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World's billionaires became 20% richer in 2017, report reveals

 

UBS report shows billionaires increased fortunes by $1.4tn, more than the GDP of Spain

 

 

Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Fri 26 Oct 2018 06.01 BST

 

 

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More than 40 of the 179 new billionaires created last year inherited their wealth and the UBS report’s authors expect a further $3.4tn to be handed down over the next 20 years
Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/26/worlds-billionaires-became-20-richer-in-2017-report-reveals

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Pipe bomb investigation: Florida mail facility searched by FBI and police

 

Some packages came from Florida, says homeland security secretary

 

All devices were intercepted and no injuries reported

 

 

Jon Swaine and Amanda Holpuch in New York

Fri 26 Oct 2018 05.19 BST

 

 

 

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A police officer and dog are shown outside a postal facility in Opa-locka, Florida on Thursday
Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP
 
 
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White man shoots two black customers at Kentucky grocery, police say

 

Authorities uncertain of motive but witness claims suspect told another white man: ‘Whites don’t shoot whites’

 

 

Associated Press

Fri 26 Oct 2018 00.06 BST

 

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Kroger employees hug each other in the aftermath of the shooting
Photograph: Timothy D Easley/AP
 
 
 
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Pipe bombs suspect Cesar Sayoc charged with five federal crimes – live updates

 

Sayoc, 56, from Aventura, faces up to 58 years in prison

 

Two more suspicious packages discovered in US on Friday

 

 

Jamiles Lartey (now) and Erin Durkin (earlier)

Fri 26 Oct 2018 21.27 BST

 

 

 

 

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Cesar Sayoc: what we know about the pipe bomb suspect

 

The 56-year-old Florida man is a Trump supporter and has an extensive arrest record

 

 

Adam Gabbatt

Fri 26 Oct 2018 20.39 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Oct 2018 00.00 BST

 

 

 

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Police believe Cesar Sayoc, from Aventura, Florida, is behind a series of suspected pipe bombs sent to critics of Donald Trump
Photograph: AFP/Getty
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pipe bombs suspect Cesar Sayoc charged with five federal crimes – as it happened

 

Sayoc, 56, from Aventura, faces up to 58 years in prison

 

Two more suspicious packages discovered in US on Friday

 

 

Sam Levin, Jamiles Lartey and Erin Durkin

Sat 27 Oct 2018 01.38 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/oct/26/pipe-bombs-latest-live-news-updates-arrest-florida

 
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: suspect held as multiple fatalities reported

 

Police say gunman in custody and three officers shot

 

Local media reports eight fatalities

 

 

Martin Pengelly in New York, Lois Beckett in San Francisco and Mike Elk in Pittsburgh

Sat 27 Oct 2018 17.13 BST

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/27/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting

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Pittsburgh shooting: husband and wife and two brothers among 11 victims

 

Synagogue shooting investigated as hate crime, not terror

 

Suspect Robert Bowers charged with 29 counts

 

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York and Carmen Gentile in South Baldwin, Pennsylvania

Sun 28 Oct 2018 14.30 GMT

 

 

 

 

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Police tape and memorial flowers are seen outside the Tree of Life Synagogue
Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
 
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Asia Bibi’s husband pleads for family asylum in UK after blasphemy acquittal

 

Pakistan government accused of signing death warrant by blocking Christian woman from leaving the country

 

 

Memphis Barker in Islamabad and Harriet Sherwood

Sat 3 Nov 2018 17.07 GMT

 

 

 

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A Pakistani supporter of hardline religious party the ASWJ stands on an image of Asia Bibi during a protest rally on 2 November
Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
 
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Florida yoga studio shooting: two killed before class members tackle gunman

 

Suspect fatally shot himself, authorities say

 

No connection between shooter and victims determined

 

 

 

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Four people were wounded and two killed in a shooting at a Tallahassee yoga studio
Photograph: Steve Cannon/AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

American Airlines passenger who says she was raped in bathroom sues carrier

 

Aubrey Lane says staff failed to protect her and others when they served the alleged attacker as many as six alcoholic drinks

 

 

Lucia Graves

Sat 3 Nov 2018 15.11 GMT Last modified on Sat 3 Nov 2018 15.13 GMT

 
 
 
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‘If our crews discover or are told about any alleged illegal misconduct that may occur on the aircraft, law enforcement is contacted and will meet the aircraft upon arrival,’ American Airlines said in a statement
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Two dead after part of Amazon warehouse collapses in Baltimore

 

One man was found under debris Friday and a second man’s body recovered Saturday after 50ft wall collapsed in severe weather

 

 

Associated Press in Baltimore

Sat 3 Nov 2018 18.02 GMT

 

 

 

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A ship sorter at an Amazon fulfillment center in Kent, Washington on 24 October
Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Afghanistan: US service member killed in 'apparent insider attack'

 

Another was wounded in the incident in Kabul, Nato-led Resolute support mission said

 

 

Reuters in Kabul

Sat 3 Nov 2018 12.42 GMT

 
 
 
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The attack is the latest in a series of ‘green-on-blue’ attacks in which members of the Afghan forces have killed US or coalition advisers this year
Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
 
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El Chapo: jury selected in trial of Mexican cartel boss

 

Jurors will be kept anonymous in trial, and Guzmán has been held in solitary confinement, barred from seeing his wife

 

 

Ed Vulliamy and agencies in New York

Wed 7 Nov 2018 21.08 GMT

 

 

 

 

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Law enforcement authorities escort Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán in New York in 2017. Jury selection has begun under tight security at the New York trial of the alleged Mexican cartel boss
Photograph: AP
 
 
 
 
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Thousand Oaks shooting: gunman kills 12 at California western bar

 

Sheriff’s deputy is among the dead and the gunman was found dead inside the bar

 

 

Adam Gabbatt in New York and agencies

Thu 8 Nov 2018 13.41 GMT

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/08/california-borderline-mass-shooting-thousand-oaks

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Neil Young criticises Trump after losing his home in California fires

 

Songwriter says state is vulnerable because of climate change and accuses US president of defying science

 

Laura Snapes

Mon 12 Nov 2018 10.37 GMT Last modified on Mon 12 Nov 2018 13.16 GMT

 
 
 
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Poor forest management ‘not to blame’ … Neil Young
Photograph: Dan Steinberg/Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/12/neil-young-donald-trump-california-fires-climate-change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK: Neo-Nazi couple found guilty of membership of banned terror group

 

Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas were members of National Action, banned in 2016

 

 

Vikram Dodd and agencies

Mon 12 Nov 2018 12.54 GMT

 

 

 

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Claudia Patatas and Adam Thomas, who gave their child the middle name Adolf in admiration of Hitler
Photograph: PA
 
 
 
 
 
Deeply sorry for that child..........But one can't choose/pick parents...Unfortunately
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El Chapo trial: accountant exposes details of cartel's vast operations

 

Jesús Zambada García lays out Sinaloa cartel’s complex financial structure as his former boss listens in New York

 

 

Ed Vulliamy in New York

Thu 15 Nov 2018 02.22 GMT

 

 

 

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Jesús Zambada García in 2008
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Jeff Bezos tells employees 'one day Amazon will fail'

 

Tech giant’s founder made surprise warning in staff meeting when addressing question about Sears, according to a recording

 

 

Dominic Rushe

Fri 16 Nov 2018 16.29 GMT Last modified on Fri 16 Nov 2018 18.35 GMT

 
 
 
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Jeff Bezos in National Harbor, Maryland, on 19 September
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Spacewatch: landing site for ExoMars mission chosen

 

European-Russian mission’s rover will land on Mars in 2021 at Oxia Planum, north of equator

 

 

Stuart Clark

Thu 15 Nov 2018 21.30 GMT

 
 
 
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The ancient lake bed of Oxia Planum has been recommended as the landing site for the European-Russian 2020 ExoMars mission
Photograph: Nasa/JPL/University of Arizona
 
 
 
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Shooting near Chicago hospital leaves multiple victims

 

Jorge L. Ortiz and Aamer Madhani USA TODAY
Published 5:37 PM EST Nov 19, 2018

 

 

 

 

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Not in His name: God is gender-neutral, says archbishop of Canterbury

 

Justin Welby has rejected Ariana Grande’s suggestion that God is a woman. God, he says, is not male or female

 

 

Wed 21 Nov 2018 16.24 GMT Last modified on Wed 21 Nov 2018 18.10 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2018/nov/21/not-in-his-name-god-is-gender-neutral-says-archbishop-of-canterbury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why central bank digital currencies will destroy bitcoin

 

Central banks should issue their own digital currencies to replace a crisis-prone banking system and shut out cryptocurrencies

 

 

Mon 19 Nov 2018 14.45 GMT First published on Mon 19 Nov 2018 14.16 GMT

Nouriel Roubini

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/19/why-central-bank-digital-currencies-will-destroy-bitcoin

 

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Outrage in Paraguay after Brazil cartel boss kills woman in his prison cell

 

Marcelo Pinheiro’s murder of Lidia Meza, 18, in an apparent attempt to avoid extradition, highlights a culture of impunity

 

 

Laurence Blair in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 22 Nov 2018 09.16 GMT

 

 

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Marcelo Pinheiro, AKA Marcelo Piloto, attends a hearing at a police station in Asunción, Paraguay, last week. He has since been extradited to his native Brazil
Photograph: Handout/Reuters
 
 
 
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First ever plane with no moving parts takes flight

 

Flight represents breakthrough that could lead eventually to carbon-neutral air travel

 

 

Alex Hern

Wed 21 Nov 2018 18.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 22 Nov 2018 14.05 GMT

 
 
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Hawaii burger chain closes restaurant over video of rat being cooked on grill

 

Teddy’s Bigger Burgers closes Mapunapuna location for cleaning and fires employees in video shared on social media

 

 

Associated Press in Honolulu

Fri 23 Nov 2018 12.38 GMT

 

 

 

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Teddy’s Bigger Burgers initiated a ‘complete sanitization’.
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Thousands march in Spain to oppose violence against women

 

In Madrid, crowds shouted ‘no more victims, we want freedom’ following string of high-profile rape trials

 

 

Sam Jones in Madrid and agencies

Sun 25 Nov 2018 16.45 GMT

 

 

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The protest in Madrid was part of a day of action to mark the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Police stake out area where American killed by Andaman tribespeople

 

Authorities consulting anthropologists in bid to recover body of John Allen Chau

 

 

Michael Safi in Delhi

Sun 25 Nov 2018 10.15 GMT First published on Sun 25 Nov 2018 02.53 GMT

 

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A Sentinelese tribesman photographed from a helicopter in 2004
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Teargas fired on migrants as US agents close Mexico border crossing

 

US shuts San Diego-Tijuana crossing

 

Migrants chant: ‘We are not criminals!’

 

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sun 25 Nov 2018 21.29 GMT

 

 

 

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A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America, run away from teargas in front of the border wall between the US and Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico
Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Elon Musk considers move to Mars despite 'good chance of death'

 

SpaceX founder says he could fly to red planet in seven years

 

 

Martin Pengelly

Sun 25 Nov 2018 15.44 GMT Last modified on Sun 25 Nov 2018 20.50 GMT

 
 
 
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Elon Musk speaks near a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in September 2018. ‘We think you can come back but we’re not sure.’
Photograph: David McNew/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mars is lovely at this time of year: futurists imagine life in 2050

 

From family holidays in space to robot doctors and an end to work… Four experts predict what life will be like 30 years from now

 

 

Alex Moshakis

Sun 25 Nov 2018 08.00 GMT

 
 
 
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Lonely planet: ‘I can imagine Mars becoming a vacation site. Instead of going to the beach, people will spend money to go and hang out in space,’ says Neil deGrasse Tyson
Illustration: Phil Hackett/Observer

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/nov/25/futurists-the-world-in-2050-science-medicine-food-travel-predictions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only a fool would have bought into bitcoin late last year. So guess what I did?

 

A little voice in my head told me that maybe cryptocurrency was the future, and I should have a stake in it. That voice was wrong …

 

 

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‘People who had gambled on cryptocurrencies were getting insanely rich.’
Photograph: Chesnot/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/25/only-a-fool-would-have-bought-into-bitcoin-late-last-year-so-guess-what-i-did

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carlos Ghosn denies using company money for luxury lifestyle

 

Dismissal of Nissan chief is being seen as a battle between Japan carmaker and Renault

 

 

Phillip Inman and agencies

Sun 25 Nov 2018 17.10 GMT

 

 

 

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Carlos Ghosn, head of Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi carmaker alliance, says he did not intend to understate his income, according to Japanese broadcaster
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Nasa’s Mars InSight probe touches down on Mars

 

Nail-biting descent achieved after spacecraft slams into Martian atmosphere at 12,300mph

 

 

Ian Sample Science editor

Mon 26 Nov 2018 20.21 GMT

 

 

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Celebrations among the mission control team at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena
Photograph: AL SEIB/POOL/EPA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

US agents arrested 42 migrants on American side of the border, official says

 

Officials claim agents released teargas when hit with rocks

 

Thirty-nine arrests reported on Mexican side of the border

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Mon 26 Nov 2018 17.52 GMT

 

 

 

 

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The arrests came amid clashes with members of a migrant caravan attempting to enter the US from Tijuana
Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Syrian refugee stranded in airport for months is granted asylum in Canada

 

Hassan Al Kontar had been stranded in Kuala Lumpur’s arrival corridor since February after being unable to return to Malaysia

 

 

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Mon 26 Nov 2018 19.58 GMT

 

 

 

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‘Tomorrow, I will be reaching my final destination: Vancouver, Canada,’ Hassan Al Kontar said in a video posted on Twitter
Photograph: Hassan Al Kontar

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/26/hassan-al-kontar-syrian-refugee-stranded-airport-asylum-canada-vancouver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Charlottesville driver begins trial over woman's death: 'Was it a malicious act?'

 

Jury heard conflicting accounts of what caused a man to drive his car into a group of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Charlottesville

Thu 29 Nov 2018 22.18 GMT

 

 

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James Alex Fields, left, is seen attending the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12 August 2017
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Laid-off Sears workers left with nothing – and they say wealthy bosses are to blame

 

Thousands of workers have been fired and outrage has been directed at the stewardship of billionaire CEO Eddie Lampert

 

 

Michael Sainato

Sat 1 Dec 2018 11.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 1 Dec 2018 11.03 GMT

 

 

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Sears plans to shut down 188 stores by the end of 2018
Photograph: Robert Gumpert for the Guardian
 
 
 
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We ban cannabis but let people eat as much meat as they want. That makes no sense

 

If our goal is to limit social harm, we should reassess what we allow and what we ration

 

 

Sat 1 Dec 2018 17.30 GMT Last modified on Sat 1 Dec 2018 20.21 GMT

By  Sonia Sodha
 
 
 
 
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A ‘cannabis consultant’ talks customers through the edible marijuana products in a Seattle pot shop
Photograph: Elaine Thompson/AP
 
 
 

 

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