2026.04.02
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lsandersonMinneapolis chef Shigeyuki Furukawa of Kado no Mise was named a 2026 James Beard finalist, making him the sole Minnesotan on the Best Chef: Midwest short list, Bring Me The News reports. Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/one-minnesota-chef-named-2026-james-beard-finalist
Oil price jumps and markets slide after Trump warning to Iran
Brent crude rises 8% as US president vows to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over coming weeks
Kalyeena Makortoff and Graeme Wearden
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/02/oil-price-rises-markets-slide-following-trump-iran-war-address
The US-Israel war on Iran is accelerating de-dollarization and America’s decline
Ahmed Moor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/iran-war-expenses-cuts-america-power-dollarization
Global super-rich may have hidden $3.55tn from tax officials, says Oxfam
Charity calls for a levy on the very richest and the closing of tax loopholes in its report on offshore wealth
Heather Stewart
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/global-super-rich-hidden-355trn-from-tax-officials-oxfam
‘It’s amazing’: stolen 2,500-year-old Romanian gold helmet has been found
Priceless artefact snatched in Netherlands museum heist has been recovered, ending international search
Agence France-Presse in The Hague
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/02/stolen-romanian-gold-helmet-recovered-netherlands
Archaeologists discover wreck of Danish warship sunk by Nelson 225 years ago
Divers in race against time to unearth wreck of the Dannebroge before seabed becomes construction site
Associated Press in Copenhagen
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/archaeologists-discover-wreck-danish-warship-sunk-admiral-nelson
Why thousands of New Yorkers swap gas for induction stoves in clean energy push: ‘It makes sense’
US states from California to Georgia are promoting induction stoves for climate, health and cost benefits
Oliver Milman in New York with photographs by Thalia Juarez
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/new-york-induction-stoves-climate-energy
Lunar prospectors: the businesses looking to mine the moon
Within the lunar dirt is a type of helium so rare on Earth that a palm-sized container is estimated to be worth millions
Oliver Holmes with graphics by Ana Lucía González Paz, Seán Clarke and Harvey Symons
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/01/lunar-prospectors-the-businesses-looking-to-mine-the-moon
US approves new oral weight-loss pill developed by Eli Lilly
Called Foundayo, the tablet becomes the second one to receive FDA’s green light after Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/new-weight-loss-pill-glp-1-foundayo
‘No more than a drop in the ocean’: this drug could end new HIV infections in Eswatini – why isn’t there enough?
The southern Africa country has the world’s highest prevalence of HIV but the amount of lenacapavir reaching it is too small to reach all those at risk
Kat Lay in Mbabane
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/02/scarcity-hiv-prevention-drug-lenacapavir-hampers-rollout-eswatini
Made in Fire Island: how artists were at the heart of the LGBTQ+ mecca
A new book shows that the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and Peter Hujar – as well as a new generation of artists – would not be the same without the New York island
Jesse Dorris
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/02/fire-island-lgbtq-artists-book
Mysterious Marrakech: why I never tire of Morocco’s Red City
With its never-ending street theatre and labyrinthine medina, this timeless city swallows you whole – and reveals new secrets with each visit
Mark Eveleigh
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/apr/01/marrakech-morocco-balloon-medina-red-city
Man dies in storm as Saharan dust shrouds Crete (Paywalled?)
Mallory Moench
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c070d9g5k7jo
Thursday news quiz: daring dogs, delinquent capybaras and far too many bananas (Automagical)
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?
Martin Belam
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/02/the-guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-241
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/one-minnesota-chef-named-2026-james-beard-finalist
Oil price jumps and markets slide after Trump warning to Iran
Brent crude rises 8% as US president vows to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over coming weeks
Kalyeena Makortoff and Graeme Wearden
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/02/oil-price-rises-markets-slide-following-trump-iran-war-address
The US-Israel war on Iran is accelerating de-dollarization and America’s decline
Ahmed Moor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/iran-war-expenses-cuts-america-power-dollarization
Global super-rich may have hidden $3.55tn from tax officials, says Oxfam
Charity calls for a levy on the very richest and the closing of tax loopholes in its report on offshore wealth
Heather Stewart
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/global-super-rich-hidden-355trn-from-tax-officials-oxfam
‘It’s amazing’: stolen 2,500-year-old Romanian gold helmet has been found
Priceless artefact snatched in Netherlands museum heist has been recovered, ending international search
Agence France-Presse in The Hague
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/02/stolen-romanian-gold-helmet-recovered-netherlands
Archaeologists discover wreck of Danish warship sunk by Nelson 225 years ago
Divers in race against time to unearth wreck of the Dannebroge before seabed becomes construction site
Associated Press in Copenhagen
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/archaeologists-discover-wreck-danish-warship-sunk-admiral-nelson
Why thousands of New Yorkers swap gas for induction stoves in clean energy push: ‘It makes sense’
US states from California to Georgia are promoting induction stoves for climate, health and cost benefits
Oliver Milman in New York with photographs by Thalia Juarez
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/new-york-induction-stoves-climate-energy
Lunar prospectors: the businesses looking to mine the moon
Within the lunar dirt is a type of helium so rare on Earth that a palm-sized container is estimated to be worth millions
Oliver Holmes with graphics by Ana Lucía González Paz, Seán Clarke and Harvey Symons
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/01/lunar-prospectors-the-businesses-looking-to-mine-the-moon
US approves new oral weight-loss pill developed by Eli Lilly
Called Foundayo, the tablet becomes the second one to receive FDA’s green light after Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/new-weight-loss-pill-glp-1-foundayo
‘No more than a drop in the ocean’: this drug could end new HIV infections in Eswatini – why isn’t there enough?
The southern Africa country has the world’s highest prevalence of HIV but the amount of lenacapavir reaching it is too small to reach all those at risk
Kat Lay in Mbabane
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/02/scarcity-hiv-prevention-drug-lenacapavir-hampers-rollout-eswatini
Made in Fire Island: how artists were at the heart of the LGBTQ+ mecca
A new book shows that the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and Peter Hujar – as well as a new generation of artists – would not be the same without the New York island
Jesse Dorris
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/02/fire-island-lgbtq-artists-book
Mysterious Marrakech: why I never tire of Morocco’s Red City
With its never-ending street theatre and labyrinthine medina, this timeless city swallows you whole – and reveals new secrets with each visit
Mark Eveleigh
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/apr/01/marrakech-morocco-balloon-medina-red-city
Man dies in storm as Saharan dust shrouds Crete (Paywalled?)
Mallory Moench
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c070d9g5k7jo
Thursday news quiz: daring dogs, delinquent capybaras and far too many bananas (Automagical)
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?
Martin Belam
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/02/the-guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-241
