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Wednesday
1 July 2020
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Carrie Lam toasts ‘success and affluence of our motherland’ at flag-raising ceremony as first arrest is made under new law -
Russia allegedly paid bounties for deaths of US soldiers in Afghanistan, and Democrats ask: what did the president know – and when?
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Infectious disease expert says US ‘going in the wrong direction’ and admits ‘I’m very concerned. I’m not satisfied with what’s going on’ -
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Lawmakers have seen increasing pressure to change the flag amid a nationwide reckoning with systematic racism
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No other country will be able to buy remdesivir, which can help recovery from Covid-19, for next three months at least -
Federal officials rapidly closed many complaints without issuing citations, raising new questions over government inaction -
Move comes on the heels of state reporting nearly 4,000 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, its largest one-day caseload so far
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Burying animals in unlined pits or burning them in open air pyres could pose risk to the public, activists argue
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Fauci says new US coronavirus cases could hit 100,000 a day; schools in Thailand reopen; global cases near 10.5m -
New cases jump by 80% in two weeks; South Korea using remdesivir; outbreak in Australia’s state of Victoria worsens -
Hot weather is making mask wearing increasingly uncomfortable, prompting some people to refuse face coverings in defiance of government advice -
Advocates have long worried about potential for an outbreak at Matamoros camp, where an estimated 2,000 migrants live
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He has worked with Tennessee Williams, Robin Williams – and, controversially, Roman Polanski. The former 007 discusses fatherhood, family and the lonely childhood that shaped him -
Time and again, the commander-in-chief has failed to protect military personnel. For Trump, he always comes first, no matter who dies
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Dominic Cummings will always dress like he doesn’t care. As for the rest of us, we’ll soon find out what works, says the Guardian’s acting joint fashion editor Morwenna Ferrier
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The largest celebration of the Confederacy should be obscured by vegetation and the park outside Atlanta repurposed away from white supremacy
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In our series on the best tennis players of the past 50 years, we consider the American who swept all before her time and again -
Manchester United have coasted through Brighton, winning with plenty to spare at the Amex Stadium
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Parliament’s intelligence and security committee produced a report into alleged Russian interference in UK politics, but the UK prime minister withheld its release. Luke Harding investigates what could be in it
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Director of Steve Martin comedies The Jerk and The Man With Two Brains was also famed for his collaboration with Mel Brooks -
4 out of 5 stars.
The show portrays beautifully how relationships don’t always blow up. Sometimes, as with Molly and Issa, people you love intensely and take for granted fade quietly away -
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Growing number of activists camp out at City Hall Park in New York City ahead of budget deadline to ask for funds to be reallocated -
The chief justice has been in the majority in 52 of 53 recent rulings. Is he putting justice before politics or vice versa? -
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Gas leak at Sina At’har clinic in northern Tehran kills 15 women and four men, say fire officials -
Thaçi says he will leave office if The Hague confirms charges made against him last week -
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Istanbul Photo Awards 2020, organised by Anadolu Agency, has announced the winners in four categories of the annual competition: single news, story news, single sports and story sports -
A new exhibition features art made during quarantine as well as pre-existing pieces that speak to a tumultuous year -
Detroit’s early 20th century buildings were astonishingly grand – now they’re being destroyed. Philip Jarmain captured their fading glamour
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