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Tuesday
5 January 2021
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More than 3 million people voted early, a record for a runoff election, with significant numbers in Democratic-leaning areas -
Reconciliation with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE includes a non-aggression pact
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Officials say visas not yet approved for World Health Organization delegation due to visit Wuhan -
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Newly unsealed court documents show FBI use GPS and data use to narrow her whereabouts to an area measuring about 1 sq mile
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Germans told to restrict contact further; Danish measures a response to new Covid variant; frustration in Spain over slow speed of inoculations -
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PM says lifting lockdown is subject to ‘lots of caveats’ as figures show 1m people in England have Covid
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The tart Oscar-tipped dark comedy offers an intoxicating revenge plot against bad men. But can insight be found in assuming everyone’s worst potential? -
Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on death row, was found guilty of an ‘especially heinous’ crime – but those who have looked deeply into her agonized life see it differently
Opinion
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Be it the exams fiasco or the schools U-turns, the only doubt is whether the damage he inflicts is by negligence or sabotage, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr -
Even with vaccines, we are entering a perilous new phase of the pandemic. Here are the measures that must be taken, says professor of global public health Devi Sridhar
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Editorial: The prime minister aims to be credible rather than accountable in a time of Covid. That’s a mistake -
Having a baby by IVF or IUI shouldn’t be something only the wealthy or lucky can do. We need to widen access – though I’m not sure EmbryoGlue can help
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2021 has begun in crisis mode for Boris Johnson’s government as it scrambles to control new Covid infections by closing schools and implementing a new national lockdown. Peter Walker reports on the new measures
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Manchester City’s Colin the King was the the complete midfielder – and the antithesis of the modern gated player
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Moussa Sissoko and Son Heung-min scored as Tottenham beat Brentford 2-0 to reach Wembley where they will play Manchester City or Manchester United -
The WTA’s top players will converge on Abu Dhabi to begin a global schedule that is vulnerable to Covid-19 and financial worries
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A light-touch approach to Covid-19 doesn’t work, but that didn’t stop pundits from advocating it for the UK, says openDemocracy’s Peter Geoghegan -
From holidays and health to mobiles, we explain what has changed for consumers -
As Brexit’s tangible effects kick in, we look at the impact the EU’s most far-reaching project has had on British society
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From the worst crash in a generation to record highs on news of a vaccine for Covid-19, market experts review the rollercoaster that was 2020
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Former head of China Huarong Asset Management given no option for reprieve -
Initially announced to have died on Sunday after a mistaken statement by her publicist, Roberts’ partner now reports she died on Monday
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Trump, as part of push to overturn election result, urged supporters to contact ex-Michigan speaker – but posted wrong phone number -
Destroyer moves into region one day after Revolutionary Guards seize a South Korean tanker -
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Sales of drilling rights are the climax to one of the nation’s highest-profile environmental battles
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Nordic country becomes first in the world where electric car sales outstrip those powered by other means
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Research says planting trees in urban areas could mitigate rising temperatures
Culture
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Authors including Nnedi Okorafor, Kim Stanley Robinson and Alastair Reynolds reveal what does, and doesn’t, go into creating their worlds
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4 out of 5 stars.
The White Tiger review Balzac-worthy satire of submission and power
4 out of 5 stars.This adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Booker-winning novel about aspiration in modern India is teeming with energy and sadness
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The Call review A phoned-in mix of ghouls, ghosts and well-worn tropes
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Mother review A heartbreaking inquiry into the cost of dementia
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Lifestyle
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Tooth-fairies-for-adults have been leaving gift baskets containing drinks and other treats outside people’s houses. Desperate times call for desperate measures -
I have always enjoyed a good sex life – until last week, when I found that I couldn’t reach a climax. Is this to be expected because of my age? -
Upping the (sea) salt and adding vinegar can add longevity to fermenting veg – but the fizzing means the bacteria are doing their job
Explore
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The Tesla project will put Grünheide on the map, but some say it is doing ‘irreversible’ harm to the environment -
Some thoughts on buying a house, white privilege and homewares for the apocalypse -
Up to 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats descend on Zambia’s Kasanka national park every year, dispersing millions of seeds as they go
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Empty streets and deserted stations as England grits its teeth for a new lockdown, with people allowed to leave their homes for limited reasons only, and measures expected to stay until mid-February or even March
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Paul Cupido’s Japan series is inspired by a saying of the Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi: ‘An empty room will be filled with light because of its emptiness’ -
Our series on evocative travel images continues with Celia Topping’s shot of a carefree volleyball game at an urban beach -
Life was hard in this remote area of central Asia, until tourism offered new hope. Then Covid-19 struck and the tourists stopped coming -
Aaron Thompson’s Instagram project brings back fond memories of a thriving high street
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