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War on hold in Gaza as polio vaccine drive offers hope
The Guardian Weekly

War on hold in Gaza as polio vaccine drive offers hope

Like so many in Gaza, Eid alAttar, a teacher from the north of the territory, now spends his days trying to find enough food and water for his family. Displaced eight times since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out in October, the 42-year-old has tried his best to protect his five children. Now the Palestinian territory is facing a new danger: the highly infectious and potentially deadly disease, polio.

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September 06, 2024
Pressure point Hostage deaths unleash public fury-but can it bring a ceasefire closer?
The Guardian Weekly

Pressure point Hostage deaths unleash public fury-but can it bring a ceasefire closer?

Pressure mounted on the Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu this week after his US counterpart Joe Biden accused him of not doing enough to secure a ceasefire deal with Hamas, although protests against Israel's government suffered a blow when a court ordered an early end to a general strike.

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September 06, 2024
Questions of truth Tech bros-in-arms control the narrative. We must fight back
The Guardian Weekly

Questions of truth Tech bros-in-arms control the narrative. We must fight back

It was a breaking news alert to lift the spirits and make the heart sing. A tech billionaire arrested as he stepped off his private jet and detained by the French authorities. Happy days! Because while the UK police have been charging individuals who incited violence online during this summer's riots, the man who helped to fuel its flames - Elon Musk has simply tweeted his way through it.

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September 06, 2024
Mixed message Why was Durov arrested and what are the implications?
The Guardian Weekly

Mixed message Why was Durov arrested and what are the implications?

What is Telegram? At its core, Telegram is a messaging app, but it offers more social networking features than most of its peers. Group chats are in effect unlimited in size, as are the broadcast \"channels\" that let users follow individual accounts.

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September 06, 2024
THE rise and fall of Pavel Durov
The Guardian Weekly

THE rise and fall of Pavel Durov

The Telegram app is widely used by political protesters but also by criminals. Now its enigmatic founder is under arrest. Can he face down the French authorities?

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September 06, 2024
Five to follow Athletes to watch out for
The Guardian Weekly

Five to follow Athletes to watch out for

Froma US swimming stalwart to French cycling’s champion of champions’, this quintet will beon the hunt for medals

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August 30, 2024
Islands laid waste by Beryl survey devastating cost
The Guardian Weekly

Islands laid waste by Beryl survey devastating cost

From the outside, it looks like a typical primary school in the multi-island Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), with children's voices echoing behind the distinctive green walls.

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August 30, 2024
Canal plus The quest to make urban waterways swimmable
The Guardian Weekly

Canal plus The quest to make urban waterways swimmable

Around the world, architects and campaigners are turning previously polluted rivers and harbours into bathing spots

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August 30, 2024
Line in the sand A bitter battle over seabed mining
The Guardian Weekly

Line in the sand A bitter battle over seabed mining

Rare metals in iron sands off North Island coast could be extracted despite local opposition as government pushes to fast-track proposals

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August 30, 2024
Pokrovsk packs up as Russian invaders close in
The Guardian Weekly

Pokrovsk packs up as Russian invaders close in

Library books are piled in the street, waiting to be removed in a truck.

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August 30, 2024
On the edge War remains possible despite sound reasons for avoiding it
The Guardian Weekly

On the edge War remains possible despite sound reasons for avoiding it

If Israel and Hezbollah wanted an all-out war it would have happened a long time ago.

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August 30, 2024
Is Banksy's latest spree a comment on Gaza?
The Guardian Weekly

Is Banksy's latest spree a comment on Gaza?

The artist has reignited the same criminalor genius?’ arguments but there are signs his new Londonworks are more than just monkey business

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August 30, 2024
We Ukrainians have spent our lives trying to escape Russia's legacy
The Guardian Weekly

We Ukrainians have spent our lives trying to escape Russia's legacy

At 35, I'm younger than many things - such as the internet or Apple computers.

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August 30, 2024
The evolution of Kamala Harris
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The evolution of Kamala Harris

From a childhood activist to US presidential candidate, the daughter of civil rights campaigners has an unbroken history of working to change 'anything that wasn't right', friends say.

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August 30, 2024
Is Trump ok? Unhinged reaction to rise of Harris sows doubts
The Guardian Weekly

Is Trump ok? Unhinged reaction to rise of Harris sows doubts

Even some of Donald Trump's supporters are now asking the question that was the undoing of Joe Biden: is the former president fit for office? But while Biden's run for re-election was largely sunk by a single disastrous televised debate before a national audience, Trump is ramping up doubts with each chaotic, disjointed speech as he campaigns around the country.

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August 30, 2024
'We need to act' Massive Attack stage ultra-low emission gig
The Guardian Weekly

'We need to act' Massive Attack stage ultra-low emission gig

As pop stars fly on private jets and haul stage sets around the world, with fans generating significant emissions via their own travel to gigs, Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja has said \"it's time to act\" and address the environmental damage wreaked by live music.

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August 30, 2024
'Everyone was afraid' The families on the mpox frontline
The Guardian Weekly

'Everyone was afraid' The families on the mpox frontline

First, liquid-filled blisters developed on three-yearold Marceline Désiré's back.

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August 30, 2024
'You hit us, we hit you' Life in the borderlands of conflict
The Guardian Weekly

'You hit us, we hit you' Life in the borderlands of conflict

Like every morning, Ali Abu Khudoud woke up just before dawn last Sunday to perform the fajr prayer.

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August 30, 2024
A vital gauge These Games should tackle social issues, but I'm wary
The Guardian Weekly

A vital gauge These Games should tackle social issues, but I'm wary

Progress at the Paralympics also highlights the lack of change in the ordinary lives of disabled people

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August 30, 2024
Paris 2024 Levelling the field
The Guardian Weekly

Paris 2024 Levelling the field

Marie-Amélie Le Fur lost a leg at the age of 15. Nine medals later this elite runner, now head of the Paralympic committee, faces an even bigger challenge – how to ensure Paris 2024 will change French people’s views on life with a disability and open doors for future competitors

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August 30, 2024
'You couldn't pitch that in the US!'
The Guardian Weekly

'You couldn't pitch that in the US!'

Are the UK'S dating shows the wildest in the world?

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August 23, 2024
We should enjoy this child's creativity rather than use it to sell stuff
The Guardian Weekly

We should enjoy this child's creativity rather than use it to sell stuff

If you've ever spent £40 ($50) and a whole weekend trying to paint out the scrawling of your young children from your rental walls in the futile hope that this will save your £1,300 deposit, you may greet the following news as I did: with a noise somewhere between a hotwater bottle being emptied and a cry of pain.

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August 23, 2024
Audrey Tang didn't have the easiest of starts in life. THE GOOD HACKER
The Guardian Weekly

Audrey Tang didn't have the easiest of starts in life. THE GOOD HACKER

As an activist turned politician, Audrey Tang is used to breaking boundaries. Now, the world's first minister for digital affairs wants the world to learn how to detoxify the internet

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August 23, 2024
Harris is off to a dream start-but it's too early to count out Trump Jonathan Freedland
The Guardian Weekly

Harris is off to a dream start-but it's too early to count out Trump Jonathan Freedland

Everything is going right for her and wrong for him. Kamala Harris has the encouraging poll numbers and the momentum. Donald Trump has the serial errors, the maudlin introspection and wobbling campaign team.

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August 23, 2024
That sinking feeling
The Guardian Weekly

That sinking feeling

The sad Oompa-Loompa at Willy's Chocolate Experience, an elf at a lowrent Lapland, the DJ who tried to save Blobbyland and a fixer at the ill-fated Fyre festival reveal what happened next after four truly disastrous events

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August 23, 2024
Guns and drugs fuel 'alarming epidemic' of violence
The Guardian Weekly

Guns and drugs fuel 'alarming epidemic' of violence

The last thing Raquel Rodriguez remembers of that afternoon is that she was playing with her neighbour's baby outside her home in the Trinidad and Tobago neighbourhood of Barataria in San Juan. Then came a piercingly loud explosion.

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August 23, 2024
Ode to joy Harris gives Democrats a reason to reunite
The Guardian Weekly

Ode to joy Harris gives Democrats a reason to reunite

Tens of thousands of Democrats descended on Chicago this week for their party's convention, bubbling with a feeling few had anticipated: pure joy.

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August 23, 2024
Going viral What is mpox and why has it been declared a global health emergency?
The Guardian Weekly

Going viral What is mpox and why has it been declared a global health emergency?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the latest mpox outbreak in Africa a \"public health emergency of international concern\", the category used in the past for Ebola outbreaks and Covid-19. As fears of a global spread grow, this is what we know.

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August 23, 2024
'A real hero' The brave migrant who tackled a London attacker
The Guardian Weekly

'A real hero' The brave migrant who tackled a London attacker

After saving young girl, Abdullah talks about his love for the UK, despite fears during the recent riots

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August 23, 2024
Scholars seek to prolong the German conversation
The Guardian Weekly

Scholars seek to prolong the German conversation

When Londoner Amber Tallon, 30, started learning German at the age of 12, she \"took to it like a duck to water\", she said.

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August 23, 2024