REVEALED: 12 | Vintage Vibes

US Open rout shines harsh light on Venus Williams despite admirable fire

The former world No 1’s competitive drive and taste for the fight remain the stuff of legend. But this was a tough watch

The Guardian - US · Aug 30, 2023

Has a football team ever been top of the table for an entire season?

Plus: a hat-trick of goals and assists in the same game, the fewest wins needed to avoid relegation and more

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2023

Lebanon LGBTQ+ activists say attacks are distraction from country’s problems

Community reports shift from uneasy tolerance to being scapegoated for socioeconomic crisis

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2023

In the battle to save the world’s forests, women are leading the resistance

From the Akbelen forest in Turkey to northern India to Brazil, rural women are standing up against the corporate chainsaw, says novelist Elif Shafak

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

First Thing: Donald Trump surrenders in Georgia on charges he sought to overturn 2020 election

Prosecution is fourth criminal case against Trump since March, and his booking included a mugshot. Plus, the story behind a fake football school

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023

Claude Ruiz Picasso, youngest son of Spanish artist, dies aged 76

The son of Picasso and French painter Françoise Gilot, who also died this year aged 101, managed his father’s hugely valuable estate until July

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2023

Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as offsets deemed ‘worthless’

Many credits in the voluntary market going unused, with study finding some offsetting could make global heating worse

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023

China’s Xi Makes It ‘Next To Impossible’ To Do Business, Hedge Funder Protests

Xi Jinping has cast doubt on China's economic allure and foreign investors are frustrated due to the changing business climate.

Zenger · Aug 24, 2023

If Putin has eliminated Prigozhin, the result could be more – not less – instability for Russia

The Russian president has seemingly upped the stakes: anyone who challenges his regime will have to see it through to the end, says Samantha de Bendern, associate fellow at Chatham House

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023

China bans Japanese seafood after Fukushima wastewater release

Water containing radioactive tritium being pumped into Pacific via tunnel from Tepco plant, amid protests from China, South Korea and fishing communities

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2023