Science
The world’s rivers are at breaking point. Can we save them before it is too late?
In this week’s newsletter: As the Guardian launches a year-long project, Our Rivers, we take stock of the issu...
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Technology
Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality
More than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a polic...
Science
‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
From Sri Lanka to South Korea, governments are preparing for droughts, wildfires, typhoons and floods – with c...
Sports
England defeat Sri Lanka by six wickets: second men’s cricket T20 international – as it happened
Another crushing victory for England, their 14th in a row over Sri Lanka in T20, saw them secure the three ser...
Technology
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children,...
Gadgets
‘The balloons made me smile but his expression made me stop’: Harivansh Verma’s best phone picture
While celebrating a religious festival on the banks of the Ganges, the Indian photographer captured the everyd...
Gadgets
Frances Stonor Saunders obituary
Author and documentary-maker best known for her 1999 book about CIA-funded cultural espionage Who Paid the Pip...
Gadgets
Spygate saga continues to haunt Southampton as case drags on
Tonda Eckert’s future remains uncertain after FA punishment yet to be decided
Automobiles
Sydney mayor allegedly threatened and children secretly recorded after he refused to step down, Icac hears
Corruption inquiry turns its investigation to allegations Strathfield councillors may have engaged in blackmai...
Automobiles
‘I’ve never been more terrified!’ Carly Rae Jepsen on motherhood, stardom and her horniest album ever
Call Me Maybe made the singer-songwriter famous – but also confused. Who was she? Who was her music for? Fourt...
Automobiles
Am I walking my dog all wrong?
Walking your dog is crucial for its health, but many owners (me included) aren’t doing so properly, experts sa...
Automobiles
The kindness of strangers: On a busy motorway, my child vomited in the car. I was overwhelmed – then a man came with a bucket of water
My son was inconsolable and the back seat was an absolute mess. After a few minutes of trying to clean up, a s...