SKorea cops seek arrest warrant for BTS agency founder
South Korean police have requested an arrest warrant for Bang Si-hyuk, the chairman of K-pop agency HYBE, over alleged illegal trading tied to the company’s initial public offering. The Seoul…
‘Playing us for fools’: foreign gains fuel gas tax push
Japan is earning more public revenue on its gas imports than the Australian government is raising taxing exports of the valuable resource, parliamentarians have heard in a blockbuster hearing. With…
Stocks rebound as Iran peace talks in focus
Stocks rebounded in early trading in Asia on Tuesday as markets took heart from reports Iran is considering attending peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, with renewed bets…
Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik
Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong Over the past few weeks, a random kaleidoscope of images has…
Today, it fell to parliament to hold Keir Starmer to account for the Mandelson scandal. It largely failed | Toby Helm
On these occasions, MPs have a solemn duty to reflect the public’s anger and need for answers. A pity that so few seem able to fulfil it Around the time…
The Guardian view on the EU and Israel: moving beyond mere exhortation | Editorial
Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed aside European concerns over Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. A tougher approach from Brussels is overdue In recent months, European expressions of concern over the…
Long waits make for sicker patients. Sicker patients need more time in hospital. Our health system needs urgent care | Ranjana Srivastava
When experienced staff leave, the inexperienced people who replace them need years to gain confidence Visiting the magnificent Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, my elderly dad resolutely navigated the steep…
The Clean – 10 of the best
The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out now Formed in Dunedin, New…
How can you tell if your boss has a big ego? Their email habits are a definite tell | Emma Beddington
Only those in unassailable positions of power would ditch capital letters – or reply to colleagues with a thumbs up emoji i recently learned that, in february, jack dorsey –…
Is Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike’s new gender swap comedy inspired by The Two Ronnies?
Long-running 80s sketch The Worm That Turned imagined a dystopian world run by women, inspired by the election of Margaret Thatcher. It has not aged well – yet it bears…