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Critical climate indicators broke records in 2021, says UN
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Critical global indicators of the climate crisis broke records in 2021, according to a UN report, from rising oceans to the levels of heat-trapping emissions in the atmosphere. The UN World Meteorological Organization...
German prosecutors seek five-year jail term for Nazi guard aged 101
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German prosecutors have recommended a five-year prison sentence for a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person charged with complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust. Josef Schütz has p...
UK records hottest day of year so far as temperatures hit 27.5C
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The UK has recorded its hottest day of the year so far after the temperature reached 27.5C (81.5F) at Heathrow on Tuesday afternoon, the Met Office said. The previous highest temperature was 23.6C in Faversham, Kent, ...
German state elections show populism in decline on left and right
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A bellwether election in Germany’s most populous state has shown a further eroding of support for populist parties on the far ends of the political spectrum, thrown up questions over the pulling power of the chancello...
The Northern Ireland protocol is said to be a blight on regional economy. That’s just not true
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Whenever Boris Johnson’s government wades into battle over the Northern Ireland protocol, it wields one assertion like a broadsword: that the protocol is ruining the region’s economy. Checks on goods entering Northern...
US secretly issued subpoena to access Guardian reporter’s phone records
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The US justice department secretly issued a subpoena to gain access to details of the phone account of a Guardian reporter as part of an aggressive leak investigation into media stories about an official inquiry into ...
Mountain records, bartered art and brand new doctors – take the Thursday quiz
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Welcome to the Thursday quiz, where each stab at humour is “even less funny than previous risible attempts” according to one satisfied customer in the comments the other week. You face 15 questions on topical news and...
‘Completely devastating’: US passes 1m overdose deaths since records began
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Trevor Foster, 26, loved the Cowboys, the Yankees, fishing, animals and above all his daughter. Jarod Galloway, 21, wanted people to be the best version of themselves, and his niece was his favorite human. Taylor Mill...