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Heroes or villains?
The Guardian Weekly

Heroes or villains?

States with low dependence on fossil fuels are best placed to lead the green transition, but some are being criticised for ‘hypocrisy’ as new gas and oil projects surge. These are the other petrostates

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August 02, 2024
The big chill: frozen desserts that don’t need anice-cream machine
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The big chill: frozen desserts that don’t need anice-cream machine

In the absence of a machine, the obvious solution to frozen dessert needs is granita.

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July 26, 2024
The pianist who reduces conductors to tears
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The pianist who reduces conductors to tears

Yunchan Lim's dazzling talent has brought him fame at home in Korea. The 20-year-old has the world at his feet now as he prepares tomake his Proms debut

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July 26, 2024
An excellent adventure
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An excellent adventure

Keanu Reeves and China Mieéville talk about their literary bromance and their quest toturna pulpy idea’ into something deeper

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July 26, 2024
Labour must expose the snake-oil charm peddled by populism
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Labour must expose the snake-oil charm peddled by populism

For a politician who has avoided high-flown rhetoric, Keir Starmer is sounding remarkably ambitious.

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July 26, 2024
A New York accent in ancient Rome? It's no less accurate than RP
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A New York accent in ancient Rome? It's no less accurate than RP

Whose head could I give you that would satisfy this fury?\" asks Denzel Washington's crafty Macrinus in the long-awaited trailer for Ridley Scott's Gladiator II.

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July 26, 2024
Why does Google think I'm dead?
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Why does Google think I'm dead?

The world's biggest search engine built its success on returning trustworthy results but now critics Says it is getting too much wrong.

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July 26, 2024
Why chip supremacy is ashield to keep China in check
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Why chip supremacy is ashield to keep China in check

The Hsinchu Science Park, on Taiwan's west coast, is lush and green, with streets neatly planned and clearly signposted. The buildings are modern and well-maintained - from the outside most visitors wouldn't know that they are among the world's most important factories.

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July 26, 2024
THE GREENEST GAMES CAN PARIS AVOID THE WHITE ELEPHANTS OF OLYMPICS PAST?
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THE GREENEST GAMES CAN PARIS AVOID THE WHITE ELEPHANTS OF OLYMPICS PAST?

With temporary arenas and recycled pools, Paris is prizing sustainability above vanity projects By Oliver Wainwright

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July 26, 2024
Unknown quantity Confusion over Vance as VP pick
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Unknown quantity Confusion over Vance as VP pick

He was spared by the hand of God!\" a man wrapped in a flag chanted as he walked past a line of people outside the 12,000-seat Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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July 26, 2024
Playing for survival Blind woman who keeps music alive
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Playing for survival Blind woman who keeps music alive

Rieko Hirosawa sits on a stone bench outside her home and takes a deep breath. She unleashes an impossibly high note while her bachi plectrum slaps the three strings of her shamisen, a traditional instrument.

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July 26, 2024
Solo women look abroad to get round ban on egg freezing
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Solo women look abroad to get round ban on egg freezing

When Yang Li* turned 30, she gave herself three years to decide if she wanted children. But as the years ticked by, working a busy job in Beijing, Yang remained unsure. So last year, a month shy of her 34th birthday, she decided to freeze her eggs.

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July 26, 2024
Nature wins after Moscow's dam strike
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Nature wins after Moscow's dam strike

Newly created miracle’ on Dnipro hosts animals, birds and saplings ina landscape of ponds and forests

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July 26, 2024
‘Bittersweet’ Bereaved families’ cool welcome for Covid report
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‘Bittersweet’ Bereaved families’ cool welcome for Covid report

Relatives relieved at inquiry's damning analysis ofa lack of preparedeness but believe many issues not addressed

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July 26, 2024
Israeli troops tighten their grip on lifeline to Egypt
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Israeli troops tighten their grip on lifeline to Egypt

In the months before the Israeli invasion, Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah was a lifeline, a place where thousands sought shelter or scrabbled to raise funds to cross into neighbouring Egypt.

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July 26, 2024
Right march Religious recruits challenge IDF values
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Right march Religious recruits challenge IDF values

Israel's army, the country's preeminent secular institution for much of its seven decades, is increasingly coming under the sway of a national religious movement that has made bold moves across Israeli society in recent years.

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July 26, 2024
Anactof grace Biden's selfless choice to drop out sets stage fora different election
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Anactof grace Biden's selfless choice to drop out sets stage fora different election

Legend has it that when King George III heard that George Washington, the first US president, had decided to retire after his second term, he remarked: \"If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.\"

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July 26, 2024
Lame duck? How Biden announcement could affect US foreign relations
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Lame duck? How Biden announcement could affect US foreign relations

After last Sunday's bombshell decision not to seek re-election, Joe Biden still has six months left as the US president and commander-in-chief, and foreign leaders could be expected to write him off as a lame duck.

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July 26, 2024
BID FOR HISTORY
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BID FOR HISTORY

Kamala Harris faces an unprecedented task after Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the US election race. The vice president now has a party majority for the Democratic nomination, but she needs to ramp up her campaign to win over voters before November

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July 26, 2024
Trump Deserves Our Sympathy But Not Our Support In November
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Trump Deserves Our Sympathy But Not Our Support In November

I was on the phone with my daughter when emails started streaming through.

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July 19, 2024
Steep Decline Palestinians Fear Eviction From East Jerusalem
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Steep Decline Palestinians Fear Eviction From East Jerusalem

On the wall of the living room of Zohair Rajabi's house is a map showing his neighbourhood: the stepped alleys winding down the steep slopes facing Jerusalem's Old City, and the flat roofs of houses.

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July 19, 2024
Question Time Biden Touts His Record, But The Doubts Refuse To Go Away
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Question Time Biden Touts His Record, But The Doubts Refuse To Go Away

In the shadow of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee, where Donald Trump officially became the party's nominee, two days after surviving an attempt on his life, Joe Biden was still confronting a question he thought he'd answered: will he be the Democratic nominee in November? "1,000%," the president said in an interview, which aired on Monday but was recorded before a would-be assassin shot at Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday. In the roughly 36 hours that followed, the presidential contest was suspended.

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July 19, 2024
Labour Can Easily End Austerity At A Strokeby Taxing The Rich Hard
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Labour Can Easily End Austerity At A Strokeby Taxing The Rich Hard

Never let your opponents define the terms of a debate.

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July 19, 2024
Get Out Of Jail Could Britain Solve Its Prison Problems By Going Dutch?
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Get Out Of Jail Could Britain Solve Its Prison Problems By Going Dutch?

Earlier this year, before he became the UK prisons minister, James Timpson described how Britain should follow the Dutch example of mild sentencing to help solve the prisons crisis.

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July 19, 2024
China Leads World With Growth In Solar And Wind Power
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China Leads World With Growth In Solar And Wind Power

The amount of wind and solar power under construction in China is now nearly twice as much as the rest of the world combined, according to a new report.

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July 19, 2024
Beat goes on Changüí musicians defying Cuba's crisis
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Beat goes on Changüí musicians defying Cuba's crisis

In the city of Guantánamo, a festival celebrates a vibrant and joyful hyperlocal musical tradition holding out despite economic hardship

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July 19, 2024
New York's wheelie bin revolution is exciting for everyone but rats
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New York's wheelie bin revolution is exciting for everyone but rats

Last year, 200 composting bins were rolled out in New York City, with a unit on every other corner you could open and close via an app. This was exciting for those of us who have hit an age when rubbish disposal is something we think about.

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July 19, 2024
Money for nothing
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Money for nothing

Would universal basic income create a kinder, more fulfilled society and is it a solution to the feared AI 'jobs apocalypse'?

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July 19, 2024
Heat of the moment
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Heat of the moment

David Azevedo was keen to impress in his new job in construction. But a heatwave in France made working conditions outdoors unbearable. Two years later, his family are still waiting for answers about his death.

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July 19, 2024
Court drama Shock end to Baldwin trial fit for Hollywood
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Court drama Shock end to Baldwin trial fit for Hollywood

When Alec Baldwin set out to make the western Rust in 2021, it was a passion project for the veteran actor.

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July 19, 2024