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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Associated Press in Mexico City)
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Retired Mexican general arrested over disappearance of 43 students in 2014
Ex-officer was head of army base in Iguala when students were abducted in what a report called a ‘state crime’Mexican authorities have arrested a retired general and two other members of the army for alleged links to the disappearance of 43 students in the south of the country in 2014.The assistant public safety secretary, Ricardo Mejia, said that among those arrested was the former officer who commanded the army base in the Guerrero state city of Iguala in September 2014, when the students from
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Nicholas Lee for MetDesk)
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Weather tracker: Typhoon Muifa wreaks havoc in China after summer of records
Highest red alert issued in Shanghai as meteorological autumn does not give way to cooler temperature in FranceTyphoon Muifa made landfall in eastern China on Wednesday evening, shortly after affecting Japan in previous days, arriving as a Category 2 storm and billed as the strongest on record to hit Shanghai, China’s largest city.China’s central meteorological observatory issued its first highest typhoon red alert of the year. The tropical system brought sustained winds of 95mph, a threat of up
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Chris McGreal in New York)
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Columbia whistleblower on exposing college rankings: ‘They are worthless’
US News relegated Columbia to 18th from second place after it was revealed the college had misrepresented key statisticsThe Columbia University academic whose exposure of false data caused the prestigious institution to plunge in US college rankings has accused its administration of deception and a whitewash over the affair.Michael Thaddeus, a mathematics professor, said that by submitting rigged numbers to drive the university up the influential US News & World Report rankings, Columbia put
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Tim Joyce)
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Genius to heartbreak: The 10 most memorable points of Federer’s career
To celebrate the Swiss star’s brilliant career, we select some of the most noteworthy moments from his time on tourThe 2003 Wimbledon final marked Federer’s first grand slam victory, and the first time he had such a huge audience watching on TV. In the first-set tiebreaker, with the score knotted at two apiece, Federer displayed all his brilliance in one point: a half-volley from the baseline, wide-angled groundstrokes and a finish with a brilliant forehand down the line. Continue reading...
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Phil Hoad)
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‘I want my work to be invisible’: Hollywood’s prosthetics maestros share their secrets
How makeup masters lay the foundation for award-worthy performances, from transforming Bradley Cooper into Bernstein to helping Brendan Fraser play a very obese man in The WhaleAt the start of last year’s biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye, a makeup artist is shocked to learn that the televangelist has her lipliner and eyeliner permanently tattooed on. She offers to soften them, but Faye demurs: “That’s my trademark. If I take that away, then it’s not me. This is who I am.” It’s the film’s frontispie
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Joanna Ruck)
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The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a transparent crustacean, an anteater and relaxing kangaroos Continue reading...
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Larry Elliott)
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Liz Truss is turbocharging bankers’ bonuses. What a gift for Labour | Larry Elliott
Champagne will be uncorked in Canary Wharf – and along with it, a clear them-and-us narrativeThe timing is, to say the least, curious. Britain is facing its biggest cost of living crisis in decades. Workers are angry about crashing living standards. And yet one of the first things on the new government’s agenda is to scrap the cap on bankers’ bonuses. Kwasi Kwarteng may announce the decision as part of his mini-budget next Friday.Make no mistake, there is an argument for what the chancellor is p
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Reuters in Washington)
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World Bank warns higher interest rates could trigger global recession
Study says global economy is in steepest slowdown after a post-recession recovery since 1970The world may be edging toward a global recession as central banks simultaneously raise interest rates to combat persistent inflation, the World Bank has warned.The three largest economies, – the US, China and the eurozone – have been slowing sharply, and even a “moderate hit to the global economy over the next year could tip it into recession”, the bank said in a study. Continue reading...
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Hilary Beaumont in San Diego)
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‘Never sleeps, never even blinks’: the hi-tech Anduril towers spreading along the US border
Funded by Trump supporter Peter Thiel, the autonomous surveillance towers can detect a human from 2.8km away – and now 189 more are comingOn a hot May afternoon in southern California, near the border with Mexico, white-and-green border vehicles patrol the two-lane highway, black helicopters glide across the sky – and their latest companions, autonomous surveillance towers built by the tech defence company Anduril, peek over the ridges.One Anduril tower, perched on a hill, has a clear view over
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Martin Belam (now) and Michael Coulter (earlier))
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Russia-Ukraine war: Berlin takes control of Rosneft’s German oil operations; Izium mass burials found – live updates
Germany cites energy security as it takes Rosneft subsidiary under its control; more than 440 bodies found in mass burial site in retaken Ukraine cityWhat we know on day 205 of the invasionFurther to that report on the German government assuming control of Rosneft’s German operation, state secretary Jörg Kukies has tweeted that move was “a further step to assuring our energy security”.Germany is taking control of Russian oil company Rosneft PJSC’s German unit, Bloomberg has reported.The federal