapon was used to hit man’s head, with another officer accused of kneeing him in same incident last year
Heard about the ‘luteal uglies’? Women know more about our hormones than ever – and that’s beautiful
When I was younger, female biology was seen as something to be overcome. Now we can talk about the reality of living in our bodies, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
This is how we do it: ‘We make videos of ourselves having sex, to watch when we’re apart’
Amara and Mateo’s sex life was fun first time round, in their 20s. Now it has to be scheduled around childcare and the families they have left