A recent archaeological excavation in Switzerland took a somber turn when historians discovered a collection of infant burials from Ancient Rome, along with various other artifacts.

A brothel near schools in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Queens district was shuttered by the NYPD. Local leaders say the congresswoman did nothing.

President Donald Trump and the courts are each testing their limits and the conflict is getting more heated.

Trend forecaster Sean Monahan said the "boom boom" aesthetic is on the rise, meaning louder, bolder pieces reminiscent of the 1980s are coming into fashion.

After facing backlash for performing at Trump's inauguration, Snoop Dogg defended his actions, highlighting his contributions to financial literacy and the community.

Europe is trying to push American companies out of the European market by assaulting the U.S. with discriminatory taxes and regulations. Time to end the freeloading.

Taurine, a common ingredient in energy drinks, has been linked to leukemia cell growth. New research suggests targeting taurine uptake for leukemia treatment strategies.

President Trump prioritizes northern border security as Canada's lax immigration controls allow criminal networks to exploit the US-Canada border for drug trafficking.

A California police department released audio and video footage from a January incident where an officer shot and killed a "disturbed" man who stole another officer's gun.

Widespread attacks across northern Gaza with survivors warning that people are trapped under the rubble

• Israeli airstrikes kill at least 80 as Trump talks of turning Gaza into ‘freedom zone’

In 2006, Ahmed al-Sharaa was sitting in a US prison in Iraq, then an al-Qaida fighter waging jihad against what he viewed as an American occupation of the Middle East. Nearly two decades later, on Wednesday, he posed for a photo with the US president, Donald Trump, in Riyadh after discussing normalising ties with Israel and granting US access to Syrian oil.

The transformation of Sharaa over the last 20 years from al-Qaida fighter to the president of Syria, sharing the world’s stage with foreign leaders like Trump, is staggering. For Syrians, the pace of change has been whiplash-inducing.

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Trump served as America's chief salesman on the three-nation tour — including delivering windfalls for Boeing, with Qatar Airways and the UAE’s Etihad Airways agreeing to spend more than $110 billion on 238 American-made passenger jets.

A woman facing a second-degree murder charge for the death of a Super Bowl television reporter has been sentenced to 25 years in an unrelated case on Thursday.

Trump was hopeful that Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would meet in Turkey on Thursday for their first round of in-person negotiations to end the three-year long war in Ukraine.

Photo from Vietnam war is now at centre of controversy after documentary claimed it was taken by someone else

The World Press Photo group has suspended the attribution of authorship for one on the most famous press photographs ever taken, after a new documentary challenged 50 years of accepted journalism history.

The photo, officially titled The Terror of War but colloquially known as Napalm Girl, remains one of the most indelible images of the US war in Vietnam. Since its publication in June 1972, it has been officially attributed to Nick Ut, a Vietnamese photographer working with the Associated Press in Saigon.

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At 26, Venezia Hardcore co-founder Giacomo Gobbato was killed while protecting a stranger on the streets of Venice – a death that’s become a rallying cry for a city in crisis

As you enter the Centro Sociale Rivolta, a former confectionary factory in the industrial neighbourhood of Marghera in Venice that has been occupied by squatters for the last 30 years, a large banner spells out two words: “Jack lives”. More than 2,000 people will see the banner this weekend when they arrive at Venezia Hardcore, a festival that began in a rehearsal room among friends and has become one of the most important counterculture events in Europe.

This year’s event will feature Jivebomb’s furious hardcore from the US, Violent Magic Orchestra’s techno black metal from Japan, and Italian bands such as cult screamo outfit La Quiete, political street punk four-piece Klasse Kriminale and local heroes Confine. But the star of the festival will stand out due to his absence: 2025 will be the first edition of Venezia Hardcore without Giacomo “Jack” Gobbato, a musician and activist who was stabbed to death in September by a robber who had attacked a woman Gobbato was trying to defend.

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© Illustration: Pragser Franz

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It may be seem horrendously old-fashioned, but the seemingly dull repetition of working your wheat fields has a nostalgic pull like a combine harvester

When I got my first job in games journalism 30 years ago, I arrived just too late to review games for my favourite ever console: the Sega Mega Drive. Although a few titles were still being released for the machine in 1995, the games magazine world had moved on and all anyone wanted to read about were the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It was a bitter blow.

Fast-forward to 2025 and a resurgent interest in producing new games for vintage home computers and consoles has led to Farming Simulator: 16bit Edition – a Mega Drive instalment in the hugely successful agricultural sim series. The passion project of Renzo Thönen, lead level designer and co-owner of Farming Simulation studio Giants Software, the game has been written using an open-source Mega Drive development kit, and manufactured in a limited run of genuine Mega Drive cartridges. Slotting this brand new release into the cart of my dad’s ancient Mega Drive II console felt ridiculously moving and I thought the game could only be a letdown after that. But I was wrong.

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Sophia’s foot got caught in the self-propelled mower before her dad sprinted to his daughter’s side and called 911.

Thirteen candidates making their last pitches before ‘Super Sunday’ with votes also due in Portugal and Romania

Good morning, or dzień dobry, from Warsaw, Poland, where 13 presidential candidates are up very early to make the most of the last day before the “electoral silence” kicks in ahead of this Sunday’s first round of the presidential vote.

With leading contenders hitting the campaign trail around 6am local time today, it’s going to be a long day ahead for them as they hope to convince some undecided voters in what looks like an increasingly tight race.

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The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger's upcoming quadruple-murder trial says he wants to identify anyone who may have violated a gag order by leaking information from the investigation to news organizations or anyone else not directly involved with the case.

The wounded swimmer was taking his morning dip when he was savagely attacked.

A look inside a corporate worker’s 18.5-hour day has shocked people around the world who described it as “hell” and a stark contrast to how tourists perceive the East Asian nation.

The Miss Universe National finalist took to TikTok to share details of her fall and subsequent injuries, including a fractured tooth.

The Indian 18-year-old is joint seventh out of 10 with just one round to go, while his compatriot Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu leads on 5/8

India’s world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, hoped for a comeback at Bucharest this week after his dismal Freestyle performances in North Germany and Paris in the spring. Instead, the top seeded 18-year-old was defeated by France’s pair of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, in 31 moves, and Alireza Firouzja, in 69 moves, before scoring a 44-move win, against USA’s Levon Aronian, in Thursday’s eighth and penultimate round.

Gukesh has dropped from third to fifth in the Fide world rankings, and is currently tied seventh in the 10-man field in Romania with one win, five draws, and two defeats. One round earlier, he was tied last. Only Friday’s ninth and final round, which can be watched (12.30pm BST start) here, remains.

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I’ve tried talking to her about it, but she just says she can’t bear to think of me like that and refuses to discuss it. What should I do?

I’m in my early 60s and have been happily married for more than 25 years. I’ve come to accept that I’m bisexual but haven’t told anyone. About two years ago my wife found me wearing a pair of her black lace panties, something I do sometimes as it turns me on. She was angry and suggested I needed therapy to “understand why you do that”. The comment was humiliating and made me feel ashamed. I don’t know what to do. I’ve tried talking to her about it, but she just says she can’t bear to think of me like that and refuses to discuss it. It’s eating me up.

Enjoying wearing women’s underwear does not make you bisexual, but perhaps you also have erotic feelings towards both men and women? Either way, it might be helpful for you to discuss your sexual self with a sexuality therapist because you do not deserve to feel ashamed and humiliated.

Pamela Stephenson Connolly is a US-based psychotherapist who specialises in treating sexual disorders.

If you would like advice from Pamela on sexual matters, send us a brief description of your concerns to private.lives@theguardian.com (please don’t send attachments). Each week, Pamela chooses one problem to answer, which will be published online. She regrets that she cannot enter into personal correspondence. Submissions are subject to our terms and conditions.

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© Composite: Guardian Design; Posed by model; Jose Gonzalez Buenaposada/Getty Images (posed by model)

Dear Abby offers advice on handling a friend who mistreats her stepson.

Manhasset tennis player Max Golubenko was down on the sport the summer after his sophomore year. But he didn't give up, and the effort paid off.

• Committee refused to implement preferred lies
• ‘You’ve got mud on your ball, it’s tough to control’

Scottie Scheffler has accused the organisers of the US PGA ­Championship of leaving elements of the major to “chance” after their refusal to implement preferred lies for round one at Quail Hollow. The Charlotte venue was battered by rain over the past week; the upshot was mud balls for several competitors, including Scheffler.

On the 16th hole, his 8th, Scheffler found water from the middle of the fairway and made a double bogey. Scheffler recovered to post a two-under-par 69 but addressed the mud ball issue during media duties.

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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation nations, staring down U.S. tariffs, jockeyed for time with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a gathering in South Korea.

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As Pakistan declares victory, confidence in the troubled country’s state institutions is re-emerging, at least for now.

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Expectations are low for the talks in Istanbul, the first direct peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv since early 2022.

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Britain dropped to its lowest position yet in 2025’s rankings

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The billionaire Hinduja family has retained their position at the top spot for the fourth year running

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The monarch has seen a considerable rise on this year’s list of richest Brits

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The 72-year-old has seen his fortune reduced to £17 billion

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s ex-girlfriend will continue being cross-examined in Manhattan federal court today

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Warriors star Stephen Curry is up to second on the annual list as one of three NBA players

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Do you need to invest in SPF? Dermatologists answer your questions

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The 1966 FA Cup match-winner will be present this weekend for the visit of Southampton – the last men’s match at the ground.

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Mild temperatures, steady sunlight and low humidity make the fields around the mountain town of Kalaat M’Gouna a perfect cradle for growing its signature flower: the Damask rose. Abundant precipitation and several desert downpours this year have bestowed Morocco with an exceptional yield of the flower, used for rosewater and rose oil. Pink and pungent, the roses are set to come in at 4,800 tons this year, a bloom far beyond the 2020-2023 average, according to the Regional Office for Agricultural Development, in nearby Ouarzazate.

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