headlines
Wednesday
14 December 2016
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Iranian military chief boasts of Tehran’s role in retaking Syrian city saying, ‘The new American president should take heed of the powers of Iran’
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President-elect meets Facebook, Amazon, Google and Microsoft executives and says his goal is ‘to help you folks do well’
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Francisco Serna was killed in Bakersfield, California after police responded to a 911 call from Serna’s neighbor claiming that he was armed with a gun
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spotlight
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From the female squash champion fleeing the Taliban, to the gay popstar who became a hit back in macho Brazil, it’s often Canada’s newcomers who can tell its most dramatic stories
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Trump just bought and sold a bag full of career politicians in this president-elect episode of The Apprentice
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Indie drama starring Casey Affleck leads SAG award nominations with four, while three TV shows tied on three nods apiece
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Whether or not David Bowie was reading his own runes, his final album was an incandescent flare of creativity that stands with his very best
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Follow all the latest action from all the evening’s Premier League games with Tim Hill
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The Dallas Cowboys veteran is only called into action around seven times a game. But he has yet to make an error after a dozen seasons in the league
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Former Browns great says: ‘What he went through … he got my admiration’ and says he wants to work together to make America a better country
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The Sounders won the championship despite a final to forget – but plenty was worth remembering. Graham Parker reflects on another fascinating MLS year
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Editorial: The president-elect has appointed oilmen, bankers, generals and anti-government ideologues. It is a tainted team for a tainted president chosen in a tainted election
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How long will you live? That depends on your zip code
Celine GounderAmerica is increasingly divided, and that is reflected in health. The disparities between life expectancy reveal harsh truths -
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How to make a profit from defeating climate change
Mark Carney and Michael Bloomberg
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Founder of Sandy Hook Promise hails ‘first big success at the federal level’ after Obama signs bipartisan bill to expand access to mental health care
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Members of Silicon Valley’s elite including Tim Cook, Larry Page, Satya Nadella and Sheryl Sandberg to meet president-elect in New York
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TV pictures show MV-22 Osprey with main wings broken after crash-landing in sea that will fuel anger over US military presence
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Lucia Hiriart accused of using public funds for not-for-profit women’s group to fund dictator’s battle against extradition from Britain
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The long read: Under General Pinochet’s rule of terror in Chile, one man saved thousands of people from the dictator’s brutal secret police. How did Roberto Kozak do it – and escape death?
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in pictures
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including Nigel Farage in Strasbourg and a sloth in Vienna
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Graeme Robertson visits H Forman & Son – where the founder’s great-grandson Lance produces ‘London cure’ using original methods – and with a drone captures where the fish are farmed
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After weeks of heavy fighting, regime forces were poised to take full control of Aleppo, dealing the biggest blow to Syria’s rebellion in more than five years
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A new book documents the wild energy of the Rivington School, a collective of New Yorkers who carved an industrial niche out of the rapidly gentrifying 1980s art scene
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Christopher Thomond visits Chelford market in Cheshire for the final turkey auction before Christmas
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The world’s largest mince pie factory in Barnsley produces 720 pies a minute
people
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Donald Trump is in second place on annual list, with Theresa May 13th and Barack Obama 48th
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UN security council wanted to thank outgoing secretary general, under whom ‘the LGBT community have been heard and assisted’ but Russia objected
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The Canadian actor, best known for his leading role in the 1980s sitcom, was also the father of musician Robin Thicke
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Documentary film-maker writes in Facebook post that ‘tweeting about how unfair CNN is’ rather than attending security briefings will lead to tragedy
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