The Guardian

Moscow stages largest Victory Day parade since start of Ukraine war with Putin using celebrations to justify invasion

Russian troops fighting in Ukraine have marched with Chinese forces on Moscow’s Red Square to mark the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in a Victory Day celebration marked by greater spectacle than in recent years.

After several scaled-back Victory Days – with reduced military displays and few foreign guests – Vladimir Putin on Friday addressed the largest parade since his 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Eleanor the Great, The Chronology of Water and Urchin are all in the festival’s prestigious Un Certain Regard sidebar. A first step to being the next Clint Eastwood?

First-time directors with films premiering at Cannes next week would be forgiven for feeling nervous. But three of the directors who are unveiling their debut features in France are less likely than their peers to be quaking as they approach the red carpet.

The IPL is so closely intertwined with India’s politics that even cricket’s richest tournament could not continue at a time of crisis

It’s not often that two sets of people find themselves in the same situation on either side of one of the world’s most fractious borders.

When Friday dawned, amid swirling rumours of missiles wrecking neighbourhoods and falsehoods about pilots being captured, cricketers in India and Pakistan sensed that something was about to give.

Judge accepted request from Combs’s attorneys due to concerns that jurors might drop out over the weekend

The final phase of jury selection for the racketeering and sex-trafficking trial of the hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been postponed to Monday.

In a ruling on Friday morning, Judge Arun Subramanian, who is presiding over the case in New York, decided that jury selection will now wrap up on Monday morning due to concerns that jurors might drop out over the weekend if the panel was finalized on Friday as originally planned.

Games like Roblox are played by millions of children globally – but some researchers warn dark design patterns embedded in them are difficult to avoid

• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast

Over the last decade, Dean has amassed a healthy collection of video games, from smash hits to cult classics. His digital library is like a modern day Blockbuster, all readily accessible with just a click or two. But his son, Sam, has eyes for only one video game: Roblox, the behemoth virtual universe-slash-video game that’s among the most popular on the planet.

Jury hears from sole surviving guest as well as medical staff and Erin Patterson’s children in second week of mushroom trial

Ian Wilkinson sat in the witness box, a crucifix within an ichthys pinned over his heart, and told the supreme court about four people he shared lunch with on 29 July 2023.

Three of those people are dead, and the other is accused of killing them.

Continue reading...

Already vulnerable from the pandemic and gentrification, Chinatown’s immigrant-run businesses now face a trade war

On a balmy afternoon last month, Amy Tran unboxed a delivery at Yue Wa Market, a small grocery and herbal medicine shop in Los Angeles’s Chinatown that she opened 17 years ago.

The package contained two dozen units of Shou Wu Chih, a Chinese herbal concoction known to rebuild kidney function and promote hair health. The shipment arrived two weeks after the US implemented new tariffs on Chinese imports, so her distributor charged her $115, a $35 markup from her previous order.

Research found chimpanzees drum with non-random rhythms that suggest building blocks of music may predate humans by millions of years

They might not produce Gershwin hits, but chimpanzees have got rhythm, researchers have found in a study they say sheds light on the evolutionary origins of music.

Scientists have previously found chimpanzees drum on the buttress roots of trees to send information to each other, with each individual having their own signature style.

Late-night hosts discuss the election of the new pope, Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, now Leo XIV

Late-night hosts reacted to Donald Trump’s trade deal with the UK getting upstaged by the announcement of the first American pope, Leo XIV.

Continue reading...

Our tech expert is back with an updated guide to the top-tier Android phones, from budget buys to the best for battery life

Need an Android phone, but not sure which to go for, or whether to buy new or refurbished? With lots to consider, view me as your guide as you trek through the process of picking the best handset for you.

The latest flagship Android phones come in various sizes, at different prices, and with varying hardware and software features, all powered by the fastest chips. Whether your priority is battery life, camera, screen size, software support or value for money, there is more to choose from than ever. But if you’re thinking of buying Apple instead, we have a guide for iPhones, too.