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World’s oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, dies at 118

Sister André was born in 1904 and survived an outbreak of Covid-19 in 2021 in her nursing home that killed 10 other residents

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

First Thing: China population falls for first time in more than 60 years

Shift marks start of a long period of population decline as China wrestles with demographic time bomb. Plus, Adidas denies revolutionary plan over Cambodia working conditions

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

Allegri’s unhappy parallel propels ‘zany’ Spalletti and Napoli in pasting

Run of eight Juventus league wins without conceding was ended emphatically by a dominant 5-1 Napoli win and display

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: UK to send tanks to Ukraine as Russian missiles hit multiple cities – as it happened

UK says it will send Challenger 2 tanks and more artillery support defence of Ukraine

The Guardian - AU · Jan 14, 2023

Russia carries out two mass rocket strikes on Ukraine killing at least 30 people

The targets of the attack – in which scores were injured – was Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, authorities said

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2023

Jessica Pegula: ‘Mine might not be an underdog story, but it’s a cool story’

The in-form American on her privileged upbringing, reaching No 3 in the world and her grand slam ambitions

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2023

‘It was a massacre’: fury and grief amid Peru’s worst political violence in years

Country reeling as police unleash deadly violence on Pedro Castillo’s supporters, ramping up anger and inciting more protests and blockades

The Guardian - US · Jan 13, 2023

Can Netflix’s Break Point revitalise tennis?

As the sport’s most decorated players bow out, a behind-the-scenes docuseries aims to bring the game to a new generation

Financial Times · Jan 13, 2023

‘Pandemic potential’: bird flu outbreaks fuelling chance of human spillover

Experts say record waves of avian influenza have been setting off alarms, with fears virus could adapt to spread among people

The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2023

Tuesday briefing: Why the former Brazil president is responsible for the riots

In today’s newsletter: For years Jair Bolsonaro set the anti-democratic tone that fomented Sunday’s attacks. Our Latin America correspondent explains how

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023