Asia tocks set records in Japan, dollar gets Fed boost
Shares climbed to record highs in Japan and South Korea on Friday as peace in the Middle East with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz pulled oil prices even…
Aussie shares fall for second day as miners weigh
Australia’s share market is set to finish the week with little gains as a mining stock rout drags on. The S&P/ASX200 fell 89.4 points by midday on Friday, down one…
The Guardian view on Trump and Iran: a president’s wishful thinking gives way to uncomfortable realities | Editorial
The memorandum of understanding signed in Versailles lays bare US failure and the pointlessness of this illegal war Donald Trump’s wishful thinking, as much as Benjamin Netanyahu’s persuasion, was responsible…
Trump’s war accomplished nothing – the Iran deal is proof | Kenneth Roth
The agreement shows the US is in a weaker position than before the war No one gets a Nobel peace prize for ending a war he started, let alone for…
Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson stumble in this mushy, overlong story of a woman leaving voicemails for her dead sister There’s a fine line between romantic comedy and creepy thriller,…
‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
Marc Isaacs’ film Synthetic Sincerity may look like a documentary, but its fictional premise – a lab that scrapes movies to harvest human emotions – shines a hard light on…
Can ecosystems ‘malfunction’?
We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like aeroplanes or human hearts A version of this piece was originally published on Aeon as Why…
The Sisters of Serendib by Ayesha Inoon review – Sri Lankan asylum seekers seek a safer life in Australia
Inoon’s second novel follows three sisters settling in a new land, in a book that glosses over darker moments and trauma in favour of hope Sign up for a weekly…
For women in China frustrated by sexism, female comics are offering a release
Standup comedy gives women a space to talk about certain topics that have become more sensitive, while performers remain wary of censorship limits Packed into the upstairs theatre of a…
Manzambi double inspires Switzerland rout of 10-man Bosnia and Herzegovina
The hype around Johan Manzambi will only heighten after his star turn from the substitutes’ bench helped Switzerland out of a hole and got their World Cup truly up and…