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    Horchata is coming to a menu near you

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  • Republicans
    Will Donald Trump's revenge tour backfire?

    Photo illustration of Trump with lips pursed, speaking, with fire exploding behind him.

  • Simon Tisdall
    double quotation markAn ever-expanding catastrophe over Iran is not inevitable

    Simon Tisdall

  • Democrats
    The California governor’s race: is boring back?

    Seven California governor candidates stand behind podiums on a debate stage with red, white, and blue decorations

  • Show might go on
    What happens to US late-night TV without Colbert?

    man in suit looks up and pulls electrical lever marked 'late show'

  • World Cup
    Can ‘slow progress’ lead the US to produce a top-20 player?

    Christian Pulisic #10 of the United States in action during the first half of the match against Belgium at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on March 28, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. Belgium won the match 5-2. (Photo by Shaun Clark/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images)

News

  • police cars with red and blue lights on are stopped behind police tape as a National Guard officer stands guard

    Washington DC
    Suspected gunman dies after exchange of fire with Secret Service agents at White House checkpoint

  • Water is sprayed on the tank that overheated in Garden Grove in Orange county on Friday.

    California
    California governor declares state of emergency over looming chemical disaster

  • Ken Martin gestures with his finger raised while speaking in an office setting

    Democrats
    Democratic chair faces calls to quit over ‘shambles’ of election autopsy release

  • ICC logo on a glass panel at The Hague

    ICC
    Former prosecutor calls for EU statute blocking US sanctions on ICC members

  • Cristian Mungiu with his Palme d'Or, next to cast members Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve

    Cannes
    Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord

  • Kyle Busch is pictured at a Nascar event.

    Nascar
    Kyle Busch died after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, family says

Politics

  • Photo illustration of Trump with lips pursed, speaking, with fire exploding behind him.

    Republicans
    Donald Trump’s revenge tour against Republican dissenters is in full swing. Will it backfire?

  • People climb a wall and wave Trump flags.

    US Capitol attack
    Trump's justice department scrubs its website of news releases about January 6 defendants

  • Marco Rubio

    Nato
    Marco Rubio: Trump ‘disappointment’ with Nato will be discussed at summit

  • two men in suit walks across lawn with trees in background

    Donald Trump
    Trump says he will miss son’s wedding to stay in DC during ‘important time’

Special report

  • Seven California governor candidates stand behind podiums on a debate stage with red, white, and blue decorations

    Democrats
    Is boring back? The California governor’s race and the fight for the future of the Democratic party

    A massive field, no clear frontrunners and one big scandal have turned the high-stakes battle into a head-scratcher

In focus

  • Vladimir Putin stands among military personnel holding rifles with white caps

    ‘There is profound disappointment in him’
    Mood in Russia turns against Putin

    Increasingly isolated president is determined to press on with Ukraine war, say well-placed sources, despite ailing economy

Features

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  • Antonio and Monika Ruggerino

    The moment I knew
    I’d quit my job and was newly single – then he smiled and I felt like I was home

  • An illustration of a woman speaking with her arms crossed, while another woman sits on a chair crying

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m worried my colleague is lying about having cancer

  • Visitors look through temporary viewing panels during restoration works in central Rome.

    Picture essay
    Tour groups, temporary routes and toilets: the reshaping of Rome

  • A hiking trail with trees and flowers overlooking the ocean.

    California
    This US island is home to flora found nowhere else. Now, a wildfire threatens extinction

  • Mona Lisa

    Beauty in the age of GLP-1
    From high BMI to the ‘GLP-1 look’: how weight-loss jabs are changing the face of beauty

  • Isaaq Tomkins holding up a mobile phone showing a radically altered image of his face

    'AI face'
    ‘You can’t control everything’: the rise in plastic surgeons asked to create ‘AI face’

  • Stateside with Kai and Carter
    What is Hasan Piker’s dude bro project really about?

    Host Kai Wright talks to Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and asks: what exactly is this very online, very popular figure trying to achieve in the real world?
    Video51:24

Opinion

  • Simon Tisdall

    double quotation markAn ever-expanding catastrophe over Iran is not inevitable. Trump can and must be stopped

    Simon Tisdall
    Millions are being dragged into starvation, while people everywhere pay a Trump war tax. But there are plenty of powers who could bring him to heel, says Simon Tisdall, Guardian foreign affairs commentator
  • Wendy Liu

    double quotation markI avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. It’s what makes us human

    Wendy Liu
    As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move, says author Wendy Liu
  • Polly Hudson

    double quotation markMy dad was far from perfect – but I live by the advice he gave me on his deathbed

    Polly Hudson
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markStephen Miller delivers for Trump: 145,000 US kids separated from their parents

    Arwa Mahdawi

More opinion

  • Peter Bradshaw

    Cannes
    double quotation markCannes got it wrong this year by awarding Cristian Mungiu’s very moderate Fjord Palme d’Or

    Peter Bradshaw
  • Dave Schilling

    double quotation markThe office lunch was once a luxury. Now it’s just a pain

    Dave Schilling
  • Alexander Hurst

    double quotation markFrench stars are rightly worried by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. Here’s how to rein him in

    Alexander Hurst
  • Sharon Gaffka

    double quotation markI was on Love Island. After the MAFS scandal, I know what TV companies must do to keep contestants safe

    Sharon Gaffka

Sports

More sports

  • Oleksandr Usyk (left) connects with Rico Verhoeven during the fight

    Boxing
    Usyk rescues controversial victory against Verhoeven with last-gasp stoppage

  • Jannik Sinner

    French Open
    Sinner chasing immortality with career grand slam in reach

  • Members of the Iranian national soccer team attend a World Cup send-off event in Tehran earlier this month.TAHERKENAREH

    World Cup 2026
    Iran say Fifa has approved base camp switch from US to Mexico

  • Victor Wembanyama holds the ball to start a play.

    NBA
    Wembanyama: ‘I need to be more of a team player’ after Spurs fall behind in West finals

More top stories

  • Displaced Palestinians scramble on top of a truck, reaching for aid supplies in Gaza

    Starvation
    Hunger increasingly used as weapon of war as ‘food-related violence’ surges, analysis shows

    More than 20,000 attacks on markets, farmland and food distribution systems have been recorded since 2018
  • Students interact with an AI-driven humanoid robot

    ‘AI washing’
    Firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused

  • Police vehicles surround a home.

    New Mexico
    Three dead and 18 first responders sickened by apparent fentanyl exposure in New Mexico

  • Stock image of the Great Barrier Reef

    Australia
    Man dies in Great Barrier Reef shark attack

  • A middle-aged man with a beard and a tan suit, white shirt and blue tie.

    New Orleans clergy abuse
    A New Orleans attorney was punished for exposing a clergy abuser. Here’s what officials hid for years

  • Ivorian soldiers patrolling on the back of a pick-up truck in Tougbo in the north-east near Burkina Faso's border last October.

    Côte d’Ivoire
    Côte d’Ivoire wary of jihadist threat in north 10 years on from major attack

  • Rescue and emergency vehicles and personnel outside the mine

    China
    China mine death toll at least 82 after gas blast

Climate crisis & environment

  • A large sun rises behind Mexico City mountains with layers of orange haze and church domes in the foreground

    Environment
    Why an immense marine heatwave off the US west coast has alarmed scientists

  • Bleached coral fragments scattered across a beach with waves and a boat beyond

    Analysis
    UN’s climate crisis vote shows political momentum is growing, say experts

  • Two Wayuu women stand in an overgrown field under a tree with yellow flowers

    Colombia
    First there were coalmines, then came the windfarms. Why Colombia’s Wayúu people fear Colombia’s green energy boom

  • A police officer in a reflective vest carries a child through knee-deep flood water on a city street

    Weather tracker
    Weather tracker: Heavy rain triggers flooding and landslides in parts of China

US news

  • Exclusive
    Trump’s pick for surgeon general sells supplement with ingredient banned by Pentagon

  • Immigration
    US judge dismisses criminal indictment against Kilmar Ábrego García

  • Birds
    Federally protected bird’s nest holds up sale of Ford truck in Kansas

  • Immigration
    Mahmoud Khalil’s attorneys to turn to US supreme court after ruling paves way for deportation

World news

  • Italy
    Pope decries ‘unscrupulous’ polluters at deadly, mafia-linked dumping ground

  • Aid
    UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study

  • Pharmaceuticals industry
    Final frontier for meds? UK startup sends drug-making into space

  • India
    India’s government orders handover of exclusive Delhi Gymkhana Club

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Culture

What to watch

  • A knife cuts between bride and groom figurines standing on opposite sides of a pink wedding cake

    Television
    ‘It’s just not safe. It’s not OK’: can the UK's Married at First Sight ever be risk-free?

  • Stephen Colbert among a joyous crowd singing on stage

    Review
    Stephen Colbert’s Late Show finale was a bittersweet, star-packed goodbye

  • A man at press conference in front of microphones

    The watcher
    Dear England: James Graham’s rousing, joyful football drama will make you cry and shout at the TV

  • FILE PHOTO: CinemaCon 2026 in Las VegasFILE PHOTO: Boots Riley, writer and director of the upcoming film "I Love Boosters," speaks during the state of the industry and Neon presentation at CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Caroline Brehman/File Photo

    Film
    Boots Riley: ‘Theft is not outside of capitalism, it’s what it was built on’

What to listen to

  • Boards of Canada

    Boards of Canada
    Inferno review – after 13 years away, their prodigal return is a big disappointment

  • L-r: Tove Lo, Slayyyter and Cobrah.

    Pop
    Trash hits! Why a wave of hedonistic, feral female pop stars are rejecting respectability

  • Five men clenching their fists and jaws

    Add to playlist
    The virtuoso prog-metal-folk of Brazil’s Papangu and the week’s best new tracks

  • A woman with short hair wearing sunglasses and a black jacket

    Ranked
    Big science and uncanny prescience: Laurie Anderson’s greatest songs

What to read

  • A woman with tattooed arms sits beside a collage of various dog breeds

    Six great reads
    The only female yakuza, extreme pop fandom – and should you be able to take your dog anywhere?

  • LovingBooks

    Books
    ‘I laughed out loud dozens of times’: authors choose books to make you fall back in love with reading

  • Book jackets

    This month's best paperbacks
    The best books to read in May: new titles from Ocean Vuong, RF Kuang and Nick Clegg

  • Ban Ban’s Bakery by Elena Hiroko Magee

    Books
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

What to play

  • Forza Horizon 6.'s animated racing cars compete on a track with spectators, a Horizon Festival banner, and a snow-capped mountain backdrop

    Driving games
    Forza Horizon 6 review – classic open world racing sim roars beautifully into Japan

  • Forza Horizon 6 screenshot

    Forza Horizon
    How Forza Horizon took on Japan with deep research – and 360-degree cameras

  • Anonymous young man sitting at his PC, playing computer games

    Games industry
    Streaming platform Twitch lets users enter viral ‘mogging’ beauty contests

  • A still from the video game Star Fox. Its four anthropomorphic heroes (from left to right: a falcon, a toad, a hare and a fox) walk towards the camera, off a runway and into the large opening of a space craft, wearing white space jackets. There are mountains in the distance.

    Nintendo
    Star Fox 64, a game I loved in my childhood, is returning – but I have mixed feelings

    Newsletter

More culture

  • Tom Burke wearing a cornflour-blue unbuttoned suit over a pale-blue, long-sleeved top, standing with his hands clasped in front of him against a pale-pink background

    The Q&A
    Tom Burke: ‘The worst job I’ve done? A movie. Does it have a name? It might do’

  • The teen stars of Catch That Kid

    My cultural awakening
    A Kristen Stewart heist movie gave me a thirst for adventure - I found it as an engineer on a remote oil rig

  • A black and white photograph of a very large dog looking out of a window, with his reflection shown in a mirror

    Photography
    ‘It’s as if Arya, my great dane, is contemplating time and memory’: Johan Van Aarde’s best phone picture

  • Margot Robbie as Cathy in a long-sleeved white wedding dress reclining on a lawn chair in front of a stone staircase

    Film
    Wuthering Heights director regrets not showing Margot Robbie’s ‘extremely hairy armpits’

Lifestyle

  • A person holds an iced coffee drink with a straw at a restaurant table with plates and food

    Drink
    Move over matcha lattes: horchata is cold, creamy and coming to a menu near you

  • Macellum of PozzuoliLandmark Of Naples,Itally

    Travel
    The train is ‘my time machine’: a tour of Naples’ hidden ancient wonders

  • Cutting boards
    My wooden cutting board has lasted a decade. Here’s my care routine

    a wood cutting board being washed with a sponge
    How to get the most life out of your non-toxic kitchen workhorse. Plus: other sustainable kitchen upgrades, our bath sheet review and more
    Newsletter
  • Anyday glass storage containers in a refrigerator

    Food storage
    Our favorite non-toxic, plastic-free food containers are finally on sale

  • A person using a Ninja Slushi Drink Maker

    Sales
    The best Memorial Day 2026 sales: 19 deals from brands we know and trust

  • Clothing, gear, and shoe deals from REI

    The Filter
    14 of the very best deals from REI’s 2026 anniversary sale, vetted by an outdoor enthusiast

  • Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro

    Cooking
    Our favorite non-toxic, Pfas-free pan is finally on sale

Filter favorites

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    The best e-readers, for every kind of book lover

  • colorful bath towels folded and stacked on a sofa

    The best bath towels, from fluffy to quick drying – tested

  • black blender with fruit inside

    Kitchen
    The best blenders for smoothies, soups and frozen drinks

  • Collection of instant and over the counter coffee horizontal

    The best instant coffees: we tested 24 US varieties from powders to pastes

Well actually

  • Abstract painting of interconnected characters

    Sex
    What does sex mean to you? I’m a sex educator – here’s why I don’t define it at all

  • Envelope with flames coming out of it

    Work
    ‘Per my last email’: how email incivility can affect us at work

  • a man smiling

    Life
    Rowing through the fog: how to increase your tolerance for uncertainty

  • side by side close-up images of red meat, lentils and protein powder

    Nutrition
    ‘People should aim to get a variety’: the pros and cons of popular protein sources

Relationships

  • Couple sitting on couch with remote control and smartphone, partial view. After more than a decade in family law, Gabriella Pomare has seen certain catalysts for ‘silent divorce’ – and the strategies that can help

    Relationships
    A divorce lawyer on signs of relationship breakdown: ‘One of the biggest red flags – when you no longer argue’

  • Colman and Ben stand smiling against a white background

    Blind date
    ‘Would we meet again? Stay tuned, divas’

  • Danny Stewart, 60, and Pete Mercurio, 57, pose for a portrait inside the subway station on 15th Street and 8th Avenue where they found a baby in August of 2000, who they adopted as their son, in New York, NY on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.

    Experience
    We found a baby on the subway – now he’s our 26-year-old son

  • Illustration of two people mopping a wooden floor and a bucket of water

    You be the judge
    Should my husband stop telling me how to mop the floor?

Health & fitness

  • A figure sits hunched over on the floor

    Health & wellbeing
    ‘My body is fat, not wrong’: how body neutrality – not positivity – helped me shed a lifetime of shame

  • Ultrarunner Joanne Walker on the move

    Ultrarunning
    ‘Maybe the suffering is the point’: what does it take to run 163km up and down a mountain?

  • An illustration of a man leaping out of one black and white mobile phone surrounded by angry and sad emojis, and into one with a yellow screen surrounded by happy emojis

    Screentime swaps
    How to quit doomscrolling without quitting your phone

  • Two people jog along a grassy hilltop path with rolling countryside visible below

    Health
    At least 80% responsibility for ill health in old age down to individual, study says

Fashion & beauty

  • Bad Bunny in an orange hoodie, yellow shirt, and green shorts stands with arms crossed by the ocean

    Men's fashion
    Relief all round as Bad Bunny brings back regular-length shorts

  • The singer Olivia Rodrigo stands on stage at her Spotify Billions Club Live performance in Barcelona, Spain. She is holding a microphone that is in a stand and is wearing a pink, floral babydoll dress.

    Fashion Statement
    The babydoll is back – and so is the moral panic

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  • A model wears a top with Keith Haring 'New York' motif

    Louis Vuitton
    Louis Vuitton revives Keith Haring collaboration at lavish New York show

  • A female model in a black leather jacket, blue cardigan and brown trousers sits on a chair against a turquoise background

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Posh Grandpa is fashion’s new main character

More lifestyle

  • An illustration two guitarists jumping around a cutout photograph of Tim Dowling, with a background of different coloured circles and pen strokes

    The Tim Dowling column
    The band shuns my new jokes. But telling the old ones proves even riskier

  • Train from Oslo to Bergen in Norway

    Readers' travel tips
    ‘An unforgettable train ride through deep gorges, canyons and mountain peaks’: readers’ favourite European rail journeys

  • Carrie Joy Grimes in a navy blue shirt stands with arms crossed in front of a bookshelf

    Money whisperers
    'Anyone can learn to be good at money': former union organizer on how to get your finances in order

  • Lund Point on the Carpenters estate

    Abandoned Britain
    ‘I knew everyone here’: the tower block with 164 boarded-up homes – and a few residents who just won’t leave

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    Life after Late Show
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    Diving
    ‘If something goes wrong, you can’t simply surface’: Maldives tragedy shines light on dangers of cave diving

  • A Chevron gas station price sign displays fuel prices in LED digits against a blue sky

    Business
    Even if the Iran war ended today, US fuel prices aren’t likely to normalize this year

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    World Cup 2026
    Football fans: are you excited about the World Cup? We would like to hear from you

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