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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Andrew Taylor)
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Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris review – regicides on the run
In 1660, after the Restoration of the monarchy, two of Oliver Cromwell’s soldiers fled to America to escape execution. Harris is at his best in this fictionalisation of their escape and the quest to find themIn 1675, the scattered tribes of New England formed an alliance and rose up against the English colonists who were forcing them off their land. At that time Hadley was a small, remote settlement on the Connecticut river. One Sunday, when the God-fearing inhabitants were in church, the Norwot
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Paul Karp)
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Russian pranksters fool Australian MPs by posing as Navalny aides
Vovan and Lexus gave evidence at a Senate hearing alleging Russian spies were stealing kangaroos and echidnasTwo Russian pranksters posed as representatives of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny to successfully dupe an Australian Senate committee into taking their evidence on a sanctions bill.Vovan and Lexus, who have played pranks on celebrities from Elton John to the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, obtained a hearing from the foreign affairs and trade committee in April 2021
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Kenneth Mohammed)
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Big oil and Opec are holding the world to ransom – it’s time to rein them in | Kenneth Mohammed
The UN’s call for windfall taxes must be taken up by governments to help break the power of greedy cartelsAs Winston Churchill reportedly said in the 1940s as he was working to co-form what would become the United Nations: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” It is advice the giant oil and energy corporations and Opec, enabled by politicians, have taken to heart. This is reflected in the price of petrol and our ballooning heating bills.A new study calculated that the oil and gas industry has m
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Adrian Horton)
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Pinocchio review – Zemeckis and Hanks reunite for well-made yet cold remake
A live-action take on the classic animation has effective visual moments and an impactful turn from Tom Hanks but never quite justifies its existencePinocchio has long been a misfit within the classic Disney canon – the early animated films which solidified Walt Disney’s reputation as a master storyteller and formed the bedrock layer of American cinematic fairytales. You’re hard-pressed to find someone who claims the 1940 original, the second animated feature ever made by Disney, as their favori
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (PA Media)
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Carlos Alcaraz prevails over Jannik Sinner in latest ever US Open finish
Spaniard through to semis after winning five-set classicMatch sets new mark in New York, finishing at 2.50amCarlos Alcaraz won a spellbinding battle of the young guns against Jannik Sinner to reach his first grand slam semi-final in the US Open’s latest ever finish.Spanish teenager Alcaraz finally clinched a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 victory at 2.50am after five hours and 15 minutes of full-throttle tennis, setting up a clash with Frances Tiafoe on Friday. Remarkably, three matches had pre
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Emma Brockes)
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Looking at the state of Britain from the US, for once I feel very glad to be here | Emma Brockes
It was an unfamiliar feeling of relief: whatever may be wrong with America, at least no one is looking to Liz Truss to solve itIt is a common refrain among foreigners living in the US, one that comes round like clockwork whenever something bad happens: what are we doing here? During the Trump administration, after the supreme court overruled Roe v Wade, or in the wake of yet another school shooting, the choice to live in this country when there are better alternatives seems at best eccentric, at
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Gerard Meagher)
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Premiership rugby 2022-23: complete club-by-club guide to the season
Exeter need a reboot while champions Leicester may just find it harder going against an intensely competitive SaracensBottom of the pile last season but with Johann van Graan’s arrival comes a degree of optimism that things will improve. At the very least supporters can expect more commitment than was shown in the humiliating defeat by Gloucester in April and, in Chris Cloete, Dave Attwood and Quinn Roux, the South African coach has added some heft to his forwards. Orlando Bailey caught the eye
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Adam Morton Climate and environment editor)
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Australian parliament passes first climate change legislation in a decade
Labor’s climate bill has passed both houses of parliament with support from the Greens and key crossbench senatorsFollow the day’s news, liveGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastAustralia’s first climate change legislation in a decade has passed federal parliament with support from the Greens and key crossbench senators.Labor’s climate bill – which includes the national targets of cutting emissions by at least 43% by 2030 (compared with 2005) and reaching net zer
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Saeed Kamali Dehghan)
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‘I watch people for signs’: the project finding and treating Uganda’s diabetic children
Pioneering scheme runs clinics and uses motorcycle taxi network to get insulin and supplies to those in remote areasOn a night bus out of Kampala, the Ugandan capital, a 12-year-old child was constantly asking her uncle for water. She drank so much that finally she wet herself. Dankan Onzima, on his way home from a conference, was sitting behind the girl.“I felt bad and touched with what was happening to her,” Onzima says. “I had to wait until my destination, but they were going beyond my stop,
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Sep 08, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Benjamin Lee)
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Steven Spielberg, Viola Davis and Daniel Craig head to Toronto film festival
Star-packed lineup, including Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain and Harry Styles, greets full return of event after Covid disruptionSteven Spielberg, Viola Davis and Daniel Craig are among the stars descending on Toronto for this year’s film festival, a return to form for what’s seen as a major Oscar bellwether.Like many other festivals across the globe, Toronto had retreated to a digital iteration with the advent of Covid and while last year’s was a hybrid edition involving some physical prem