May 18, 2018 - Articles

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‘This used to be a great job’: US truckers driven down by long hours and low pay

 

Industry bosses complain they can’t hire drivers but workers say they’re underpaid and treated ‘like trash’

 

Michael Sainato in Florida

Mon 27 Dec 2021 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/27/us-truck-drivers-economy-pay-conditions

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Gunman kills four people and injures officer in Denver area

 

Suspect also died after being shot, but it was not immediately clear if police officers had shot him

 

Associated Press in Denver

Tue 28 Dec 2021 12.45 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/28/gunman-kills-four-people-and-injures-officer-in-denver-area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Western US states hit by record freeze and heavy snow

 

Severe weather brings record low temperatures in Seattle and huge snowfalls in California and Nevada

 

Associated Press in Seattle

Tue 28 Dec 2021 11.56 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/28/western-us-states-freeze-snow-california-nevada-seattle

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‘Finally I can buy a candle’: 61-year-old refugee released after nine years in Australian detention

 

Masoumeh Torkpour, held since fleeing Iran in 2011, given accommodation in Melbourne hotel after being freed but told she must find new home

 

Saba Vasefi

Mon 27 Dec 2021 16.30 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/28/finally-i-can-buy-a-candle-61-year-old-refugee-released-after-nine-years-in-australian-detention

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From criminal to ‘teacher’: the ex-gangster tackling crime in Nairobi

 

One of the city’s most wanted, Peter Wainaina was given a second chance and used it to turn his life around and help others find different path out of poverty

 

Hillarious Murani in Kibagare

Tue 28 Dec 2021 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/28/from-criminal-to-teacher-the-the-ex-gangster-tackling-crime-in-nairobi

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Alaska sets record high December temperature of 19.4C

 

The island community of Kodiak set the record on Sunday and scientists fear the population will be deluged with rain as climate

warms

 

Reuters

Wed 29 Dec 2021 03.55 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/29/alaska-sets-record-high-december-temperature-of-194c

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The world in 2022: another year of living dangerously

 

The climate, pandemic and tensions between states means the year ahead is likely to be as tumultuous as the last 12 months

 

Simon Tisdall

Wed 29 Dec 2021 11.41 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/29/the-world-in-2022-another-year-of-living-dangerously

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Northvolt rolls out Europe’s first ‘gigafactory-era’ car battery

 

Swedish plant ramps up lithium ion cell production in race to profit from Europe’s growing electric car demand

 

Jasper Jolly

Wed 29 Dec 2021 13.01 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/29/northvolt-rolls-out-europes-first-gigafactory-era-car-battery

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Visiting the COLDEST CITY in the World (-71°C, -96°F) YAKUTSK / YAKUTIA

 

 

 

 

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Americans seeking to renounce their citizenship are stuck with it for now

 

As many as 30,000 citizens living abroad have been unable to secure a ‘loss of nationality’ interview during the pandemic

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Fri 31 Dec 2021 07.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/31/americans-seeking-renounce-citizenship-stuck

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Australian man ‘cannot leave Israel for 8,000 years’ over unpaid child support

 

Noam Huppert says he is subject to travel ban until the year 9999 because he owes £1.8m (USD 2,428.090M) to ex-wife

 

Bethan McKernan Jerusalem correspondent

Tue 28 Dec 2021 17.35 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/28/australian-man-cannot-leave-israel-for-8000-years-over-unpaid-child-support

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Death of young woman after FGM revives calls for ban in Sierra Leone

 

Maseray Sei, 21, was found dead after undergoing the procedure in a centuries-old ritual carried out by a secret society for women

 

Emmanuel Akinwotu

Fri 31 Dec 2021 07.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/31/death-of-young-woman-after-fgm-revives-calls-for-ban-in-sierra-leone