HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 | History Defined

Is Trump to blame for Americans getting explosive diarrhea?

As the midterms approach, Americans’ digestive health has become a bizarre talking point

The Guardian - US · Oct 1

From Robert Kraft to Netanyahu, Israel’s supporters keep helping its critics

These men’s actions aren’t just morally loathsome; they’re politically stupid. Social science may explain the phenomenon

The Guardian - US · Oct 1

Releasing prisoners won’t solve the crisis in English and Welsh jails. Here’s what will

Ministers need to level with the public about current prison sentences, who needs to be locked up and for how long, says Enver Solomon of Nacro

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

War, power games and impunity. I watched the farce that is the UN general assembly: what a tragedy, what a mess

Ukraine, Iran, Palestine and Sudan: it has so many problems to confront and fails to do so. Seen up close, it is a study in stasis and decline, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes

Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

Jean-Luc Mélenchon will win young French voters – until they realise the size of his Russia blind spot

La France Insoumise gives voice to the left-behind, and progressives approve. But many recoil from a leftwing leader whose foreign policy is stuck in 1985, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians

There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1

As my husband’s carer, I sometimes need a break – finding respite care in Australia shouldn’t be this difficult

Arranging a short stay for my husband in an aged care facility shouldn’t take dozens of calls, emails and an interstate operation involving friends

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1

Ethiopia back to civil war? Horn of Africa fears spillover effect of renewed fighting

After contagion in the Arabian Peninsula, should the entire Horn of Africa fear a domino effect? Just as US President Donald Trump’s decision to invade Iran drew the Saudis back to Yemen, did threats over the Bab al-Mandab Strait light the fuse in Ethiopia, where last week, unresolved issues between…

France 24 · Sep 30

The Guardian view on Lula v the Bolsonaros: the decision of Brazilian voters will affect us all

Editorial: Sunday’s general election is too close to call, with the incumbent president facing the son of the man who attempted a coup against him

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30