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The world in 2019

11 January 2019

  • Prayuth Chan-ocha

    Thais to vote in February for first time since invalidated 2014 poll

    Military repeatedly pushed back long-awaited election amid fears of electoral rigging

3 January 2019

  • A 1971 French nuclear test explosion on Mururoa atoll in the southern Pacific Ocean.

    Fragmenting nuclear arms controls leave world in a more dangerous place

    US could withdraw from a second treaty while Vladimir Putin’s Russia promises a new generation of nuclear weapons

2 January 2019

  • Question period in the House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada - 12 Dec 2018<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock (10031719h) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Question period in the House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada - 12 Dec 2018

    Trudeau's environmental record on the line in Canada election year

    October’s parliamentary elections may hinge on the recent pipeline nationalisation and the government’s carbon tax plan

1 January 2019

  • A conceptual image of artificial intelligence

    The Guardian view on the future of AI: great power, great irresponsibility

  • The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa

    Toxic legacy taints ANC as it nears 25-year rule in South Africa

31 December 2018

  • Congress supporters celebrate in December as the party gets the lead in state elections in Bhopal.

    India: world's biggest election has suddenly become competitive

    PM Narenda Modi weakened after Rahul Gandhi’s Congress ends 2018 with string of regional victories

30 December 2018

  • People wait for a bus on the eve of the 40th anniversary of China’s “reform and opening up” policy in Shenzhen.

    China: slowing economy and inequality force new priorities for rulers

    Leaders of world’s second-largest economy face some of their most difficult policy decisions in years in 2019

29 December 2018

  • Former Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner waves as she leaves the Federal Justice building in Buenos Aires<br>Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waves as she leaves the Federal Justice building in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 18, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

    Argentina election year likely to see match-up of political heavyweights

    President Mauricio Macri’s austerity policies have failed to bring his promise of ‘zero inflation’ – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is positioning herself to challenge him in October

28 December 2018

  • A rally to save libraries in Lambeth, London

    The Guardian view on small-town Britain

  • MEPs voting during a plenary session of the European parliament in Strasbourg, France

    How rising populism could shake up European elections

27 December 2018

  • A protestor wears a mask of Mohammad Bin Salman during a demonstration in front of Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.

    Middle East: Saudi Arabia weakened as Iran plans to consolidate gains

    Yemen war and killing of Jamal Khashoggi have put pressure on the kingdom that shows no sign of letting up in 2019

26 December 2018

  • The Hoa Hakananai’a statue from Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, on display at the British Museum in London.

    The Guardian view on the restitution of cultural property

    The world in 2019: The vexed politics of our times has obscured the view ahead. Over the holidays we will examine some big issues on the horizon. Today we look at a cultural right to return

25 December 2018

  • Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison

    How the Coalition’s panic over polls set the stage for a radical reshaping of Australian politics

  • Anti-Brexit protesters wave union and EU flags outside parliament in London.

    The Guardian view on the state of the union

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