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Wednesday
26 December 2018
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Emails show how tech firm has tried to gain influence and potentially shape lucrative government contracts -
Social media posts from the frontline catalogue tales of disruption and hardship imposed by shutdown of 25% of government
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Liberal supreme court justice, 85, ‘recuperating at home’ after having two cancerous nodules removed from lung -
CBP said it needs help of other agencies to provide healthcare after a second immigrant child died in its custody this month -
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Spotlight
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Part one: Trump has a ‘much bigger’ button than Kim Jong-un, reportedly tried to fire Mueller, and more …
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Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and The Big Short, reveals how Trump’s bungled presidential transition set the template for his time in the White House
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Matthew McConaughey as a stoner poet, Hitler as an imaginary friend and Cats the movie – the third in our five-part look at 2019’s key titles takes us into strange territory
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Trump’s rhetoric of ‘merit’ erases immigrant accomplishments and systemic injustices -
With China refusing foreign waste under its new policy, countries are forced to handle their own plastic pollution -
I see the rage all around me, but painful emotions can coexist with activism – and millions of Americans are stepping up, says freelance writer Rebecca Solnit
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Division on social issues show the NBA and NFL are headed in opposite directions -
Rolling report: Follow all the Premier League action from across the country as Liverpool look to maintain their four-point lead over Manchester City
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Serena Williams, winner of 23 major singles titles, blamed all and sundry after falling foul of the rules in her losing final with Naomi Osaka at Flushing Meadows -
Arkady Dvorkovich, president of the world chess federation, says he wants to increase the sport’s transparency
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Documentaries
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A child living in a mobile home in Silicon Valley
A child living in a mobile home
in Silicon ValleyWatch now at theguardian.com/documentaries
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We asked you to tell us what you have been listening to this year and why you think it’s worthy of celebration
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The president has endorsed at least a dozen books this year – despite claiming he ‘doesn’t have the time’ to read – and they all have one thing in common -
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S&P 500 Index, Dow and Nasdaq all recorded small gains in early trading as bear market looms -
US district judge rules Pyongyang must pay damages to parents over death of son, who was returned to the US in a coma and died shortly after -
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UK foreign secretary sends birthday wishes and says she is victim of ‘a great injustice’ -
Japan will resume hunting in its waters in July but will end controversial expeditions to the Southern ocean -
Explore
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Kim Jong-un has handed over human remains for identification from the cold war conflict after a meeting with the US president
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From record-breaking natural disasters to the powerful testimony of Christine Blasey Ford, these images sum up a tumultuous year -
Earthquake in Sicily, icy Boxing Day swims and a heatwave in Australia -
Admirers of wildlife photography can choose their favourite for the Lumix-sponsored award from 25 images pre-selected by London’s Natural History Museum
‘Learning to relax can be life-changing’ How to find your comfort zone