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A win for acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe could spark more protests by people furious with ruling elite over crippling shortages -
After temperatures reached 40C, scientists warn of such episodes every three years if emissions are not lowered
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Russia may lift blockade on Ukrainian grain; Moscow strengthens ties with Tehran as Khamenei calls for long-term cooperation -
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Russian president was left standing alone as the camera shutters clicked away – a treatment he usually reserves for other world leaders
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Russian president makes comments in Tehran, where he had a meeting with leaders from Turkey and Iran -
Vladislav Buryak was kept for 90 days and describes people screaming and a room with bloodstains and soaked bandages -
Temporary closure of Nord Stream 1 prompts fears for private consumers as well as industry -
Alexander Matsegora tells Russian newspaper there are ‘a lot of opportunities’ for economic cooperation, despite UN sanctions
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With Beijing’s zero Covid policy set to continue, many disillusioned citizens have begun planning to leave the country -
As supply chains fray around the globe, branches of industry are choosing Germany’s east to return to Europe
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Some are calling it the summer of lost luggage with daily stories of baggage claims swelling as suitcases get caught in a conveyor belt-shaped vortex that only seems to grow -
Transport workers, barristers, doctors, teachers, nurses, civil servants: if they haven’t yet voted to strike, they’re likely to do so. The last time anything like this happened, it brought down the government …
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As a climate scientist, I’m tired of hearing about that summer. The extreme heat we’re experiencing globally has no precedent, says Ella Gilbert of the British Antarctic Survey -
Maybe the intensity of nuclear families can be diluted by building a community of ‘extended, chosen’ family
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The Barcelona midfielder is primed for Euro 2022 showdown with England -
England look well-equipped to handle the threat from pre-tournament favourites in Wednesday's quarter-final -
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South Africa beat England by 62 runs in Durham to deny Ben Stokes victory in his final ODI match -
The split in golf will widen significantly on Wednesday with the expected confirmation that Henrik Stenson will not captain Europe in the Ryder Cup next year
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Canada’s Hugo Houle broke away to win stage 16 and said the victory was for his brother Pierrik, who died in a hit-and-run in 2012 -
The 15-man field on Monday’s world men’s steeplechase final was forced to dodge a camera operator who was standing in the middle of the track
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Documentaries
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The National Archives asked the agency to report in a month on whether messages were ‘improperly deleted’ -
Blazes have scorched over 3m acres as temperatures expected to reach 100F in much of the Plains and Mississippi Valley
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A 31-year-old man was shot and killed by an unidentified person while on the set in Brooklyn early Tuesday morning -
Carabinieri allege dealers fraudulently exported €2m work by 17th-century baroque artist for auction in Vienna -
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Culture
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After 37 sensational years, the No 1 Aussie export is expiring. But how do you conclude a soap? Can we expect a Kylie and Jason spinoff, a Holby City-style masterclass – or a furious Brookside broadside? -
Her rendition of the bearded lady’s number from The Greatest Showman caused a sensation. But, as the Hawaiian-born star joins Sister Act, she reveals how the reaction may have contributed to her mini-stroke -
In an expansive new documentary, Don McLean talks about the much-discussed meaning of his enduring hit song
Lifestyle
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From high-flyers quitting their jobs to Beyoncé singing about work-life balance, people are recalibrating their lives and relationships to their jobs. What’s changed? -
Juicy herby vegetables roasted for a succulent midweek treat. By Nigel Slater -
Think salty and small – and something to get the tongues wagging over a margarita.
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Tiger sharks and great whites are taking advantage of protected no-fishing zones and growing to monstrous proportions -
Across the state, 264 individual fires are burning and it is on track to break its 2004 record of 6.5m acres destroyed -
Curaleaf could be worth $75bn by 2030. But its US-born chair, Boris Jordan, faces questions over his two decades in Russia
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President Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka last week after witnessing the storming of his official residence. Hannah Ellis-Petersen looks at what could come next
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Guardian photographers head out to record the impact of the unprecedented high temperatures for Monday and Tuesday -
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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Joel Meyerowitz’s acclaimed photo series captures diving boards and motels in Florida and Cape Cod at that mysterious moment when the sun goes down -
Taking in the rugged plains, sheer cliffs and remarkable wildlife of the Outer Hebridean island, with the first Briton to conquer Everest without bottled oxygen -
Photographer Alexander Turner captured the moment the first bison to be released into the wild in the UK took their initial steps in Blean Woods, Kent -
The acclaimed pop artist, who has died at age 93, specialised in monumental sculptures where mundane objects suddenly became larger than life
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