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‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer seaweed

After a series of deaths on the beaches of Brittany, one bereaved family set out to prove the foul-smelling bloom was to blameWhen her phone rang at a...

May 12, 2026
Seven-day weeks and ‘debt bondage’: China’s first electric car plant in Europe mired in allega

The BYD factory being built in Szeged, Hungary, is facing scrutiny after reports of EU labour laws being violated among the Chinese migrant workforce ...

May 12, 2026
Hot divorcee summer: get ready for big hats, hot sex and don’t-care energy

Fresh out of wedlock and in the mood for some fun? Join your newly single sisters in the glow-up to end all glow-ups‘Sorry babe I’m a divorced mum...

May 12, 2026
Close encounters: the new wave of women photographers – in pictures

From Black debutantes to Bolivian matriarchs, this year’s Saltzman-Leibovitz prize shows the diverse subjects being tackled by the next generation o...

May 12, 2026
‘It’s like a trans-Barbie world!’: the Indian festival where transgender women can celebrate w

The annual gathering at Koovagam is rooted in an ancient poem. Five trans attendees talk about what the event means to them in light of a controversia...

May 12, 2026
The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China

Taiwan, tariffs and the strait of Hormuz are on the meeting’s agenda for Beijing – but will the US president be forced to ask for help in ending h...

May 11, 2026

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