Every day, Ibtisam Ghalia and her four children count their remaining stocks of food. These are meagre: a kilo or so of beans, a bag of lentils, a little salt, some herbs, spices, and enough flour for half a dozen flatbreads cooked on a griddle over a fire of wood splinters, waste plastic and cardboard….
Katie Lundgreen Urness’s struggles with disordered eating began when she was just 11. A gymnast, she put a lot of value in being petite. Urness, 28, who lives in Utah, remembers longing for candy as a child but “feeling like I couldn’t eat a single Skittle”. After nearly a decade of struggling, she sought medical…
AfD plans to challenge extremist classification, calls it ‘defamatory’ The co-leaders of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) said they would take legal action against the domestic intelligence agency’s classification of the party as extremist, describing the decision as a “severe blow to German democracy”. Alice Weidel, co-leader and chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for…
Even in a blocky world with zombified piglin chicken jockeys, human ingenuity still stands out. A Minecraft video game tweaked by scientists revealed clues about what makes people such good learners. The results, published April 25 in Nature Communications, suggest that people who change strategies at opportune moments come out on top. “The main thing…
The New South Wales education department has apologised after riot police were called to manage out-of-control crowds at the state’s selective school exams. Police were called to Canterbury Park Racecourse, south-west of Sydney’s CBD, at about midday on Friday following reports of traffic and crowd control issues. About 1,300 students had finished exams at the…
I love a jacket. Almost more than any other garment, it can transform an outfit. A denim jacket instantly makes a get-up more casual; a blazer, more smart. It can add a practical layer to an otherwise quixotic look or a hint of frivolity to a serious ensemble. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will…