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- May 31st
- May 30th
- Fast-and-furious zombies, serial killer sharks and a matchmaking conundrum in June's new movies
- Is Hollywood losing its luster?
- Judge blocks push to bar Harvard foreign students
- The noise of Bitcoin mining is driving Americans crazy
- 'Wonder drug': the potential health benefits of creatine
- What's next for Elon Musk?
- Quiz of The Week: 24 – 30 May
- Rana Dasgupta shares his favourite books
- The Week Unwrapped: Will Europe beat China and India to the North Pole?
- Is it finally all change for train Wi-Fi?
- The week's best photos
- Ancient India: living traditions – 'ethereal and sensual' exhibition
- Crossword: May 30, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 30, 2025
- Codeword: May 30, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 30, 2025
- Properties of the week: houses with orchards
- May 29th
- 'Wrench attacks' are targeting wealthy crypto moguls
- Is the world losing scientific innovation?
- Airplane crash-detection systems could be vulnerable to hackers
- A happy gut is a healthy gut. These 5 tips aim to help you achieve that goal.
- Elon Musk departs Trump administration
- US trade court nullifies Trump's biggest tariffs
- Hotel Giardino Ascona: a glorious garden retreat on Lake Maggiore
- Things in Nature Merely Grow: memoir of 'harsh beauty' after loss
- Sirens: entertaining satire on the lives of the ultra-wealthy stars Julianne Moore
- How will the MoD's new cyber command unit work?
- Why Irish traditional music is having a moment
- Mrs Warren's Profession: 'tour-de-force' from Imelda Staunton and daughter Bessie Carter
- Origins of the Taiwan Strait crisis
- How the Arctic became a geopolitical flashpoint
- 'Less is more' in The Fifth Step
- Chessboxing: the unique sport becoming a global hit
- Crossword: May 29, 2025
- Codeword: May 29, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 29, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 29, 2025
- Uruguay shaken by 'phantom cow' scam
- May 28th
- The France-Indonesia push for an Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution
- Is it worth appealing your property tax assessment?
- Here comes the end of 'Squid Game'! Plus more great TV shows to see this June.
- Starving Gazans overrun US-backed food aid hub
- Trump pauses all new foreign student visas
- The legacy of Black Lives Matter
- What's behind Farage's leftward pivot?
- Labubu: the 'creepy' dolls sparking brawls in the shops
- The top period dramas to stream now
- Women need more pain management during gynecological procedures
- Crossword: May 28, 2025
- Codeword: May 28, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 28, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 28, 2025
- May 27th
- America's favorite fast food restaurants
- 3 varied alternatives to X for when you simply cannot with the new iteration of Twitter
- Beauty is a bed away at these 7 fashionable hotels
- Is Trump giving up on Ukraine-Russia peace?
- Driver rams van into crowd at Liverpool FC parade
- Germany lifts Kyiv missile limits as Trump, Putin spar
- Bomee Ki's Kugelhopf madeleines recipe
- Hôtel du Couvent: a tranquil hideaway in the French Riviera
- Introducing our new app
- Angela Rayner: Labour's next leader?
- Festivals in public parks: the battle for our urban green spaces
- Crossword: May 27, 2025
- Codeword: May 27, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 27, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 27, 2025
- May 26th
- May 25th
- Why men have a bigger carbon footprint than women
- The cinematic beauty of Sicily's Aeolian Islands
- How the civil service works – and why critics say it needs reform
- Brexit 'reset' deal: how will it work?
- Crossword: May 25, 2025
- Codeword: May 25, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 25, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 25, 2025
- May 24th
- May 23rd
- Jony Ive's iPhone design changed the world. Can he do it again with OpenAI?
- OZEN Reserve Bolifushi: Maldives glamour reaches new heights
- OZEN Life Maadhoo: a culinary gem in the Maldives
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: a musical with 'foot-stomping soul'
- Hallow Road: 'a lean, mean, tension-filled ride'
- Laura Bates shares her favourite feminist books
- Can Trump ban overseas students from US universities?
- Lucy Connolly: a 'free speech martyr'?
- Quiz of The Week: 17 – 23 May
- North Korea's army of fake IT workers
- Properties of the week: scenic houses in Scotland
- The Week Unwrapped: Will the Enhanced Games change how we see doping?
- The Wonder of Art: the National Gallery's rehang – masterpieces galore
- Sudoku medium: May 23, 2025
- Crossword: May 23, 2025
- Codeword: May 23, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 23, 2025
- May 22nd
- How the AI takeover might affect women more than men
- Trump lectures South Africa president on 'white genocide'
- The Japanese salarymen with a side hustle as cheerleaders
- How would chemical castration for sex offenders work?
- Is a River Alive?: a 'powerful synthesis of literature, activism and ethics'
- Good One: an 'intensely compelling' coming-of-age tale
- The politics of punctuation
- Parsifal: Glyndebourne's 'startling' take on Wagner's final opera
- Starlink: what Elon Musk's satellite soft power means for the world
- Lilo & Stitch: is Disney's latest live-action remake its worst yet?
- A manga predicting a natural disaster is affecting tourism to Japan
- Sudoku medium: May 22, 2025
- Crossword: May 22, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 22, 2025
- Codeword: May 22, 2025
- China's soaring dementia rates
- May 21st
- Democrats are on the hunt for their own Joe Rogan
- Podcast reviews: 'Final Thoughts: Jerry Springer' and 'Scam Inc.'
- Bring the great outdoors inside with these 8 sublime cabins deep in nature
- Israel's Western allies pull back amid Gaza escalation
- What are the impartiality rules for BBC presenters?
- The Phoenician Scheme: Wes Anderson's 'madcap treat'
- Reform UK's councillors are off to a rocky start
- Malcolm X vs Martin Luther King: rivalry that supercharged the Civil Rights movement
- Sudoku medium: May 21, 2025
- Crossword: May 21, 2025
- Codeword: May 21, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 21, 2025
- French town divided over horse-drawn bin lorries
- May 20th
- A running list of Trump's conflicts of interest
- Democrats grapple with Biden cover-up fallout ahead of 2028
- Trump drops ceasefire demand after Putin call
- How the care industry came to rely on migrant workers
- Saint Lucia: a haven for chocoholics
- Are we entering the post-Brexit era?
- Ozempic menus: how weight-loss jabs are changing restaurants
- Canal-boat trips around the UK
- Crossword: May 20, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 20, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 20, 2025
- Codeword: May 20, 2025
- May 19th
- What Elon Musk's Grok AI controversy reveals about chatbots
- Pro-EU centrist beats Trump acolyte in Romania vote
- Is Israel finally feeling the heat on Gaza?
- How the UK still benefits from EU funds
- The rise of bakery tourism
- 'Conscious unbossing': Gen Z's aversion to management roles
- Crossword: May 19, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 19, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 19, 2025
- Codeword: May 19, 2025
- Argentina lifts veil on its past as a refuge for Nazis
- May 18th
- May 17th
- May 16th
- 8 gifts for the host who does the most
- Trump touts ambiguous 'deals' as Middle East trip wraps up
- Breakthrough gene-editing treatment saves baby
- Crypto firm Coinbase hacked, faces SEC scrutiny
- The week's best photos
- A cool Canadian city break in Toronto
- Is Starmer's plan to send migrants overseas Rwanda 2.0?
- The history of animal metaphors in propaganda
- Beth Orton shares her favourite books
- The Surfer: a 'bonkers, sun-scorched psychodrama'
- How do new stadiums affect football clubs?
- Properties of the week: attractive conversions
- Quiz of The Week: 10 – 16 May
- The Week Unwrapped: Why is cheese so bad for the environment?
- Sudoku medium: May 16, 2025
- Crossword: May 16, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 16, 2025
- Codeword: May 16, 2025
- May 15th
- Why do GOP lawmakers want to ban state-level AI regulation?
- Here We Are: Stephen Sondheim's 'utterly absorbing' final musical
- The Trial: 'sharp' legal drama with a 'clever' script
- Riefenstahl: a 'gripping and incrementally nauseating' documentary
- Dianaworld: the 'cultural phenomenon' behind the People's Princess
- The melting Arctic permafrost is unleashing a 'toxic' legacy
- Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning: an 'awe-inspiringly bananas' conclusion
- Could medics' misgivings spell the end of the assisted dying bill?
- The Chelsea Townhouse: London luxury feels right at home
- Virgin Island: has reality finally gone too far?
- What are the different types of nuclear weapons?
- Floral afternoon teas to enjoy during the Chelsea Flower Show
- Sudoku medium: May 15, 2025
- Crossword: May 15, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 15, 2025
- Codeword: May 15, 2025
- Brazil has a scorpion problem
- May 14th
- California may pull health care from eligible undocumented migrants
- Is Apple breaking up with Google?
- Trump vows to lift Syria sanctions
- Israel-US 'rift': is Trump losing patience with Netanyahu?
- Zack Polanski: the 'eco-populist' running for Green Party leader
- Do smartphone bans in schools work?
- Doom: The Dark Ages – an 'exhilarating' prequel
- Sudoku medium: May 14, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 14, 2025
- Crossword: May 14, 2025
- Codeword: May 14, 2025
- May 13th
- Why Turkey's Kurdish insurgents are laying down their arms
- Will Republicans tax the rich?
- Slovenia is ready for its moment in the travel spotlight
- Hamas frees US hostage in deal sidelining Israel
- White Afrikaners land in US as Trump-declared refugees
- Why are white South Africans emigrating?
- Why the weather keeps getting 'stuck'
- Can Starmer sell himself as the 'tough on immigration' PM?
- UK-India trade deal: how the social security arrangements will work
- Man arrested after 'suspicious' fires at properties linked to Keir Starmer
- Elon Musk's SpaceX has created a new city in Texas
- Codeword: May 13, 2025
- Crossword: May 13, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 13, 2025
- The genetic secrets of South Korea's female free-divers
- May 12th
- China looms large over India and Pakistan's latest violence
- Where the new Pope Leo XIV stands on social issues
- Splish, splash is just the beginning when you have everything you need for a rollicking pool party
- Kurdish PKK militia to disband for Turkey talks
- US, China agree to lower tariffs for 90 days
- Qatar luxury jet gift clouds Trump trip to Mideast
- Soju: where to start with South Korea's national spirit
- The end of WeightWatchers?
- Trump vs. China: another tariff U-turn?
- Syria's Druze sect: caught in the middle of Israeli tensions
- Athens city and beach: The Dolli at Acropolis and Cape Sounio
- Tivoli Kopke Porto Gaia Hotel: a foodie haven in Portugal's Douro Valley
- A zombie volcano is coming back to life, but there is no need to worry just yet
- Codeword: May 12, 2025
- Crossword: May 12, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 12, 2025
- Spain's love of sunflower seeds is wrecking its football stadiums
- May 11th
- May 10th
- May 9th
- What does 'conquering' Gaza mean to Israel?
- Trump, UK's Starmer outline first post-tariff deal
- Prevost elected first US pope, becomes Leo XIV
- Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road – a 'rapturous' exhibition
- Reeta Chakrabarti shares her favourite books
- Leo XIV vs. Trump: what will first American Pope mean for US Catholics?
- What's going on with the Beckhams?
- Interest rate cut: the winners and losers
- Quiz of The Week: 3 – 9 May
- Properties of the week: splendid houses on the island of Ireland
- The Week Unwrapped: Will robots benefit from a sense of touch?
- The week's best photos
- How to create your perfect bedscape
- Sudoku medium: May 9, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 9, 2025
- Crossword: May 9, 2025
- Codeword: May 9, 2025
- The secret lives of Russian saboteurs
- May 8th
- Can Trump's team make the MAGA playbook work for Albania's elections?
- Denmark to grill US envoy on Greenland spying report
- Rust: Alec Baldwin's 'ghoulish' western haunted by real-life death
- How the Rust disaster unfolded
- Titus Andronicus: a 'beautiful, blood-soaked nightmare'
- The Alienation Effect: a 'compelling' study of the émigrés who reshaped postwar Britain
- On VE Day, is Europe alone once again?
- Kashmir: India and Pakistan's conflict explained
- David Attenborough at 99: a 'radical' voice for climate action
- The Four Seasons: 'moving and funny' show stars Steve Carell and Tina Fey
- Thunderbolts*: Florence Pugh stars in 'super-silly' yet 'terrific' film
- Five best ways to save money at the petrol pump
- How to enjoy the coolest of coolcations in Sweden
- Sudoku medium: May 8, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 8, 2025
- Crossword: May 8, 2025
- Codeword: May 8, 2025
- May 7th
- Visa wants to let AI make credit card purchases for you
- Carney and Trump come face-to-face as bilateral tensions mount
- What will be Warren Buffett's legacy?
- India strikes Pakistan as tensions mount in Kashmir
- Weer at Soho Theatre Walthamstow: a 'silly, seductive, slapstick joy'
- Can the world stop Israel from starving Gaza?
- The timely revival of watchmaking
- Alcatraz: America's most infamous prison
- Must-read historical fiction of 2025: from Shadow Ticket to The Director
- Taz Sarhane's mallard with pine nut sauce and boulangère potatoes
- Cambodian pork and rice recipe
- Zhao Xintong: China's controversial snooker champion
- The Y chromosome degrades over time. And men's health is paying for it
- One great cookbook: 'I Dream of Dinner (so you don't have to)'
- Sudoku medium: May 7, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 7, 2025
- Crossword: May 7, 2025
- Codeword: May 7, 2025
- Pakistan's solar panel boom
- May 6th
- Another messaging app used by the White House is in hot water
- Crime alongside friendship, death as unrelenting force, and a music star's album companion piece all star in May's movies
- Hollywood confounded by Trump's film tariff idea
- Israel approves plan to take over Gaza indefinitely
- Trump offers migrants $1,000 to 'self-deport'
- Could the next pope be an American?
- What to know about Real IDs, America's new identification cards
- Where is the left-wing Reform?
- Scattered Spider: who are the hackers linked to M&S and Co-op cyberattacks?
- The best birdwatching spots in the UK
- 'Making memories': the scourge of modern parenting?
- Codeword: May 6, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 6, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 6, 2025
- Crossword: May 6, 2025
- Holy mate-trimony: the rise of 'friendship marriages'
- May 5th
- A newly created gasoline giant in the Americas could change the industry landscape
- Harvard stares down Trump's tax threat as other schools take note
- How could Tesla replace Elon Musk?
- Putin talks nukes as Kyiv slated for US air defenses
- Why has shoplifting got worse?
- 'Bioelectric bacteria on steroids' could aid in pollutant cleanup and energy renewal
- Codeword: May 5, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 5, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 5, 2025
- Crossword: May 5, 2025
- May 4th
- May 3rd
- May 2nd
- Sick 9/11 responders are being left behind amid federal spending battle
- TV to watch in May, including 'The Four Seasons' and 'Duster'
- Why are Americans using 'buy now, pay later' apps to buy groceries?
- Trump moves to gut PBS and NPR in latest salvo against the media
- Sea lion proves animals can keep a beat
- Calcot & Spa: a restorative family-friendly break in the Cotswolds
- Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style: full of 'revelations and surprises'
- The Ugly Stepsister: 'slyly funny' body-horror take on Cinderella
- John Boyne shares his favourite books
- Time to clamp down on 'headphone dodgers'?
- The Brightening Air: a 'gripping' family drama
- Reform surge: which party should be most afraid?
- The Week Junior celebrates its 10th anniversary
- Is it time for Doctor Who to retire?
- The Week Unwrapped: How is professional sport dealing with dementia?
- Properties of the week: houses with kitchen gardens
- The week's best photos
- Quiz of The Week: 26 April - 2 May
- Earth's oceans were once green and could one day turn purple
- Sudoku hard: May 2, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 2, 2025
- Codeword: May 2, 2025
- Crossword: May 2, 2025
- The Scattered Islands and France's 'triangle of power' in the Indian Ocean
- May 1st
- Kamala Harris steps back on center stage
- US, Ukraine sign joint minerals deal
- Allies at War: a 'revelatory' account of the Second World War
- Ukraine-US minerals deal: is Trump turning away from Putin?
- The Friend: a 'graceful' but flawed dog movie
- Will George RR Martin ever finish writing 'The Winds of Winter'?
- Louis Theroux returns to the West Bank for new documentary
- Ed Miliband, Tony Blair and the climate 'credibility gap'
- The Week Junior to partner with Barnes Children's Literature Festival
- Celebrations to mark 80 years since VE Day
- Kim Kardashian takes the stand at the trial of the 'grandpa robbers'
- The Ritz-Carlton, Bangkok: a serene oasis in the heart of the Thai capital
- Sudoku hard: May 1, 2025
- Codeword: May 1, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 1, 2025
- Crossword: May 1, 2025
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