A small plane crashes into building in Brazil, killing three
A small plane carrying five people crashed into a residential building in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, shortly after takeoff.
States should tax windfall oil profits to fund their way out of crisis
A major economic crisis is boosting energy profits. Taxing those can help countries survive and become immune to shocks.
The man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared
Illustration: Daria Lada/The GuardianIn December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown…
Michael Spicer: ‘Monty Python taught me that authority figures must earn our respect’
‘I just want people to be held to account’ … Michael Spicer. Photograph: Rebecca WillowView image in fullscreen‘I just want…
‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it?
‘I’m asking everyone where to go – but they don’t know’ … Kyrie (left), visiting Birmingham from the Isle of…
An explosion at a fireworks plant in China has killed at least 21 people
An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has killed at least 21 people and injured 61…
‘Dangerous escalation’: World condemns Iran after attacks on UAE
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain denounce strikes, as Germany, UK and Canada urge Iran to return to talks.
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’
When it comes to the specter of AI’s labor-displacing potential, Jensen Huang thinks that the American worker has nothing to…
Oil prices surge as violence flares in Strait of Hormuz
Brent crude rises nearly 6 percent as soaring tensions in waterway push ceasefire to the brink.
Strong security presence in Mexico’s Sinaloa state amid cartel violence
Security forces have intensified their presence across parts of Mexico’s Sinaloa.