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Distracted: Spurs stars, such as Harry Kane, have been lacklustre in the run-up to their stadium opening. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Tottenham surrender to mediocrity

Spurs have a shiny new stadium, but they’ve now mysteriously lost their mojo

(John McCann/M&G)

You can’t hide who you are

Your every detail is being tracked online and you have little control over what will be done with it

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)

Editorial: Stop the digital dark arts

‘In South Africa, we already have one example of how concerted civil society action can foil the digital dark arts’

Agriculture is among the sectors that will be boosted this financial year.

Analytica link taints Kenyatta

Revelations of firm’s role in Kenya’s 2013 and 2017 polls engulfs the president in another crisis

(Reuters)

Forged in the fires of history

Biblical artefacts are dead in the water

An illustration of the late Dambudzo Marechera.

Dambudzo Marechera: Africa’s literary doppelgänger

As Zimbabwe prepares for ­Independence Day on April 18, Charne Lavery looks at one of that country’s greatest literary sons.

Edward Snowden.

Guardian editor tells Parliament Snowden data is secure

Britain’s Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has told Parliament that less than 1% of information leaked by Edward Snowden has been published.

UK agents destroyed hard drives over Snowden leaks

UK agents oversaw the destruction of the Guardian’s hard drives in an apparent bid to prevent Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks, says the editor.

UK government defends Murdoch ties

Britain’s Conservative-led government denied on Saturday that it was too close to Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-hit media empire.

When press freedom faces the void

It was the last big British press crisis, when journalists sneaked into the hospital room of the gravely injured actor Gordon Kaye and snapped away.

Bolstering ethics in the media

For two years, the <i>Guardian</i>, has been chipping away at a media ethics scandal emanating from Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday tabloid.

UK watchdog clears Murdoch paper over hacking claim

The UK Press Complaints Commission has dismissed allegations that journalists at one of Rupert Murdoch’s papers hacked into phones of public figures.

British probe after Twitter helps lift legal ‘gag’

Gordon Brown on Wednesday acknowledged an ”unfortunate” legal grey area after Twitter users helped thwart a reporting ”gag” granted to an oil company.

Zuma, Guardian settle libel case

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday welcomed the settlement between himself and the Guardian newspaper.

Zuma sues London’s Guardian

ANC leader Jacob Zuma is suing the Guardian for defamation over an article that described his leadership style as ”morally contaminated”.

US accused of holding suspects on prison ships

The United States is operating ”floating prisons” to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal…

British man to net fortune with ‘shoebox’ treasure

An ancient gold cup mysteriously acquired by a British scrap metal dealer is to be sold at auction with an estimate of nearly -million, after languishing for years in a shoebox…

Carter urges ‘supine’ Europe to break with US over Gaza

Britain and other European governments should break from the United States over the international embargo on Gaza, former US president Jimmy Carter said on Sunday. Carter…

Harrison Ford resigns himself to a critical lashing

While a frenzy was building amid the sea of fans massed to glimpse Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford and the rest of the stars at the world premiere on Sunday, a healthy scepticism…

Big guns roll through Red Square once more

Seventeen years have gone by since T-90 tanks last rolled across the historic cobbles of Moscow’s Red Square. But on Friday they were back — with an unmistakable diesel-fumed…