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Friday
29 December 2017
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No Dreamers deal without cash for border wall, Trump warnsFuture of about 700,000 young Dreamers threatened as president says any deal must be paired with funding for controversial wall -
Bronx fire that killed 12 caused by child playing with stoveNew York fire commissioner says ‘People had very little time to react’ as four children killed in New York’s deadliest non-terror blaze since 1990
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Kinsey Millhone Alphabet author dies at 77US novelist who wrote murder mysteries beginning with a different letter died just months after publishing Y is for Yesterday -
Australian air force put on alert after long-range bombers headed southRussia thought to be extending its Pacific influence after nuclear-capable aircraft carry out military exercises in Indonesia -
spotlight
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Why a ‘paperless world’ still hasn’t happenedThe long read: In a world seduced by screens, the future of paper might seem uncertain. But many in the industry remain optimistic – after all, you can’t blow your nose on an email
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Vintage clothing ban in Rwanda sparks US trade disputeSecondhand garments are stifling the country’s fashion industry, officials say, but the ban has dismayed local traders – and reportedly imperils 40,000 US jobs
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How to make – and keep – your New Year resolutionsPsychologists offer their best tips for staying on track in 2018, from taking on your challenge in the morning to cutting yourself some slack
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Our bold sports predictions for 2018On the heels of a sports year with no shortage of surprises, Guardian US contributors make their bold predictions for the months to come
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Golfer 'very optimistic' about 2018 but remains unsure over scheduleAmerican ‘encouraged’ by his return at the Hero World Challenge and reveals he struggled to walk and get out of bed during his lay-off
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Shiffrin just misses out on another World Cup victoryAmerican finishes third in giant slalom in Lienz, Austria, but retains giant lead in overall standings
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The top US opinion stories of 2017: critiquing a tumultuous yearFrom a personal look at sexual harassment to a sharp take on the opioid crisis, Guardian US opinion editor Amana Fontanella-Khan shares her favorites
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Trump’s tax plans: why liberals can smile (ironically)Those who believe in higher taxes will finally get them – though only to give the richest a break, writes Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
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Milo Yiannopoulos's draft and the role of editors in dealing with the far-rightThe comments don’t constitute a rejection of the Yiannopoulos agenda. Rather, they’re efforts by a professional editor trying to make that agenda more palatable
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The best movies that you didn't seeFrom an electo-punk mermaid musical to an under-appreciated trek through the Amazon, the year has thrown up a number of films that didn’t receive the audience they deserved
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The top US stories of the yearThis year saw the downfall of many Hollywood heavyweights and confessions from many of its actors, and proof that diversity is both necessary and profitable
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Readers on the best films of 2017We asked for your opinions on the Guardian critics’ choices for the most outstanding films of the year. Here’s what some of you said
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Smashed avocados are toast after Texas highway truck fireAs if soaring prices weren’t enough, a blaze on vehicle delivering the millennial delicacy from Mexico left 40,000lb of the fruit smouldering in the roadway
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Black Lives Matter member suffers 'major brain damage' after cardiac arrestGarner, a vocal member of the Black Lives Matter movement whose father was killed by a police officer three years ago, is in intensive care in New York
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Mall unveils #TrumpDog statue to celebrate Lunar New YearThe canine statue sports a frown, an index finger pointing straight up and Trump’s signature hairstyle, rendered in gold
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Record number of Irish passports issued as Brexit vote spurs demand779,000 Irish passports issued in 2017, the highest number since records began and up 6% on the year before
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Ten genuinely great things the internet gave us in 2017In a year filled with depressing news alerts and Trump tweetstorms, moments of sheer joy online were hard to come by – but there were a few
in pictures
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Friday's top photosThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
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The week in wildlifeA rare golden monkey, Hawaiian green sea turtles and Malaysia’s last female Sumatran rhinoceros all feature in this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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The human cost of the Beijing evictionsThe authorities in Beijing have launched an eviction drive to clear parts of the city of workers who have migrated from elsewhere in the countryu
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How Chris Hurst was driven to run for office by gun violence – and wonThe local TV host’s girlfriend was shot dead by a former colleague live on air but his victory in Virginia was about more than gun control, he says
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Editor's notes on Milo Yiannopoulos book revealedCourt submissions over far-right provocateur’s memoir reveal concerns over weak arguments, boasting and racism
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Music has 'gotten very girly'Singer tells Rolling Stone ‘hip-hop is the only place for young male anger at the moment – and that’s not good’
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‘I was just rapping about my genitalia – not making a feminist message’New Yorker Nora Lum, AKA Awkwafina, has been going places since My Vag went viral on YouTube – now she’s playing a scrappy wingman in the movie Ocean’s 8
'Satire has had a busy year' How to laugh at the year that was
Andy Zaltzman looks back