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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Nils Pratley)
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Why Kwarteng’s focus on bankers’ bonuses is a strange fight to pick
Some of the chancellor’s other proposals may represent a step back to the light-touch era that led to 2008-09 crashKwasi Kwarteng’s proposal to remove the cap on bankers’ bonuses is an odd political fight to pick. Inflation at 9.9% is tearing chunks out of the real-terms pay packets of the vast majority of the population who never get a sniff of a bonus, even in good times. The idea that freedom to shower bigger bonuses on City bankers represents a “Brexit dividend” will strike many as ridiculou
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Nicola Davis Science correspondent)
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‘Moderately weak’ ties best for moving jobs, study finds
Research using LinkedIn finds most useful acquaintances share a handful of mutual contactsWhether it’s the friend of a friend or a new contact from a conference, arms-length acquaintances have long been thought more useful than close chums when it comes to switching jobs.Now researchers say they have finally found a way to test the theory, revealing that while such “weak ties” do seem to facilitate job shifts, the most useful share a handful of mutual contacts. Continue reading...
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Hannah Devlin Science correspondent)
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Saturn’s rings the remnants of a moon that strayed too close, say scientists
Theory of inner satellite ripped apart by gas giant’s gravity 100m-200m years ago also explains rings’ relative youthSaturn’s famous rings could be the aftermath of a moon that was ripped apart by the planet’s gravity, according to scientists.The research, based on data from the final stage of Nasa’s Cassini mission, suggests that Saturn may have been ringless for almost all of its 4.5bn-year existence. But about 160m years ago, an inner moon strayed too close to the gas giant causing it to be p
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Associated Press)
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Firefighters shield California town from flames as they gain against biggest blaze
Mosquito fire conditions ‘looking a whole heck of a lot better’ in state’s north as dogs seek missing person in southFirefighters prevented flames from entering a northern California mountain town and reported major progress on Thursday against the week-old blaze that’s become the largest in the state so far this year.Conditions at the Mosquito fire about 110 miles (177km) north-east of San Francisco were “looking a whole heck of a lot better”, according to a fire spokesman, Scott McLean. Contin
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Aubrey Allegretti and Sandra Laville)
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Liz Truss to lift fracking ban ‘despite little progress on earthquake risk’
Exclusive: leaked report for government says reducing and predicting risk ‘remains a scientific challenge’Liz Truss is to lift a ban on fracking despite a leaked government report suggesting little progress has been made in reducing and predicting the risk of earthquakes caused by the practice, the Guardian can reveal.The first drilling licences in nearly three years are expected to be issued as early as next week, sources said, in a move that will reignite claims of another broken 2019 Conserva
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Guardian music)
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Cardi B pleads guilty to assault charges: ‘I’ve made some bad decisions’
The rapper has been sentenced to 15 days of community service as well as being instructed to pay court fees to her victimsCardi B has pleaded guilty to assault charges related to a fight at a New York strip club in 2018.The rapper was set to go to trial this week but accepted a plea deal which avoids prison time. It results in her being charged with third-degree assault and second-degree reckless endangerment while 10 other charges were dismissed. Continue reading...
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent)
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What is the banker bonus cap and could scrapping it boost growth?
Chancellor may lift EU-era restriction in hope of making UK more attractive to financial sectorThe focus is back on banker pay after it emerged that the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, is considering scrapping the City bonus cap as part of the government’s wider pro-growth agenda.What is the banker bonus cap? Continue reading...
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Luke Harding in Kyiv)
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Ukraine: Kryvyi Rih residents urged to shelter as Russian missiles strike again
Zelenskiy meets Von der Leyen in Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks on power and utilities providers Russia hit the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih with cruise missiles again on Thursday, after a devastating strike the day before destroyed a reservoir dam and caused extensive flooding.The latest attack on the home city of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, caused serious damage. Two missiles struck the same reservoir hit on Wednesday, which was being repaired, Kryvyi Rih’s military administrato
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Sian Cain)
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Alok Vaid-Menon: ‘I was too much, too feminine, too hairy, too brown. I have been cruel to myself’
Six years ago, the American gender-nonconforming writer was punched by a stranger on a Melbourne tram. Now they’re back in Australia to speak about why they forgive himGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailSix years ago, Alok Vaid-Menon was in Melbourne, feeling tired but elated. The US artist and writer had been up all night putting the finishing touches on a speech about, among other things, “how gender-nonconforming transfeminine people are only permitted to exist on a screen, in a photo
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent)
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Yvon Chouinard – the ‘existential dirtbag’ who founded and gifted Patagonia
Self-proclaimed craftsman built outdoor clothing company to help climbers and offer ‘enjoyable’ working conditionsThe publication of a magazine article in 2017 “really, really pissed off” Yvon Chouinard, the mountain climber turned reluctant businessman and founder of outdoor clothing company Patagonia.In the article, Forbes crowned Chouinard as a billionaire and added him to its list of the world’s richest people. While many people daydream of achieving a nine-zero fortune, for Chouinard it was