The studio was slow to feature women and black actors in lead roles, but the latest raft of announcements is a hugely positive step

San Diego’s annual pop culture gathering saw a big reveal of trailers, stars and release dates, including some major Marvel news

$12,666,181,704 … that’s the Sinaloa cartel boss’s sales in the US. Now he’s in jail, prosecutors want to seize his vast riches

The climate activist answers questions from famous supporters and Observer readers, with an introduction by Ali Smith

“One, two, three, four … five, six, seven, eight …” That is the cue for half a dozen people braving a humid morning at Kamezuka park in Tokyo to bend, stretch, jump, and run on the spot. The group’s personal trainer is a portable radio perched on the

From amber fishing in the Baltic to mushroom hunting in Russia, there’s lots of stuff that doesn’t cost a penny

More than a million people have actually RSVP’d – and the military have issued a serious response.

New research shows the emotional exhaustion caused by it bleeds into our home life – but women are somehow expected to find a remedy within themselves

Italian forest rangers are on the hunt for a bear that has been described as an “escape genius” after managing to climb over three electric fences and a four-metre high barrier at a wildlife enclosure in the northern province of Trentino before disap

Car rental companies in Japan have figured out why some customers are returning their vehicles with barely a mile on the clock. Rather than travel from from A to B, as many as one in eight “drivers” are using their rental cars to grab forty winks, ca

After major temblors rock California, four earthquake scientists in areas of high seismic risk reveal their own plans for when the worst hits

Prospectors in Russia dig up remains of extinct animals for trade worth an estimated £40m a year

Jack Poulson’s non-profit group Tech Inquiry aims to make it easier for coders to speak out

In the face of climate change and deadly fires, states from California to Colorado are turning hungry animals loose on the countryside

Judge acquits Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe after one of Italy’s most embarrassing cases of mistaken identity

From a £220 toaster that makes one slice to loaves designed to crisp up better, the nation is being gripped by a new culinary obsession

My real fear was the border guards and Stasi, who were listening for movement beneath the ground and digging their own tunnels to intercept ours

The Nadaistas, an iconoclastic group of young poets in Medellín, once sparked outrage but now their influence is felt from the metro to the corridors of power

The Kim Darroch leaks highlight how hard it is to keep any communication confidential. How can we regain our privacy?

A group of more than 100 descendants of Jewish refugees who fled the Nazi regime are challenging the German government’s rejection of their applications to restore their citizenship. Anyone who was deprived of their German citizenship during the 12 y

Star of a string of 60s classics fell foul of Hollywood because of his temper but found a fresh lease of life in comedy, from TV’s Larry Sanders Show to the Men in Black films

His fights with Dennis Hopper and Norman Mailer are the stuff of Hollywood legend, but he is best remembered as the cynical and cantankerous Artie, producer of The Larry Sanders Show

A group of eight projects by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright are now included on the list of 1,000 heritage sites around the world

The idea that people are creative or not is rubbish. And the risk of not engaging in creative action is far higher than that of making a fool of yourself

From Michelangelo’s suggestive David to a gender-fluid Hindu deity, cultural institutions are digging into their vaults to display once-hidden objects of same-sex desire and gender nonconformity

How did a friendly middle-class teen from Oxford become known as ‘Jihadi Jack’? John Letts and Sally Lane on their continuing ordeal

A Spaniard who went to sea to save refugees could go to prison in Italy for 20 years. He talks about why humanity must come before politics

As London prepares to host one of Britain’s biggest Pride marches, we spoke to six people about the importance of taking to the streets

Professionals say it is now rare for family members to be able to tie groom’s turban before wedding

The ancient city of Babylon and an Icelandic national park replete with glaciers, ice caves and volcanoes are among the sites that have been added to Unesco’s world heritage list. More than 1,000 sites around the world – some cultural, some natural,