A revolt against President Daniel Ortega has plunged the country into crisis as more than 300 people have been killed since April

Research shows the impact of unhappy marriages on health. Sometimes it’s better to walk away than to stay

Remarkable footage has been released of an uncontacted indigenous man who has lived alone in an Amazon forest for at least 22 years. Semi-naked and swinging an axe vigorously as he fells a tree, the man, believed to be in his 50s, has never been fil

Reduced hours for same pay increased successful work-life balance management, cutting stress levels and boosting commitment

What makes something ‘too pure’ – and how long until it, like milkshake duck, falls off its pedestal?

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Robben Island survivor Andrew Mlangeni, 93, in London for tribute event, remains an ANC stalwart

A researcher has analysed millions of public transactions to prove just how much the app reveals about our life and habits

Criminal charges open new front in bid to counter Russian disruption and suggest American associates of Butina, 29, may be under threat

The use of a nuclear weapon is now more likely than any time since the cold war, but the probability of humanity being wiped out entirely has diminished

A solar phenomenon found above mysterious pillars, or saywas, was likely designed to broadcast the ‘sacred power’ of the Inca

Twenty years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, photographer Michael Peto travelled around Spain with writer

Deep below the sands of the Saqqara necropolis, archaeologists have uncovered a unique discovery they say reveals the secrets of the ancient Egyptian mummies. A mummification workshop and adjoining burial shaft as well as five mummies, their bejewel

Amid the stress and uncertainty of a 17-day ordeal, artform influenced by Japanese kawaii approach eased a nervous nation

Group in western Canada comes up with prototype trolley equipped with handbrakes, shelving and locks

So-called ‘anonymous’ data can be easily used to identify everything from our medical records to purchase histories

As neonatal science advances, anti-abortion activists are looking to these new techniques to push for more restrictions

I see the rage all around me, but painful emotions can coexist with activism – and millions of Americans are stepping up

Twenty five years ago, the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, was subjected to daily shelling and sniper attacks from Serb nationalist forces. Guardian Europe editor, Ian Traynor, regularly reported from the besieged city

“There’s a hpou (a child’s toy), tayat ywa (mango leaf) and mout paung (sweets).” Pausing in her list of euphemisms, Dr Thet Su Htwe leans in to the microphone. “And even samosa,” she adds. At this, the rapt audience of young women gathered at her wo

Paramilitary groups implicated in the killing of Rio’s city councillor Marielle Franco have taken control of swaths of areas by imposing ‘violence, death and summary execution’

The government has published its long-awaited Brexit white paper, the longest and most detailed explanation yet of its proposals for the UK’s future relationship with the EU. The 104-page document lays out many of the same plans detailed after the ca

A new wave of artists, activists and entrepreneurs are trying to improve Somalia’s capital city

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Left or right? In football, as in life, it’s so easy to jump the wrong way. And the reason is very simple

O2 Arena, London Some scoffed at his Man of the Woods project, but its country-soul proves a classy way for the Tennessee boy to enter the next phase of his pop career

Police in Canada are warning against leaving electronic key fobs in unattended vehicles after a woman drove off in the wrong car

Tucker Gumber sold his house, packed a suitcase and now devotes his life to festivals, having spent 460 days dancing, camping and listening to live music

The actor’s tortuous depression led him to drink, then to rehab. He opens up about self-destruction, fatherhood – and his friend Tom Cruise. Photographs: Suki Dhanda for the Guardian

One of a handful of e-scooter startups sweeping the US, Lime is now out to conquer Europe, starting with the French capital. A Paris resident takes it for a test ride