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Misleading messaging for fans is Taylor-made

Beforeanote from the next album has been heard, Swifties have turned sleuths, spreading baseless allegations about its assumed subjects

Romantic fiction: our addiction to swiping makes us miserable Georgina Lawton

On Valentine's Day this year, a lawsuit was brought by six people in the US against Match Group, the company behind dating apps such as Tinder, Hinge and Match. The suit blames dating apps for game-like tactics that, they say, contribute to addictive behaviour, making miserable swiping addicts of us all.

Putin may have been 're-elected', but Ukraine could yet topple him Timothy Garton Ash

Vladimir Putin has been \"re-elected\" president of Russia. In truth, Russian voters had no genuine choice last weekend, since Putin has killed his most formidable opponent, Alexei Navalny, and ordered the disqualification of any other candidate who presented even a small chance of genuine competition.

Facing Arizona

The state Republican party is undaunted by electoral defeats for those claiming voting is rigged - and election officials are bearing the brunt of their fury in the place that has become the ground zero of Trump's big lie

The Chinese battery maker that has the US worried

The world's two superpowers are so intricately linked that it's hard to think of a pillar of the economy that hasn't been strained by tensions between the US and China.

Gathering dust How cathedral rooftops could hold the key to cosmic secrets

Armed only with vacuum cleaners, scientists _| hope that a hunt for extraterrestrial pa ticles willhelp suck up clues about the universe

Bollywood film shines a light on dark-skin prejudice

Three months ago, a high court judge in Chhattisgarh, hearing a divorce petition by a husband whose wife said he humiliated her for her dark skin, said it was time Indian society changed its \"dialogue at home\" to eradicate prejudice.

Route cause Marathon feat to make racism run out of road

The 12 ultramarathons that Deo Kato has completed in recent years look modest compared with his current challenge to run from Cape Town to London.

Island queen In search of the rare 'monkeyeating' eagle

In their last stronghold, these endangered birds are under threat from logging, hunting and militant armed groups

Out of time? Racism row leaves Sunak looking weaker than ever

On the fringes of cabinet last Tuesday, ministers chatted in hushed tones about Tory mega-donor Frank Hester's \"clearly racist\" remarks about Diane Abbott, but concluded that \"we've got to get the money in\".

Letters home reveal hopes and fears of new arrivals in America

In the wake of St Patrick's Day, Ireland's annual celebration of its diaspora, a new online archive has given voice to the human cost paid by generations of emigrants.

The decade that changed Crimea

Vulnerabilities have been exposed by Kyiv, but hopes are slim of the province ever returning to Ukraine after 10 years of Russian annexation

A warm war’ As stalemate persists, Moscow raises its spying game in Europe

It was a crude and violent assault, but as a bloody message, it was chillingly effective. An attacker ambushed Leonid Volkov, a close adviser to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Nalvany, outside his home on the outskirts of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Power of lava

After weeks of warnings that semi-molten rock was building up under the ground, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said last Saturday that an eruption at 8.23pm local time had opened a nearly 3km-long fissure in the earth between two mountains.

Evacuated residents call for wider war against Hezbollah

Inhabitants of northern towns emptied after 7 October say they cannot return unless militants are pushed back

'Usual suspects' Only a radical reset of political accountability can bring change

Scenes of unrest in Haiti, as Ariel Henry announced his resignation as prime minister last week amid a violent gang uprising, have brought a strong sense of deja vu .

Plundered Two centuries of exploitation have paved the path to anarchy

In December 1914, the USS Machias dropped anchor in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Eight US marines disembarked, sauntered to the Banque National de la République d’Haïti (BNRH) , removed $500,000 worth of gold belonging to the Haitian government – $15m in today’s money – packed it in wooden crates to carry back to the ship and thence to New York , where it was deposited in the vaults of the investment bank, Hallgarten & Co .

Fear is at every corner'

Surging gang violence has led to political collapse followed by port blockades - displacing hundred of thousands of people and cutting supplies in a country where chronic malnutrition is already rife

Oscars with a British accent-and no upsets

Somany Brits and asupremely talented Irishman took home awards, while Oppenheimer’ relevance can hardly be doubted

MPs must know protests are inevitable if they fail to represent the people Andy Beckett

Where should politics happen? For most MPs, accustomed to the Palace of Westminster's inward-looking spaces and rituals, the answer is obvious.

Who cares if the races are dull? F1 drama has never been better Marina Hyde

Episode two of the new season of Drive to Survive begins with a scene of Father Christmas visiting Red Bull team principal Christian Horner's house. It's a charming vignette for the show - just Horner, his wife, Geri Halliwell, his two young children and a TV crew.

THE DEBUTANTE-TURNED-TERRORIST

How Rose Dugdale, a privileged English girl, became an IRA bomber is a confounding tale-a new film tells her dramatic story

How Covid changed politics

Four years on from the start of the pandemic, the drama may have subsided but the lingering effects on the entire planet go on. Are we suffering from political long Covid?

New Yorkers bemoan lost views of Empire State Building

Tom Clark's Lower East Side apartment comes with a prime view of the Empire State Building. \"I can see it from my couch,\" he said. Well, he used to be able to catch a glance - before an ultra-thin luxury tower dubbed 262 Fifth Avenue came along.

‘Barbecue’ Feared gang boss leading an assault on government

Murals in the pauperised Haitian slums he rules liken him to the Argentinian guerrilla Ernesto \"Che\" Guevara.

The Frozen Zoo How scientists are putting disappearing species on ice

Ina California laboratory, four women do the painstaking work of preserving cells amid agrowing extinction crisis

The ancient astrolabe where Jewish and Islamic science mix

AImost exactly a year ago, Federica Gigante was preparing a lecture and searching the internet for a portrait of the 17th-century Italian nobleman and collector Ludovico Moscardo when an altogether different image caught her eye.

Map mines the rich history of caves below city's homes

Hidden behind a tropical garden in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden is a subterranean secret - a cave opening from the ground like the yawning mouth of a giant.

Xi silent at congress, but it’s clear who isin charge

Xi Jinping didn't speak at China's Two Sessions meetings this year, but his presence was still felt.

'No closure' Ten years on, the mystery of MH370 is still unsolved

Despite a vast international investigation, relatives of 239 passengers lost on the ill-fated flight are seeking answers