The Guardian Articles

The serene municipality of Songea is steeped in a history of violence. This remote corner of southern Tanzania was a centre of resistance to colonial rule during the early 20th century, when German colonialists executed local people and took the remains of many back to Europe.

For decades, descendants of …

More than a quarter of firefighters exposed to toxic smoke during the Grenfell Tower fire have had long-term health disorders, a study shows.

Ministers are facing demands for an urgent review after data from 524 firefighters who risked their lives at the 2017 disaster showed that over the first three …

When, in 1992, Rosalind Savill announced that she was going to apply for the directorship of the

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While fireworks are a traditional way to welcome the new year, a natural phenomenon will be lighting up the sky this weekend as the annual Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its peak.

Taking its name from a now obsolete constellation known as Quadrans Muralis, the event is best viewed in the …

It is now a quarry in Oxfordshire. But nearly 166m years ago it was where a large number of dinosaurs crisscrossed the limestone floor.

Researchers have unearthed 200 large dinosaur footprints – said to be the biggest site of its kind in the UK – from two types of dinosaurs, …

Four years ago, the remains of a toddler encased in a lifejacket and a navy snowsuit washed up on a beach in southern Norway, having spent the previous two months being carried on North Sea currents. Though his face was barely recognisable, publicity about the sinking of the migrant boat …

Imagine tumbling back in time to 1 January, 2000. You pick up the 70p Saturday Guardian, with its spectacular photograph of Earth from space and a headline that hails the

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South-eastern Australia was treated to a dazzling natural light show to begin 2025.

A vibrant aurora australis was visible to the naked eye on New Year’s Day in Tasmania and parts of Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales.

Streaks of green and purple southern lights were visible …

A healthy democracy depends on people participating in it. In the UK, the proportion of people doing so is falling. Voter turnout in general elections stayed above 70% from 1945 through to 1997, hitting more than 80% in 1950 and 1951. But it collapsed to 59.4% when Tony Blair won …

UK elections are “close to a tipping point” where they lose legitimacy because of plummeting voter turnout among renters and non-graduates, an influential thinktank has said.

Analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Studies (IPPR) found that the gap in turnout between those with and without university degrees grew …