headlines
Tuesday
23
August
2016
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Meant to give a scripted speech about his rival, the Republican nominee veered off message in an attempt to appeal to minority voters
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Sheldon Adelson-funded posters named students and professors at a college campus, saying they ‘have allied themselves with Palestinian terrorists’
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Russia will not compete at the Paralympics in September after it failed in an appeal against its exclusion from the Games, the court of arbitration for sport has announced
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Hailed as ‘America’s best idea’, the parks are hugely popular with the public but face political efforts to lift federal protection and allow private development
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In honor of the National Park Service’s centennial this week, the Guardian has compiled breathtaking scenes from dawn till dusk around the country
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Students can opt out of hooking up, and many do. But my research makes clear that they can’t opt out of hookup culture
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When the National Museum of African and African American History and Culture opens in September it will house more than 35,000 artifacts, many of which were donated from the public or found in attics, basements and closets
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A short rest can help personnel recover their strength during a long, punishing season. Maybe smoking weed isn’t such a bad career move after all
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From Katie Ledecky’s glory to Ryan Lochte’s shame, Guardian writers on the big stories from this year’s Olympics. Including whether Phelps trumps Bolt
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The Brazilian IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves has said he was unhurt despite being involved in a dramatic pit lane crash during Monday’s rain delayed race in Pocono
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The Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fàbregas served notice of his qualities with an assist against Watford but he is no longer an obvious pick in Antonio Conté’s high-tempo set-up
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An authoritarian president and his indifference to jihadi groups has created the conditions for the terrorism that killed dozens more over the weekend
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Pictures of five-year-old Omran Daqneesh illustrated the horrors of the Syrian war but Madaya is under siege, and the situation is getting worse. Don’t forget about us
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The Republican nominee lent his name to property now facing legal scrutiny – the latest incident in his troubled attempt to enter the Indian market
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Ryan Lochte has lost major sponsors after it emerged he embellished a story that he had been robbed at the Rio Olympics
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Conservation group says it is committed to upholding Australian federal court ruling banning the slaughter of whales in the Australian sanctuary
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Media reports say shells hit Isis-held border town and Kurdish militia targets in Syria after deadly wedding blast in Turkey
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in brief
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From speedier replies, settings and app switching to more emoji, hidden settings and a weird cat collecting game
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BBC Culture poll of 177 film critics around the world puts David Lynch’s 2001 surrealist masterpiece in top spot
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Doctors discovered that trigger for fatal case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis was likely to have been fungi living inside man’s bagpipes
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Even though he would do anything to make me climax, I don’t get turned on enough
in depth
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Reaction to diplomat Thae Yong-ho’s escape shows the regime will try anything to discredit dissenters, says NK News
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What do central bankers really want? To read Janet Yellen's mind
Larry Elliott Economics editorAt Jackson Hole in Wyoming, picturesque summer camp for central bankers, speculation about timing of US Federal Reserve’s rate increase is hot stuff
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The road-straddling bus that glides over traffic has taken its first test drive in China but as with most eccentric transport schemes – like 750mph hyperloop pods – it’s flawed ... and can you even call it a bus when it runs on tracks?
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Trolling experts offer tried-and-true tactics for dealing with ‘the world’s most effective button-pusher’, like meeting tantrums with facts
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The release of Blond threatens to overshadow that this year has been a vintage year for R&B with artists from KING to Abra pushing the genre’s boundaries
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Exhibition explores counterculture that helped spawn Silicon Valley
in pictures
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including festival preparations in Singapore and a fashion show in Sydney
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Unforgiving temperatures of up to 60C (140F) beat down on these saltminers on a daily basis. Joel Santos travelled to capture the area’s dry, brutal beauty
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Peter Blake didn’t stop at designing the Sgt Pepper cover, as this exhibition of rare and limited-edition works by the godfather of British pop art shows
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After some of the worst flooding in state history, Louisiana residents assess the damage to their homes and communities, and start the process of clearing up
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Shootouts between gang members and some of the 85,000-strong security forces reportedly left at least 14 dead during the Games. Getty Images photographer Mario Tama highlights the plight of favela residents
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The festival, now in its seventh year, celebrates all things to do with red hair
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
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Their idiosyncratic mixture of personal, protest and party music earned Fishbone some famous fans, but bad timing, bad luck and a religious cult set them back
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Success of Hunger Games sequel puts Lawrence ahead of Melissa McCarthy, Scarlett Johansson and Chinese star Fan Bingbing, yet it’s half what her closest male actor received
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The star of The O.C. and The Sixth Sense must pay screenwriter David Lief after choosing to holiday around Europe rather than star in comedy Promoted
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The American singer and actor reveals personal plea to Apple head to fix Siri’s butchery of her name which will be fixed on 30 September
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the big picture
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Arthur Drooker;s new book, Conventional Wisdom, documents the people woh like to share their passion for subjects as varied as varied as clowns, Abe Lincoln and taxidermy
Fit as a pickle Clinton opens up to Jimmy Kimmel on Trump's 'wacky' health claims