Pape Gueye fires Senegal to Afcon glory against Morocco after walk-off chaos
This had been, by general agreement, the most predictable, least dramatic Cup of Nations in living memory. And that was true, until injury time in the final, when a video…
Institutional Dilemmas and Long-Standing Problems: A Case Study and Reflection on the Tibetan Exile Electoral System
In recent years, controversies surrounding the electoral system of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) have ceased to be isolated incidents, but rather reveal long-standing, recurring institutional problems. A review of…
Mika looks back: ‘Nowadays you wouldn’t get away with the things journalists said about my sexuality in the noughties’
The superstar singer on his itinerant childhood, brutally honest mother, and the moment of anger that led him to write Grace Kelly Born in Beirut in 1983, Michael Holbrook Penniman…
The sudden rise of scabies: ‘I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy’
These microscopic mites, which burrow under your skin and cause ferocious itching, are incredibly hard to get rid of – and cases in the UK have soared. What is causing…
The pitfalls of perfectionism – and why ‘good enough’ should be your goal | Gill Straker and Jacqui Winship
Healthy striving – a flexible wish to improve – accepts limits and understands that error is integral to mastery The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health…
JD Vance: ‘despicable toady for Trump’ – and 2028 candidate in all but name
Vice-president has emerged as key defender of Maga flame – and is backed by big tech billions. Is this the heir apparent? “We did not have a lot of money,”…
The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial
Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up It is true that science is self-correcting. Over the long term this…
Weight-loss drugs do nothing to address the troubled relationships we have with our bodies | Susie Orbach
The food, beauty and pharmaceutical industries poison our self-image. GLP-1 drugs will only make them richer – and strengthen the hold they have over us Fifty years ago, I started…
Roger Allers, Disney film-maker and co-director of The Lion King, dies aged 76
With Rob Minkoff, Allers directed 1994’s The Lion King, which remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time Roger Allers, the Disney film-maker who co-directed The Lion King and…
Ohio man, 83, convicted of killing Uber driver faces sentencing
William Brock fatally shot Lo-Letha Toland-Hall in 2024 after wrongly assuming she was involved in plot to rob him An 83-year-old Ohio man faces sentencing on Tuesday after being convicted…