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Don't feel pity for Oscar Pistorius: the real victim is Reeva Steenkamp
Who's in the mood to throw a pity party for Oscar Pistorius? Anyone? Or, like me, do you find his crime so disturbing it sticks in the craw to feel you're being sold a \"broken man\" narrative?
3 min |
January 12, 2024
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If Javier Milei's plans for Argentina sound familar, it's no surprise
There are elements of fascism, elements borrowed from the Chinese state and elements that reflect Argentina's history of dictatorship.
3 min |
January 12, 2024
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Growing pains
Jodie Foster on films, family and working out how to be famous on her own terms after 58 years in the spotlight
10+ min |
January 12, 2024
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Tipping point
A Hamas leader killed in Beirut. Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. A US airstrike in Baghdad. As the Israel-Gaza war bleeds across borders, is wider violence in the Middle East inevitable?
6 min |
January 12, 2024
The Guardian Weekly
Big band theory - The rise of jazz orchestras
Before bebop, large outfits dominated the scene. Now a new generation of musicians is bringing back the tradition - and its sense of community
3 min |
January 05, 2024
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The older masters
There is a particular stereotype of creative genius: that of the youthful prodigy of irrepressible talent.
4 min |
January 05, 2024
The Guardian Weekly
All hung up
Smartphones and social media apps dominate our attention, sometimes to a damaging and unhealthy extent. But is it really an addiction? By Simar Bajaj
10+ min |
January 05, 2024
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In search of sanctuary
What was it like to grow up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles? Darran Anderson explores his memories of life in a low-level police state, the hostile feeling of being a stranger in his own land and how the birth of his son accentuated his need to find a place of peace
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January 05, 2024
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NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft over use of its content
The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft over the use of its content to train generative artificial intelligence and large-language systems, a move that could see the company receive billions of dollars in damages.
3 min |
January 05, 2024
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Third-party group rebuts claims it will boost Trump vote
Third parties could hurt Donald Trump as much as Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election, the group No Labels has claimed, insisting its contentious effort to build a unity ticket cannot be compared to spoiler candidates of the past.
3 min |
January 05, 2024
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Handbrake turn Europe's cities take on the car
In Paris, Barcelona and Brussels, authorities are adopting different approaches in a bid to reduce congestion and cut air pollution
5 min |
January 05, 2024
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New year sees Moscow and Kyiv intensify attacks
Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed in his new year's address to unleash \"wrath\" against Russian forces in 2024, saying Ukraine had become stronger as the war moves toward its second year.
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January 05, 2024
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Israelis look for any sign of victory as death toll mounts
Israeli planes bombed refugee camps in Gaza last weekend as its troops expanded ground operations and tens of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes, setting the stage for a new year as bloody as the last three months of 2023.
3 min |
January 05, 2024
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Broken ties Putin and Netanyahu content as entente ends
When Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone last month to Benjamin Netanyahu, their first conversation themselves in weeks, they found in an unusual dynamic, engaging not as partners but against the backdrop of historic tensions.
2 min |
January 05, 2024
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Shipping lanes Could the Red Sea crisis risk sparking a wider conflict?
So far, the war in Gaza prompted by Hamas's attack on 7 October has not precipitated the nightmare scenario - a wider Middle East conflict drawing in the US and Iran. But that risk appears to be becoming more serious.
2 min |
January 05, 2024
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FRONTLINES OF WAR AND NATURE WHAT ELSE TO WATCH FOR IN 2024
The year 2024 will be a critical one.
8 min |
January 05, 2024
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RUSSIA PUTIN WILL SEIZE HIS CHANCE TO PROVE THAT THE WAR IS ON TRACK
In news that probably shocked no one, Vladimir Putin announced last month that he will seek a fifth presidential term in the upcoming March elections.
2 min |
January 05, 2024
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INDIA MODI LOOKS POISED FOR SUCCESS AS DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS FEAR WORST
India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, cut a confident figure as 2023 drew to a close. As his Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) swept three major state elections in December, Modi did not hold back from predicting that \"this hat-trick has guaranteed the 2024 victory\"
3 min |
January 05, 2024
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POLLS APART
More than 2 billion people could vote in 2024, the biggest year ever for global democracy. But electoral systems face multiple pressures including AI manipulation, far-right extremism and crackdowns on free speech and dissent. Our correspondents preview some of the most significant elections-and the threats facing them
5 min |
January 05, 2024
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UNITED KINGDOM A PERILOUS ELECTION: PHOTO ID, STAFF SHORTAGES AND CYBER THREATS
While the general election date itself remains in the hands of Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, one thing is certain: when the campaign does begin it has the potential to be one of the more perilous and chaotic in UK history.
2 min |
January 05, 2024
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TV
The Guardian Weekly team reveal our small-screen picks of the year, from Top Boy's poignantly nihilistic finale to a second helping of The Bear's kitchen chaos
3 min |
December 22, 2023
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Film
From gruelling documentary to yearning romance - the 10 best movies of the year | Our critics' selection of the pick of the year's films and albums
10+ min |
December 22, 2023
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Call me what you want - I'll keep telling the truth about livestock farming
Everything that makes campaigning against fossil fuels difficult is 10 times harder when it comes to opposing livestock farming.
3 min |
December 22, 2023
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The only way to end this war is for Biden to force Netanyahu out
Joe Biden's bond with Israel and the J Jewish people runs so deep he is said to feel it in his kishkes (that's \"guts\", for the non-Yiddish speakers among you).
4 min |
December 22, 2023
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Parting words Friends pay tribute to famous lives lost this year
2023 THOSE WE LOST
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December 22, 2023
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Great unknowns Huge questions remain unanswered about life on Earth. We asked leading scientists and conservationists: what is the one thing you would like to know about the planet that remains a mystery?
\"How many species of animals do we share the planet with? Estimates range from 3 million to as many as 100 million, and there's not much sign that we are converging on an answer.\"
3 min |
December 22, 2023
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We can be heroes The caring leaders, dancers and dads who proved there is hope for humanity
The forensic pathologist helping Philippines' 'war on drugs' victims
5 min |
December 22, 2023
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WORLD IN FLUX
For much of the global south, the west's seemingly contradictory stance over Gaza and Ukraine symbolises its hypocrisy. Is a reckoning on the cards?
10+ min |
December 22, 2023
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On the hook Why hacking case meant so much to Prince Harry
As the Duke of Sussex claimed victory in his hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers, it was clear he felt vindication for his tortuous, longrunning legal battles against sections of the British media. \"I've been told that slaying dragons will get you burned,\" he said in a statement, before adding a defiant: \"The mission continues.\"
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December 22, 2023
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Giorgia and Rishi: what's driving the right's latest 'love-burst'?
One cut her political teeth on the streets of Rome as a teenage neo-fascist activist, rising to become Italy's first female premier. The other is a former investment banker who became Britain's wealthiest prime minister, and its first of colour.
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