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Monday 22 May 2023
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A Sunday night phone call between the president and Republican House speaker was reported to have struck a more positive tone -
Concerns security deal could leave Papua New Guinea stuck between increasingly hostile US and China
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Ukraine armed forces says Russia carrying out airstrikes on ruined city; Brazil’s president repeats criticism of Biden’s role in conflict -
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Penalty from Ireland’s privacy regulator is a record for breach of EU data protection regulation
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Ukraine’s leader knows he needs to win over nonaligned countries such as Brazil and India to increase the pressure on Russia -
Freese, who previously played at tribute concerts for Hawkins, was announced as the new drummer in a cameo-filled, tongue-in-cheek livestream -
Once it was so polluted it caught fire several times - and was declared dead in 1969, but Toronto’s Don river is now roaring back to life
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Can the politician’s Reaganesque optimism and rightwing principles convince the GOP to pick its first Black presidential candidate?
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‘Bakhmut is only in our hearts. There is nothing ... just ruins and dead Russians,’ says Ukraine’s president
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UK PM says at G7 summit that end to war will need to recognise country’s territorial integrity -
Russian-imposed Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin says demining is being carried out in Bakhmut; Ukraine’s deputy defence minister insists Ukraine still had a small foothold inside the city
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The Ethiopian-born computer scientist lost her job after pointing out the inequalities built into AI. But after decades working with technology companies, she knows all too much about discrimination -
Postnatal depression affects up to 15% of new mothers, but studies suggest almost as many fathers also show symptoms – and little is being done to help them -
US efforts to stifle China’s chip industry are thought to be part of a wider plan to hinder Beijing’s preparations for war
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We need new ways to describe our constant state of exhaustion. ‘Hyperfatigue’ barely scratches the surface, writes Emma Beddington -
The credo of Watergate is still relevant: find the best obtainable version of the truth. But doing so is only getting more complicated
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The NatCon conference showed how a rightwing network is spreading toxic ideology – away from government, it will only escalate, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik -
The Kremlin is putting up stiffer economic resistance than the G7 anticipated
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Gabe Vincent scored a career-high 29 points and eighth-seeded Miami overran Boston 128-102 on Sunday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals -
Brooks Koepka won his fifth major title by two shots from Viktor Hovland as club pro Michael Block hit a hole in one in the final round
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Pep Guardiola has two finals to plan for after City clinched the title while Unai Emery’s experience has lifted Villa -
The American Brandon McNulty said: ‘It came down to the last kick and sprint,’ while Bruno Armirail saw his overall lead over Geraint Thomas cut by 33sec
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If mining companies are given the go-ahead to exploit the ocean depths, the environmental cost will be devastating. As the clock ticks down to a crucial deadline in July, Michael Segalov reports -
F1 made right call in cancelling the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix but major obstacles remain in order to reach target by 2030 -
Waste disposed of in the ocean, abundant microplastics and wildlife exposed to oil – the ‘pristine’ continent of ice has a trash problem -
Groundbreaking analysis by One Earth is first to quantify economic burden caused by individual companies
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After decades locked alone in small cages in California’s San Quentin prison, men sentenced to die are now being moved off death row. Sam Levin investigates
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Hailed as the genre’s Forrest Gump for his time with artists from Busta Rhymes to Santana, today Ross contends that streaming, sampling and materialism have changed the genre beyond recognition -
Actor Melissa McCarthy on winding up Trump, using ‘humour as healthcare’ and why she’s had enough of Hollywood’s ‘screamers and egos’
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Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles’ tale of a one-hit wonder is the latest in a new wave of music novels written by women -
He saw the world’s cruel absurdities through a comic lens, writes Boyd, who recalls his very first meeting with Amis – and explains why his unmistakable voice will never be forgotten -
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After hearing some home truths from his wife on his 65th birthday, Scott Wright was determined to figure out ‘who the hell I was’. He ended up on a hallucinogenic retreat in Mexico
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Achieve that Sloaney bounce at home – but you’ll need straight and easy-to-style hair in the first place -
As the Windrush anniversary draws near, five shopkeepers reflect on their work, lives and community pride -
They were once a high spot of eating out. Now you’re lucky if the pudding menu stretches to a couple of choices. Is the UK losing its sweet tooth? -
We all know they tend to be full of salt, sugar and additives – but when does an occasional treat become an unhealthy habit? We separate the fat from the fiction
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Former police captain Eric Adams says ‘there are more Jordan Neelys out there’ but proposals criticized by civil rights groups -
As the US’s highest court is pummeled by divisive rulings and ethical scandals, Democrats think they have a solution: add four seats to counter a rightward tilt
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Bill Cassidy, one of the few Republicans to vote to impeach Trump in 2021, says 2022 midterms showed Trump’s weakness -
Neighbors of Christina Yuna Lee called police as she was attacked, but officers waited 80 minutes before entering apartment -
The west’s tightening of Russian sanctions is a sign of failure