Priya Bharadia

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Hannah Moore |Jessica Murray |Alex Atack |Priya Bharadia |Joel Cox |Elizabeth Cassin

“It’s been absolutely unbelievable,” William Timms, a pest controller, tells Hannah Moore. “Since March, calls have gone up 50%. Usually, I’m dealing with about three or four rodent jobs a day this time of year. And then I’ve got my insect jobs on top. “But I’ve had to put my insect jobs on the back burner, because I’m just being inundated with rat calls. I’m doing about nine or 10 a day at the moment.”Birmingham’s rubbish collectors have been on an all-out strike since early March.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Safi |Eli Block |Priya Bharadia |Courtney Yusuf

Just after midnight on Tuesday, EDT time, the wall of tariffs Donald Trump announced last week came into effect. The new system upends decades of precedent from the world’s strongest economy and has sent global markets reeling. The Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, Richard Partington, explains to Michael Safi the dynamics of a market crash and a trade war and how together they may contribute to the onset of a global recession.

Jan 10, 2025 | msn.com | Priya Bharadia

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Jan 10, 2025 | theguardian.com | Priya Bharadia

A sun-scorched patch of lawn near Christchurch, in New Zealand, has been crowned the ugliest lawn in the world. Now in its second year, the World’s Ugliest Lawn competition rewards lawn owners for not watering their parched yellow grass and patchy flowerbeds. The winning lawn in the settlement of Birdlings Flat belongs to Leisa Elliott, and is kept closely cropped by harsh coastal winds and little rainfall. “I live in a small coastal community,” Elliott said.

Jan 10, 2025 | msn.com | Priya Bharadia

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