The Guardian guide to bicycle commuting: tips from readers
We asked Guardian readers who commute by bicycle to share their advice on staying dry, calm and safe on the roadsCity bike-sharing schemes like New York City's latest Citi Bike bring many inexperienced...
View ArticlePicture desk live: the best news pictures of the day
The most eye-catching images of the day from the Guardian's award-winning picture teamRoger ToothGuy Lane
View ArticlePakistani Taliban appoint new deputy
Khan Said selected as Wali ur-Rehman is buried in low-key ceremony following attack in North WaziristanPakistani Taliban militants have chosen a new deputy commander to replace their previous...
View ArticleSerbian security chiefs acquitted of war crimes
Judge rules that Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic cannot be held responsible for crimes of special forces units in early 1990sTwo Serbian state security chiefs who facilitated the use of...
View ArticleAssad says Russian S-300 missiles have arrived in Syria
Delivery of long-range weapons – believed to be retaliation for EU decision to lift arms embargo – has begun, claims presidentThe Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has said Russian anti-aircraft...
View ArticleUK's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner touches down
Delivery from Boeing's factory in Seattle to Thomson Airways was three months late after airline maker grounded its entire fleet over safety concernsIt was three months late, but Britain's first Boeing...
View ArticleIran accused of using online censorship and hacking to sway presidential poll
Keyword-based filtering allows blocking of sites and texts containing candidates' names and slogans, say security expertsIranian authorities are mounting a sophisticated campaign of online censorship,...
View ArticlePacific sonar 'streak' may be wreck of Amelia Earhart's plane
US aviator Earhart and her navigator vanished halfway through an attempt to fly around the world along the equator in 1937Air crash investigators may have found the wreckage of the plane piloted by the...
View ArticleTurkey: Istanbul clashes rage as violence spreads to Ankara– video
Police and protesters clash on the streets of Ankara on Friday, after days of violence in Istanbul
View ArticleD-Day landings: coming to you via Twitter and 24-hour TV
Channel 4 jumps gun on next year's 70th anniversary of second world war battle with real-time experiment starting WednesdayThe story of the "soldier in the surf", the subject of the famous photo that...
View ArticleObama urges Congress to stop increase in student loan rates
President says rising college costs hold back entire middle class as interest on new Stafford loans set to double on July 1President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to prevent an increase in...
View ArticleAsia curbs US imports of wheat after genetically modified sample found
Billions in food exports at stake following disclosure by US Department of Agriculture of the existence of the GM wheatThe discovery of rogue genetically modified wheat in a farmer's field in Oregon...
View ArticleLebanon's government agrees to postpone elections until November 2014
Seventeen-month delay is the first time Lebanese parliament has extended its session since 1975-90 civil war• Check out the Middle East live blog for moreAs concerns grow over increasing violence in...
View ArticleLetters: We need a new dialogue between physics and philosophy
In his article (Philosophy isn't dead yet, 27 May) Raymond Tallis raises some important and difficult issues about the extent to which contemporary physics has largely parted company with philosophy,...
View ArticleRoyal official handling press charter won damages over reporter's SAS claim
Queen's private secretary Sir Christopher Geidt won high court libel action against John Pilger and Central TV in 1991This article was amended on 31 May 2013 to remove a number of inaccuracies...
View ArticleChristopher Geidt: the suave, shrewd and mysterious royal insider
MPs have in the past asked in the Commons whether Geidt – now the Queen's private secretary – was a member of MI6This article was amended on 31 May 2013 to remove a number of inaccuracies regarding Sir...
View ArticleWeatherwatch: Seeking early warning signs of a deadly twister
Spring is the most likely time for tornadoes to spin up in the United States; a fact that the people of Oklahoma know only too well. Two weeks ago a devastating tornado swept through Moore, a suburb of...
View ArticlePicture desk live: the best news photographs of the day
The day's most eye-catching images from the Guardian's award-winning photo teamNicholas Pritchard
View ArticleGiant asteroid 1998 QE2 to pass by Earth – but no danger of collision
Nasa scientist admits 'for an asteroid of this size, it's a close shave', but closest approach will be 3.6m miles from EarthA large asteroid accompanied by its own small moon was approaching Earth on...
View ArticleMes Aynak: Afghanistan's Buddhist buried treasure faces destruction
Mes Aynak, a magnificent Buddhist city, is the most important archaeological discovery in a generation. But it is sitting on a vast copper deposit and is about to be destroyedIn the spring of 1963, a...
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