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Fears and desires
The Guardian Weekly

Fears and desires

At a powerful exhibition in Lviv, Ukrainians reveal their most secret thoughts -while others play conflict karaoke with the sounds oftanks, sirens and bombs

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February 23, 2024
Brussels is panicking over farmer protests: welcome to 'greenlash'
The Guardian Weekly

Brussels is panicking over farmer protests: welcome to 'greenlash'

Ursula von der Leyen surrendered to angry farmers this month faster than you could shake a pitchfork or dump a tractor-load of manure outside the European parliament.

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February 23, 2024
Super bowls
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Super bowls

Pet food is a $150bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we're getting it right?

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February 23, 2024
ROBOT WARS
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ROBOT WARS

From the academic who says humanity has five years left, to the workers worried for their future, there's a growing band of neo-luddite experts who believe it's time to say no to artificial intelligence. Even if that means taking up arms...

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February 23, 2024
Cellphone generation hung up on a landline renaissance
The Guardian Weekly

Cellphone generation hung up on a landline renaissance

Landlines are nearing obsolescence. For many young people, they've gone the way of CD-Roms, cassette tapes and the humble printer. On TikTok, parents film their children holding wall phones like archival pieces, unsure of how to place a call. Payphones are long gone, too. But not everyone's ready to hang up the curly-corded receiver.

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February 23, 2024
Hip op, don't stop Inside the world of joint replacements
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Hip op, don't stop Inside the world of joint replacements

A new hip or knee is no longer just for older people. With thousands of operations in the UK each year, can technological advances help?

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February 23, 2024
Hot-air balloon fans flying in face of law
The Guardian Weekly

Hot-air balloon fans flying in face of law

Cats chased shadows through the pre-dawn gloom as the men hit the streets of suburC ban Rio and set off towards their objective. \"I've not slept,\" said one early riser, a bushy-bearded office worker called Arthur Araújo, as he emerged from his home to fulfil a \"dream\" one year in the making.

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February 23, 2024
Traditional fishers in Italy fight for right to catch tuna
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Traditional fishers in Italy fight for right to catch tuna

Tonnare and their ancient practices face extinction as a few big fleets hold the lion's share of quotas and permits

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February 23, 2024
February on course to be hottest in human history
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February on course to be hottest in human history

Unusually hot days and a rapid rise in ocean surface temperatures as global heating combines with El Niño

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February 23, 2024
High pressure UK forecasters to boldly go a month ahead
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High pressure UK forecasters to boldly go a month ahead

The mainstay of British casual the unexT conversation pected state of the weather - is under existential threat.

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February 23, 2024
'Betrayal' A mother's anguish as ex-general wins power
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'Betrayal' A mother's anguish as ex-general wins power

Every Thursday for the past 17 years, in searing heat and pouring rain, Maria Catarina Sumarsih has stood outside the Indonesian presidential palace, demanding justice for her son. He was shot dead in 1998, when authorities opened fire on students protesting against the rule of dictator Suharto.

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February 23, 2024
The jailed leader who could be key to ending Gaza crisis
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The jailed leader who could be key to ending Gaza crisis

At times of great upheaval in Palestine, people start to talk about Marwan Barghouti. The 64-year-old political leader serving multiple life sentences in an Israeli prison for murder represents the prospect of a shake-up to the status quo. Palestinian towns - and the Israeli-built concrete walls that cut them up-are covered in graffitied images of Barghouti, his handcuffed hands held high above his head.

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February 23, 2024
'The sun is gone' After Navalny's death, many fear what an even bolder Putin may do next
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'The sun is gone' After Navalny's death, many fear what an even bolder Putin may do next

Vladimir Putin smiled and looked unusually festive last Friday as he praised factory workers and joked with state reporters at an industrial plant in the Ural city of Chelyabinsk.

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February 23, 2024
'I have to stay' Why exile was never an option for Putin's leading critic
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'I have to stay' Why exile was never an option for Putin's leading critic

Had he remained outside Russia, Navalny may have been able to coordinate a powerful anti-war movement. Instead, he is silenced for ever

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February 23, 2024
Shock, anger Pand war fatigue
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Shock, anger Pand war fatigue

On the second anniversary of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the fall of Avdiivka has given Russia its first gain in months. In Kyiv, cracks in morale are showing. What happens now?

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February 23, 2024
What do chefs eat on their night off? The answer is surprisingly simple
The Guardian Weekly

What do chefs eat on their night off? The answer is surprisingly simple

I've often wondered what chefs eat for dinner on their night off - I'm in need of easy, delicious meal ideas!

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February 16, 2024
People who crave cocaine rarely consider who really pays for it
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People who crave cocaine rarely consider who really pays for it

What happened in Ecuador a few weeks ago, when the country descended into gang violence and TV journalists were seen by millions cowering in front of people pointing high-powered weapons W at their heads, was described in many ways.

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February 16, 2024
NOT GOING OUT
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NOT GOING OUT

Is a misspent youth a thing of the past? How teens and twentysomethings became the homebody generation

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February 16, 2024
"WE ALL LOST.THAT'S WHERE HATRED LEADS"
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"WE ALL LOST.THAT'S WHERE HATRED LEADS"

In 2014, terrorists took US photojournalist the Syrian desert, decapitated him then shocked the world with video footage of his death. A decade on, his mother Diane talks about her doomed attempts to save her son and the meeting that has helped her to heal By Emma Brockes James Foley into

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February 16, 2024
The small town racing to salvage a mystery shipwreck
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The small town racing to salvage a mystery shipwreck

Freezing waves crashed into Shawn Bath and Trevor Croft as they braved the unforgiving swells of the north Atlantic. Snow fell as the two local men took turns with a hacksaw: one cutting through the planks of a centuries-old shipwreck while the other kept a close watch on the cresting breakers.

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February 16, 2024
Memory fail Brutal week that Biden, and voters, won't forget
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Memory fail Brutal week that Biden, and voters, won't forget

For those campaigning to bring Donald Trump back to the White House, last week saw much to celebrate. For those concerned for the health of American democracy, it felt like a disaster.

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February 16, 2024
A year after Gabrielle, coastal town struggles to find its feet
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A year after Gabrielle, coastal town struggles to find its feet

Last year, Wairoa, a small farming community on New Zealand's east coast, closed its only retirement home. It had been badly damaged in February's Cyclone Gabrielle and the cost to repair it, along with the risk of future flooding, was deemed too high.

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February 16, 2024
Long player New chord in John Cage gig with just 616 years left
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Long player New chord in John Cage gig with just 616 years left

When Halberstadt's St Burchardi church opened its doors for a oncein-a-lifetime musical experience last Monday, some of the spectators streaming into the 11thcentury building had booked their tickets years in advance and crossed continents to get there. But none of them were demanding an encore.

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February 16, 2024
Influencers and litterers mar boom in tourism
The Guardian Weekly

Influencers and litterers mar boom in tourism

At the height of the pandemic, the restaurateurs and shopkeepers of Tsukiji market in Tokyo must have dreamed of days like these. Columns of visitors shuffle along the narrow streets, pausing to inspect hand-forged kitchen knives and tsukemono pickles, and to sip gratis samples of green tea. Restaurants tempt the crowd with sticks of grilled wagyu and boiled crab legs.

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February 16, 2024
Will the Year of the Dragon bring about a baby boom?
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Will the Year of the Dragon bring about a baby boom?

The traditional desire for a 'superior' dragon baby may not be enough to sway young couples

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February 16, 2024
Shortage of royals tests monarchy's fragility
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Shortage of royals tests monarchy's fragility

Cover for an incapacitated King Charles is looking rather thin, especially with William facing his own problems

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February 16, 2024
'Bombproof Labour's green U-turn reflects readiness for May election
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'Bombproof Labour's green U-turn reflects readiness for May election

Labour has spent the past few weeks performing U-turns on policies as it finalises its manifesto, culminating in last Thursday's announcement of a big cut to its £28bn ($35bn) green spending plans.

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February 16, 2024
Remarks by Trump'risk US and EU soldiers' lives'
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Remarks by Trump'risk US and EU soldiers' lives'

The Nato chief, Jens Stoltenberg, said any attack on the western military alliance would be met with a \"united and forceful response\" after Donald Trump invited Russia to attack member countries that he perceived as not meeting their financial obligations.

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February 16, 2024
Shell shocker Can Russian advance be halted if American military aid dries up?
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Shell shocker Can Russian advance be halted if American military aid dries up?

Ukraine began 2024 on the defensive and Kyiv's battlefield prospects are dimming further as Republicans in the US Congress seem increasingly intent on blocking future military aid. If Europe does not plug the gap, Ukraine risks slowmotion defeat from 2025.

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February 16, 2024
Salgado's dramatic images of our planet
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Salgado's dramatic images of our planet

At 80, the legendary Brazilian photojournalist reflects on his career, and why the natural world became his focus

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February 16, 2024