The Guardian Articles

Reading “made in China” on his toys for the first time, my young Chinese nephew asked me innocently whether Santa was Chinese. Oddly, like Santa’s elves, toy assembly workers in China remain remote and faceless to most of us in the west. In Britain, most Asian migrants work backstage, too, …

Syrian asylum seekers left in limbo after the home secretary said the government was

pausing their claims

More than 700 refugee organisations, including Care4Calais and Refugee Action along with many UK-based Syrian groups, have …

A Chinese businessman who some have claimed is regarded as a close confidante of the Duke of York

lost his appeal

A “creepy” undercover police officer in his 30s formed a sexual relationship with a teenage activist without disclosing his true identity to her, a public inquiry has been told.

The activist, known as Jessica, said the deception by Andy Coles, the undercover officer, was “disgusting and gross”.

She said she …

The last time a women’s Test took place in South Africa was

March 2002

Despite the 22-year gap, had any of the spectators at that …

French police are still trying to establish the motive for five murders that were committed in the space of less than two hours near the northern port city of Dunkirk on Saturday afternoon.

A man who handed himself into police later the same day, claiming to be responsible for all …

Wellness, organics and sustainability have become buzzwords in modern consumer marketing, but the mainstreaming of “green” lifestyle is creating some challenges for the German retailers that pioneered these products.

As the country gears up for the holiday shopping season, the Reformhaus cooperative, a long-established promoter of homegrown health and beauty …

When Penny Chuter, who has died aged 82, began to mess about in a rowing dinghy as a toddler and with water sports as a teenager, rowing clubs were for men only. The European Championships and the Olympics were open only to men, and the council of Britain’s Amateur Rowing …

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has been discharged from hospital after spending six days recovering from emergency surgery to drain a haematoma in his brain.

The announcement – made on Sunday by the medical team at the Sírio-Libanês hospital in São Paulo – was interrupted near the end …

Tributes have been paid to Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of the Spanish high-street fashion chain Mango, after

his death in a hiking accident

According to media reports, Andic, who was 71, died after slipping and falling 100 metres down a ravine while …