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Thursday11August2022
- Officials at the DHS’s office of inspector general said their attempts to inform Congress in April were thwarted
- The stunning defeat of the Kansas referendum and internal divisions have undercut an all-out assault on reproductive rights
- US attorney general cites ‘substantial public interest in this matter’ in announcing the request
- Surging job numbers and the Senate passage of the climate bill means Republicans might not win the decisive victory they crave
News extra
- Search engine updates ‘featured snippets’ to reduce the number of often comical errors it makes
- Onlookers continue to get close to ‘stressed’ 600kg mammal in Oslo despite appeals to keep a distance
- Libertarian co-founder of Amazon-owned grocery chain, who once compared Obamacare to fascism, is to retire in September
- Simplification of larynx let humans have excellent pitch control with long and stable speech sounds
- Multiple aircraft at Saky base in Crimea blown up, with the new evidence suggesting possibility of targeted attack
- At a meeting of European defence ministers, Ben Wallace says Russia ‘unlikely to ever succeed in occupying Ukraine’
- Burger chain announces plan to reopen in western Ukraine and Kyiv after selling 850 restaurants in Russia
Spotlight
- When the pair sampled Lebanese singer Dunya Younes for their groundbreaking album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, they assumed the original recording was cleared. Four decades on they all meet up to find out the real story
- The Right Stuff, an invite-only app, promises to be a ‘no pronouns necessary’ space for people with ‘similar passions’
- Prop from Star Wars: A New Hope was thought to be lost before being found by Rock Island Auction Company
- A legally binding security guarantee from our allies would make a huge difference, says Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the Ukrainian Presidency
- The NBA is permanently retiring the number worn by the 11-time league champion, civil rights activist and coach
- The quarterback will miss time with his offense but is expected to return for the start of the season, according to his head coach, Todd Bowles
- An institutional ‘culture of callousness’ led Los Angeles officials to share photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and other victims of a 2020 helicopter crash
- While the legislation provides renewed hope, work remains to be done to ensure the funding is put to best possible use
- Bare rock is emerging between Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron glaciers as they melt at an accelerated rate
- Élisabeth Borne makes statement as more than 1,000 firefighters battle huge blaze south of Bordeaux
Congressional reporter Hugo Lowell explains why the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Monday morning, and how it may even benefit the former president in the long run
- Netflix’s dating show about arranged marriage is full of harmful, outdated attitudes – from its love of entitled masculinity to its dismissal of career women. There is no place for it in the 21st century
- Planners say congestion pricing will slash traffic in the area – and offer a much-needed $15bn boost to public transit
- This man has told you how low to set your expectations, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, so try to extinguish your crush
- Workers allege over 75 people have been fired in retaliation for organizing this year
- Confrontation comes as officials warn of increase in threats against federal agents after Mar-a-Lago raid
- Commissioner Lina Khan aims to prohibit harmful commercial surveillance and lax data security
- Cause of the blast, the second house explosion in the area in just over five years, has not been determined
- Shopkeeper filmed telling customer he had been told to deny rations to anyone refusing to buy flag in run-up to Independence Day
- Declaration comes amid fears Jair Bolsonaro could attempt January 6-style coup to retain power if voted out in October
- One car crashes into another that had braked heavily on Fire Dragon ride in Guenzburg
- Power utility Hydro One said the outage, which started at about noon on Thursday, affected 10,000 customers
- Winners of the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year awards have been chosen from more than 8,000 images from all over the world
- A wealth of imagery – from Caribbean schoolgirls and disembodied doll parts to the Nicaraguan revolution – features in this celebration of women behind the camera
- The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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