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Monday
25 January 2021
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World nears 100m cases; residents in Chinese city of Tonghua complain of shortages -
Poland and senior German leader call for more sanctions as bloc’s foreign ministers meet to discuss detention of Kremlin critic
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President mulls third party while senators who will decide on impeachment squabble over Capitol attack -
With a judicial inquiry looming and the EU looking to blacklist the territory, the BVI is debating where its future lies -
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Protests take place across country at what many see as president’s shambolic Covid response
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Public health expert says he could not resign as someone had to push back against ‘nonsense’
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Spotlight
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The big hair and bombast have long gone and the thoughtful singer-songwriter remains. He talks about politics, pain and meeting his wife of 40 years in history class
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The new lockdown measures has meant parents are back to home schooling their children and juggling their own work and life commitments
Opinion
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Its institutions were designed to keep the people out. The new president could have blamed the founding fathers, says professor of politics David Runciman -
We’ve watched all the best shows and productions have been put on hold. But there is still hope, says TV critic Rebecca Nicholson
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A factory with more than 800 plants has been discovered in a building beside the Bank of England – and the news had an unexpected effect on me
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The new president needs to be fearlessly radical, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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The Guardian’s Jenny Stevens struggled with an eating disorder throughout her 20s. When she was able to finally access the treatment she needed, she began a slow recovery – which she is still coming to terms with
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Over-by-over report: Live updates from Galle as the hosts slump to 126 all out, leaving England a chance of victory in the second Test -
Luke Shaw is proving José Mourinho wrong, while West Ham could have European football on their minds next season -
Patrick Mahomes sliced up Buffalo’s secondary with ruthless efficiency as the Chiefs rolled to a 38-24 victory over Josh Allen and the Bills
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North Korea’s acting ambassador to Kuwait fled for South last year, says fellow defector -
Opposition cries foul as Covid restrictions cut off incomes and health care in country where two-thirds live in severe poverty
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Family of women’s rights advocate, found dead in Canadian lake, call for police to reopen investigation -
Police chief describes killings at home as targeted and a ‘different kind of evil’ -
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Kristalina Georgieva says investing to create resilient economies is a ‘win-win-win-win’ scenario -
Data from Environment Agency shows thousands of people and businesses ‘at risk from ruined assets’ -
Sweden’s announcement this week that it is to build a series of animal bridges is the latest in global efforts to help wildlife navigate busy roads
Culture
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Book of the day Everything Must Change! review – the left's big beasts tackle a post-pandemic future
Conversations featuring the likes of Noam Chomsky, Brian Eno and Slavoj Žižek imagine a more communal world after Covid -
Since 2019, Lucienne Rickard has been drawing detailed sketches of lost species in a Hobart gallery. On Sunday she erased the final one
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Power of green
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Lifestyle
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Recreating the fish tacos he ate for breakfast in Baja California takes our writer back to his hot, dusty 1,000-mile cycle down the peninsula -
The joy of micro puzzles -
Our centuries old love of dogs has never been stronger. So what does a study of ‘man’s best friend’ say about us?
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An era of uprisings, nascent democracy and civil war in the Arab world started with protests in a small Tunisian city. This is how the unrest grew to engulf the Middle East, shake authoritarian governments and unleash consequences that still shape the world a decade later -
25 January 2011 marked the start of Hosni Mubarak’s fall but also moves by the military to take over -
Human populations are set to decline in countries from Asia to Europe – and an unusual form of rewilding is taking place
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Northern Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown is to be extended to 5 March. Charles McQuillan’s panoramic photographs of Belfast capture the scene -
The photographer captures the community spirit of one of Europe’s most multicultural urban areas
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Beautiful botanical art made from garden leaves -
The inauguration of President Joe Biden, the Epiphany, Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia and the enduring impact of Covid-19: the most striking images from around the world this week -
Nubian ibex have been roaming the empty streets of Mitzpe Ramon as Israel’s coronavirus lockdown extends to the end of the month -
Natsiraishe Maritsa saw so many friends being forced into marriage that she started a campaign to drive out the practice
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