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Saturday
16 January 2021
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New leader of centre-right CDU will run for chancellor in September, or have a big say in who does -
Arrested Trump supporters say they were ‘listening’ to the president
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Death toll reaches 2 million people; UK shuts travel corridors and requires negative tests to enter; German vaccine officials forced to guess who is eligible from names -
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Opposition candidate urges citizens to reject result of ‘most fraudulent election in country’s history’
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Rise in July to October, particularly among women and children, contrasts with decline in first wave -
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Sage voices concern at BAME uptake and say more must be done to increase trust in vaccine -
Victoria Azarenka, Sloane Stephens and Kei Nishikori confined to hotel rooms after two people on chartered flight test positive
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Spotlight
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The president has ignited a civil war in his own party, creating bitter divides that will be felt for years to come -
This period of enforced togetherness has broken some couples and turbocharged others -
The frontman on a favourite singer-songwriter, a hellish horror film and why he spends seven hours a day on Twitter
Opinion
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The US president’s Twitter ban has sparked a furious debate about online opinion, but it’s part of a bigger conversation
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Will we shrug our shoulders while the American workforce hemorrhages women and millions of people fall into poverty?
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Minute-by-minute report: Will Leicester secure the win they need to end the day in second place? Join Simon Burnton to find out -
Joe Root completed a masterful double century to keep England in control of the first Test against Sri Lanka, but the hosts responded with some belated batting resolve of their own in Galle
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Miller, a Trump appointee, has come under pressure over the Pentagon’s response to the attack on the US Capitol -
Human Genome Project co-leader hailed as ‘science polymath’ and ‘fabulous choice’
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Conductor laments impact on UK musicians’ careers and describes application as ‘absolute necessity’ -
Legislative polls to be held in May, presidential election set for July -
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Call for world leaders to act in wake of French extradition case turning on environmental concerns -
Researchers counted particles in seaballs that washed up on beaches in Spain -
Focus must be on justice for those fleeing impact of extreme weather events, says new scientific adviser to Vatican
Culture
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The author of acclaimed debut novel A Burning on how being an editor informs her writing, and why children’s books sparked her interest in English -
His skills as a fixer are finely honed – but they cannot restore a pre-Trump normality. As president, Biden’s private self, shadowed by loss, must come into its own
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Lifestyle
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The comedian, 51, on gambling with criminals, a surprise daughter, and needing to cry -
Few things say escape like a beach hut. After checking out some classic coastal designs – and remembering boyhood dens – I’m making one in the garden -
Paneer is so versatile that it’s as happy smothered in spinach as it is in deep-fried pakoras or buried in a rich curry sauce
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A group of experts share concrete ideas to address some of America’s deepest problems -
Rediscovered song, which has a ‘cheerful energy’, was likely written by a teenage sailor or shore whaler in New Zealand in the 1830s -
The cook and campaigner barely slept last week as the row raged over inadequate food parcels for kids. She discusses austerity, cronyism and why she’ll never stop fighting
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As the population declines, traditional gender roles and careers are leading many to forgo childbirth
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The new biopic Stardust takes a wry look at the star’s first attempt to break America in 1971. Here’s how he went on to define his own style in the decades that followed -
hlcarpenter.com’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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Amateur photographer Derry Moroney uses a drone to capture the patterns created by Lake Cakora at Brooms Head in the Yuraygir national park -
Pyongyang hosted a military parade to celebrate the Workers’ party’s 8th Congress where Kim Jong-un took the new title of ‘general secretary’. Images from the parade, released by the official North Korean news agency KCNA, showed submarine-launched missiles
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Grace Robertson documented everyday life for Picture Post at a time when photojournalism was dominated by men. We look at some of her work -
These chimps, baboons and macaques look sombre as they stare out from their enclosures into Anne Berry’s camera. Her aim is to make viewers feel compassion with them
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