2025.05.25

Folk, fiddles and foot-stomping: how gen Z rebooted old-school Norwegian music
Norway’s traditional music scene gaining traction and been given a twist by a new clubby younger audience
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/25/folk-fiddles-and-foot-stomping-how-gen-z-rebooted-old-school-norwegian-music

O! My sweet summer child:
‘Roadmap for corruption’: Trump dive into cryptocurrency raises ethics alarm
The president’s hawking of $Trump memecoin has sparked a firestorm of criticism over potential influence buying
Peter Stone in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/trump-crypto-corruption-ethics

‘An autoimmune disorder’: how Trump is turning American democracy against itself
Arjun Appadurai
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/25/trump-american-democracy

Can Pope Leo retain US citizenship while leading a foreign government?
US state department says on website it may ‘actively review’ status of Americans who ‘serve as a foreign head of state’
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/pope-leo-us-citizenship

George Floyd’s family fights for sacred ground where he took his last breath: ‘That’s my blood’
Minneapolis site where Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin in 2020 faces tense debate over how best to honor his legacy
Melissa Hellmann
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/25/george-floyd-murder-site

Crypto investor in New York charged in kidnapping and torture plot
John Woeltz, 37, being held without bail after allegedly beating, shocking and dangling man from five-story home
José Olivares
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/crypto-investor-tortue-kidnapping-new-york

Mexican singer cancels show in Texas citing visa revocation
Julión Álvarez was to perform before 50,000 fans in Texas, but he is the latest Mexican musician to have their visa revoked
José Olivares
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/mexican-singer-cancels-show-in-texas-citing-visa-revocation

Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident
Panahi, long censored and previously imprisoned in his home country, took top prize as Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent also honoured
Catherine Shoard Film editor
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/24/iranian-director-jafar-panahi-wins-palme-dor-at-cannes-for-it-was-just-an-accident