Ju Wenjun outclasses rival Tan Zhongyi to retain women’s world chess title
Bryan Armen Graham
theguardian.com
April 16, 2025
Sport
Ju Wenjun has claimed her fifth world title with a dominant win over Tan Zhongyi, cementing her place among the greatest players in women’s chess history
Ecuador’s VP accuses president of ‘violating democracy’ in election win
Tiago Rogero South America correspondent
theguardian.com
April 16, 2025
World news
Verónica Abad claims Daniel Noboa, her former running mate, used state power to tilt the vote
Tariffs more likely to bring UK price cuts than inflation, says WH Smith boss
Sarah Butler
The Guardian
April 16, 2025
Business
Carl Cowling says there is ‘no logic’ in why there would be inflation as east Asian suppliers seek alternatives to the US
‘One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?
Alexis Petridis and Laura Snapes
theguardian.com
April 16, 2025
Music
As a new book skewers Spotify’s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without it
China accuses UK politicians of ‘arrogance’ in British Steel row
Jasper Jolly
The Guardian
April 16, 2025
Business
Embassy criticises ‘slandering’ of Chinese government and defends Jingye over furnaces dispute
Police use stun gun on two people at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia town hall
Sam Levine and Chris Stein
The Guardian
April 16, 2025
US news
Three arrests were made as Maga representative’s meeting was repeatedly interrupted by protesters
China trade war poses threat to US arms firms’ rare earths supply, analysts warn
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian
April 16, 2025
US news
Chinese restrictions could affect more than a dozen defence and aerospace firms and give Beijing ‘crucial advantage’
UK supreme court ruling on legal definition of woman ‘brings clarity and confidence’, says government – as it happened
Amy Sedghi
theguardian.com
April 16, 2025
Law
Judges say definition of women and sex in Equality Act 2010 act refers to biological women and biological sex
‘Keeping people alive’: Gaza’s last working bakery forced by Israel to keep on moving
Julian Borger
The Guardian
April 16, 2025
World news
World Central Kitchen mobile bakery’s production limited by flour shortage as result of Israel’s blockade
Housing, health, the economy, education and the environment – our assessment on the key questions in the leaders’ debate
Unknown Author
theguardian.com
April 16, 2025
Australia news
Guardian reporters and editors give their verdict how Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton responded to the major issues in this election
Vets tell BBC they are under 'consistent pressure' to make money
Jim Booth
BBC News
April 15, 2025
bbc-news
Some tell the BBC they are encouraged to compete over the number of procedures they carry out on pets.
Core Democratic groups are preparing to be targeted by the Trump administration
STEVE PEOPLES AP national politics writer
ABC News
April 15, 2025
abc-news
Some of the Democratic Party’s core political groups are preparing for the possibility that President Donald Trump’s allies may soon launch criminal investigations that could handicap Democratic infrastructure
Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein's retrial
MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
ABC News
April 15, 2025
abc-news
Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein's retrial in New York
Book bound in human skin found in Bury St Edmunds museum
Laura Foster
BBC News
April 15, 2025
bbc-news
Horrible Histories author Terry Deary describes the book as a "sickening artefact".
Prosecutor says whether the Gaudreaus drank before they were killed while cycling isn't relevant
MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
ABC News
April 15, 2025
abc-news
Lawyers for the driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, are expected to argue in court Tuesday that the brothers contributed to the fatal crash by cycling while intoxicated
Mohsen Mahdawi: Palestinian student activist arrested at US citizenship interview
Ali Abbas Ahmadi
BBC News
April 15, 2025
bbc-news
The green card holder was held "in direct retaliation" for his role in campus protests, says his lawyer.
An international conference rallies aid for Sudan after 2 years of war, but peace is elusive
JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
ABC News
April 15, 2025
abc-news
Diplomats and aid officials from around the world are meeting in London to try to ease the suffering from the 2-year-old war in Sudan
Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to national stage
STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press, FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press
ABC News
April 15, 2025
abc-news
Former President Joe Biden is returning to the national stage to help elevate concerns that President Donald Trump’s agenda is threatening the health of Social Security
UN: Civilian death toll in Sudan's Darfur attacks tops 300 in 2 days as war nears 2-year mark
EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press
ABC News
April 15, 2025
abc-news
The U.N. humanitarian agency says more than 300 civilians were killed in two days of intense fighting in Sudan’s conflict-wracked Darfur region
Trump blames Zelensky for starting war day after massive Russian attack
Yang Tian & Ian Aikman
BBC News
April 15, 2025
bbc-news
The US president said that you "don't start a war against someone 20 times your size" and hope people give you missiles.