World
Developer sells stunning land for $100m. The buyer will never build a thing
Not far from where the Andes Mountains meet the Pacific Ocean, a vast swath of pristine wilderness is changing hands under the most unusual circumstances.
- by David Gelles
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Riot police storm pro-Palestine encampment at prestigious NY uni
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
Should children be on social media? Too late, they already are
Are worsening mental health outcomes and social media related? The timing is suggestive: mental health began to slide just as smartphones and social apps took off.
Tech issues and outrageous pricing aren’t the worst things about Coachella
The problem for the festival is that it is synonymous not with iconic music but with A-listers and overpriced beer.
Ed Power
UK politics so much funnier than fiction, comedy writer finds it ‘hard to match’
The Tories are in a spot of bother as the UK heads to an election. A possible catastrophic defeat would be both self-inflicted and richly deserved.
Rob Harris
Europe correspondent
North America
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Supporters of Palestine, Israel in violent clashes at UCLA as university protests spread
Unrest at UCLA comes a day after police in riot gear stormed New York’s Columbia University, which has become the centre of America’s student uprising over the war in Gaza.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at prestigious NY university
New York City police raided Columbia University arresting dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some of whom had seized an academic building, and attempting to remove a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks.
Europe
Asia
Dangerous heat kills dozens, closes schools, prompts four-day workweek
Several countries in South-East Asia are grappling with a heatwave that has turned into tragedy in Thailand and is forcing power plant closures elsewhere.
- by Neil Jerome Morales
Giant structure will block ‘world’s prettiest store’ photo after dangerous crowds
A 26-year-old tourist was hit by a car last week and is reported to be in a coma, as locals decry the swarms of tourists attempting to get the viral shot.
- by Julian Ryall
Suddenly, Chinese spies seem to be popping up all over Europe
- by Andrew Higgins and Christopher F. Schuetze
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