2022 Articles

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US announces fusion energy success ‘that could revolutionize the world’ – live

 

Breakthrough came after experiment with 192 high-energy lasers, say US energy officials

 

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Chris Stein

Tue 13 Dec 2022 15.41 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2022/dec/13/biden-marriage-act-nuclear-fusion-energy-politics-live
 

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Louisville to pay $2m to settle lawsuits filed by Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend

 

Kenneth Walker claimed officers violated his rights when they burst into Taylor’s apartment and killed her in March of 2020

 

Reuters in Louisville, Kentucky

Wed 14 Dec 2022 14.10 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/14/breonna-taylor-death-boyfriend-settlement-louisville-police

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Meta warns spyware still being used to target people on social media

 

Facebook owner says companies are adapting and changing tactics in face of efforts to shut down activities

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner

Thu 15 Dec 2022 13.45 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/15/meta-facebook-owner-warns-spyware-social-media

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‘Every chemist has a backroom’: the rise of secret FGM in Kenya

 

A move away from public ceremonies to ‘medicalised’ cutting is one of the greatest threats to eliminating the abusive practice, say campaigners

 

Caroline Kimeu

Thu 15 Dec 2022 06.30 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/15/every-chemist-has-a-backroom-how-medicalised-fgm-risks-gains-made-in-kenya
 

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Ernst Haas’s American West – in pictures

 

The acclaimed Austrian-born photographer, who was behind Life magazine’s first ever all-colour photographic essay, moved to the US in 1951 and captured Americana in the hills and in the towns. His work has been celebrated in a new book Ernst Haas: The American West which is out now

 

Thu 15 Dec 2022 06.11 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/dec/15/ernst-haass-american-west-in-pictures

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New find details deadly chapter in Butch and Sundance’s escape to South America

 

Killing of officer in Chilean town of Antofagasta set in motion events that led to pair’s death in shootout with Bolivian soldiers

 

Uki Goñi

Fri 16 Dec 2022 08.30 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/16/butch-cassidy-sundance-kid-argentina-chile-bolivia
 

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US health agency accused of bowing to drug industry with new opioid guidance

 

Doctors say CDC’s softer guidelines ‘tossing aside’ safety limits put lives at risk as opioid epidemic continues to rage in the country

 

Chris McGreal

Sat 17 Dec 2022 10.00 GMT







https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/17/cdc-accused-opioid-guidelines-drug-industry-pressure
 

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Pope Francis reveals he wrote resignation letter in 2013 in case of ill-health

 

Pontiff admits to having already signed renunciation if he should become impaired for medical reasons

 

Associated Press in Rome

Sun 18 Dec 2022 13.44 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/18/pope-francis-reveals-he-wrote-resignation-letter-in-2013-in-case-of-ill-health
 

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Woman allegedly tries to steal presents under Robert De Niro’s Christmas tree

 

Shanice Aviles, 30, arrested after allegedly spotted entering actor’s New York City home at 2.45am

 

Guardian staff

Mon 19 Dec 2022 16.30 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/19/robert-de-niro-christmas-presents-shanice-aviles-arrested
 

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Thousands without power after earthquake in northern California

 

No injuries were immediately reported after the earthquake, which occurred north-west of San Francisco

 

Associated Press

Tue 20 Dec 2022 13.24 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/20/thousands-without-power-after-earthquake-in-northern-california

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Spain’s El Gordo lottery dishes out Christmas joy with €2.5bn pot

 

Unemployed mother of two is among winners as world’s biggest lottery hands out prizes of up to €325,000

 

Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Thu 22 Dec 2022 18.25 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/22/spain-el-gordo-lottery-christmas
 

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US faces ‘once in a generation’ freeze for Christmas as bomb cyclone hits

 

About 60% of the US population may be affected, with rain and a flash freeze on the east coast and high winds on the US-Mexico border

 

Jon Henley

Fri 23 Dec 2022 14.41 GMT











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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/23/us-weather-bomb-cyclone-us-christmas-latest
 

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Power cuts and travel misery in US and Canada amid freezing winter storm

 

More than a million people in darkness and thousands of flights cancelled amid lows with wind chill of -55F (-48C)

 

Agence-France Presse

Sat 24 Dec 2022 12.20 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/24/us-winter-storm-bomb-cyclone-power-cuts-travel-canada
 

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Teenager killed in shooting at largest mall in the US

 

People shown hiding in stores after apparent altercation between two groups amid Christmas influx at the Mall of America in Minnesota

 

Associated Press

Sat 24 Dec 2022 06.18 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/24/teenager-killed-in-shooting-at-largest-mall-in-the-us

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Pope condemns power hungry and alludes to Ukraine conflict in Christmas Eve mass

 

7,000 people fill St. Peter’s Basilica after several years of Covid imposed restrictions on attendance

 

Reuters

Sun 25 Dec 2022 01.39 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/25/pope-condemns-power-hungry-and-alludes-to-ukraine-conflict-in-christmas-eve-mass

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At least 48 people dead in US winter storm as freezing conditions to continue

 

Buffalo and surrounding area in western New York hit especially hard as power knocked out and many travelers stranded

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Mon 26 Dec 2022 15.26 GMT







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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/26/us-storm-dozens-of-lives-lost-as-arctic-freeze-grips-nation
 

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Southern parts of Australia swelter through summer’s first heatwave

 

Adelaide stayed at 27.4C overnight while Victoria is forecast to dip no lower than 26C, the state’s hottest night in four years

 

Tue 27 Dec 2022 03.18 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/27/southern-parts-of-australia-swelter-through-summers-first-heatwave

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‘No serial killer vibes’: stranded US passengers find hope in shared rides

 

Southwest Airlines’ cancellations over Christmas weekend led strangers to unexpected adventures and unlikely friends

 

Samira Asma-Sadeque

Thu 29 Dec 2022 06.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/28/passengers-share-road-trip-southwest-airlines-cancellations
 

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Pelé obituary

 

Global superstar of football who was a hugely prolific goalscorer and three times a World Cup winner with Brazil

 

Gavin McOwan

Thu 29 Dec 2022 19.59 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/29/pele-obituary
 

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Former pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95

 

German predecessor to Pope Francis became first pontiff to step down as head of Catholic church in 600 years

 

Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent

Sat 31 Dec 2022 09.52 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/31/former-pope-benedict-xvi-dies-aged-95
 

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Man arrested and charged with murder over Idaho student murders

 

Suspect, 28, reportedly apprehended in Monroe county in relation to stabbing deaths of four young people at University of Idaho

 

Victoria Bekiempis in New York and agencies

Fri 30 Dec 2022 20.55 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/30/man-arrested-pennsylvania-idaho-student-murders-report