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  ‘Hanging on by a thread’: 11th hour decision to protect endangered birds from SA space project plans welcomed By Petra Stock The Eyre peninsula site is ‘precious and important’ habitats for southern emu-wren and home to 80% of the mallee whipbird population https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/24/hanging-on-by-a-thread-11th-hour-decision-to-protect-endangered-birds-from-sa-space-project-plans-welcomed #Conservation #Environment #SouthAustralia #Wildlife #Birds #TheGuardian #PetraS...

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  Mark Carney is making an eloquent case for an alliance sidelining the US | Ted Widmer By Ted Widmer The Canadian prime minister’s remarks before the European parliament outlined a vision of the west without its most powerful member https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/21/mark-carney-european-parliament-alliance #Canada #MarkCarney #Worldnews #Americas #DonaldTrump #USnews #Europe #TheGuardian #TedWidmer

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  Australians will no longer be hit with card surcharges from 1 October. What will the ban mean for you? By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter Fees on Visa, Mastercard, and Eftpos payments will be banned – but what does it mean for retailers, rewards programs and consumers? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/21/australians-will-no-longer-be-hit-with-card-surcharges-from-1-october-what-will-the-ban-mean-for-you #Business #Creditcardfees #Banking #Bankcharges #Australianecono...

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  US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show By Tom Perkins Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba #Trumpadministration #USEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #Herbicides #Bayer #USnews #Environment #Food #USpolitics #TheGuardian #TomPerkins

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  No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards By Anna North Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/florida-activists-rightwing-school-boards #Florida #USeducation #USnews #USmidtermelections2026 #USpolitics #USbookbans #Schools #Activism #TheGuardian #AnnaNorth

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  YouTube star Ms Rachel to match Macklemore’s $1m Palestine aid donation By Uwa Ede-Osifo Educator talks of ‘moral obligation’ and urges ‘every wealthy white celebrity’ to make similar donation https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/17/ms-rachel-macklemore-palestine-donation #Culture #Palestine #USnews #Worldnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Celebrity #Macklemore #Music #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #UwaEdeOsifo

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  Baywatch honors teenage lifeguard hero who saved boy in viral video By Ramon Antonio Vargas Ryder Williams, 16, presented with distinctive red jacket by star of TV rescuer reboot, Stephen Amell https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/08/baywatch-ryder-williams-lifeguard #California #USnews #Oceans #WestCoast #Baywatch #TheGuardian #RamonAntonioVargas

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  Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’ By Dan Collyns in Lima Cardinal Pedro Barreto received death threats and harassment during his almost 20-year campaign against a US mining company’s operations in the Andes https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/05/peruvian-cardinal-historic-milestone-150m-lead-poisoning-settlement-1300-children #Mining #Mining #Business #Environment #Globaldevelopment #TheGuardian #DanCollynsin...

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  Judge grants DoJ bid to dismiss January 6 cases against rightwing Oath Keepers By Reuters Ruling vacates convictions of founder Stewart Rhodes and other militia members who took part in 2021 Capitol attack https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/jan-6-oath-keepers-cases-dismissed #USCapitolattack #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #Reuters

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  We are US civil rights lawyers. Trump’s policies have driven us to seek justice internationally| Thomas Becker and Antonio Romanucci By Thomas Becker and Antonio Romanucci On Tuesday, a human rights commission will hold an extraordinary hearing over the administration’s alleged attacks on protesters, journalists and others https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/04/trump-ice-migrants-human-rights #Trumpadministration #USnews #Worldnews #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #USimmi...

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  Trump says he may ‘temporarily’ drop bid to make Blanche attorney general By Guardian staff US president’s former lawyer has been struggling to persuade some Republican senators to back his nomination https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/todd-blanche-attorney-general-doj-nomination-trump #Trumpadministration #USSenate #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff

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  US schools are struggling to keep the yellow bus running amid shortages and cuts By Guardian Staff Districts are reducing routes and exploring new ways to get students to class as transportation costs climb https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/us-school-bus-cuts #USnews #USeducation #Arizona #Connecticut #Florida #Idaho #NewJersey #NewYork #Ohio #Oregon #Virginia #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

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  Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies aged 56 in motorcycle crash By Ben Beaumont-Thomas Frontman of chart-topping band the Frames had huge success as the star of 2007 romantic drama Once https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/29/glen-hansard-oscar-winning-irish-singer-songwriter-dies-aged-56-in-motorcycle-crash #Music #Folkmusic #Popandrock #Culture #Ireland #Film #TheGuardian #BenBeaumontThomas

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  Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner By Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes it’s a Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyed https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/28/led-by-donkeys-compensation-seizure-gaza-protest-banner-london #LedByDonkeys #Protest #Politics #London #Localgovernment #Society #UKnews #Gaza #IsraelGazawar #Palestine #TheGuardian #HaroonSiddiqueLegalaffairscorresponde...

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  Trump warns of return to ‘strong military action’ if Iran diplomacy fails By Patrick Wintour Washington and Tehran issue conflicting messages over the status of talks to end Middle East crisis https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/27/trump-warns-return-strong-military-action-iran-diplomacy-fails #USIsraelwaronIran #Iran #Oman #USnews #StraitofHormuz #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #DonaldTrump #TheGuardian #PatrickWintour

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  Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support By Ian Sample Science editor Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/27/jodrell-bank-observatory-facing-closure-uk #Astronomy #Science #Space #Sciencepolicy #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #IanSampleScienceeditor

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  US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters By Tom Perkins Coalition says Chemours downplayed health and climate risks in bid to fast-track the compound’s use https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/pfas-datacenter-cooling-epa #USnews #USEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #Pfas #Environment #TheGuardian #TomPerkins

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  What makes a woman a witch? Financial independence By Lucianne Tonti Women aren’t being burnt at the stake any more, but there is still risk and violence implicit in the label ‘witch’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/26/women-witchcraft-financial-independence #Women #Historybooks #Witchcraft #Women #TheGuardian #LucianneTonti

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  Reclaiming stolen childhoods: swimming classes resume in Gaza after three years of war By Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem; photographs by Amjed Tantesh In sea pools built with sandbags and rubble, Amjed Tantesh gives traumatised children brief respite from their daily lives https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/25/swimming-classes-resume-gaza-after-three-years-war #Gaza #IsraelGazawar #Children #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestine #Society #Worldnews #TheGuard...

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  ‘A statement of freedom’: T-shirt slogan goes viral and book sales rocket in Taiwan after Hong Kong raids By Amy Hawkins and Yu-chen Li in Taipei Taiwanese people look on with concern at fate of Hong Kong’s independent booksellers, after series of arrests in recent months https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/taiwan-hong-kong-independent-bookstore-raids-china-censorship #Taiwan #HongKong #China #Censorship #Books #TheGuardian #AmyHawkins #YuchenLiinTaipei

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  US claims of Cuba’s ‘unique threat’ jar with reality of hunger and blackouts By Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana State department’s 100-page report is latest push in Trump administration campaign to bring down government https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/us-state-department-report-cuba #Cuba #Americas #Caribbean #USforeignpolicy #USnews #MarcoRubio #Worldnews #TheGuardian #RuaridhNicollinHavana

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  Muslim leader speaks out after 80 days in ICE detention: ‘It brought back memories from Palestine’ By Alice Speri Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, said ‘dehumanizing’ treatment reminded him of time spent in Israeli military jail https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/muslim-leader-ice-detention-wisconsin #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #Wisconsin #Trumpadministration #USnews #Israel #USpolitics #Palestine #TheGuardian #AliceSperi

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  Canada issues air quality warnings over US wildfire smoke after Trump tariff threat By Olivia Bowden in Toronto Officials say smoke from US fires has crossed border days after US president accused Canada of improper fire management https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/20/canada-air-quality-warnings-us-wildfire-smoke-trump-tariffs #Wildfires #Worldnews #USnews #Canada #Trumpadministration #Americas #TheGuardian #OliviaBowdeninToronto

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  ‘The biggest threat is the president’: election fears in Arizona as Trump sows fresh doubts By Mary Jo Pitzl in Phoenix Experts warn election denialism could bubble up again in November, despite truce in bitter power struggle https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/arizona-elections-trump #Arizona #USpolitics #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #MaryJoPitzlinPhoenix

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  Israel’s brutality cannot continue in plain sight | Letters By Guardian Staff Gwyn Daniel and Phil Gaunt respond to an article by Nesrine Malik about the horrors taking place in Israel’s prisons https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/19/israels-brutality-cannot-continue-in-plain-sight #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #BenjaminNetanyahu #Mentalhealth #Health #Worldnews #AndyBurnham #Labour #Politics #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #WestBank #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

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  WA police facial recognition trial launches with a real-time arrest – and backlash over privacy By Ima Caldwell Live video feeds can scan hundreds of faces a minute, instantly cross-referencing their profiles. But critics fear false alerts, algorithmic bias and ‘function creep’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/20/western-australia-police-real-time-facial-recognition-trial-privacy-ntwnfb #Australianpoliceandpolicing #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Privacy #Surveillance #Th...

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  Australian and NZ safety assurances about asbestos in play sand were based on supplier’s own assessment By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter ACCC updates some recall notices to say products ‘may cause risk to health’, contrary to previous claims https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/20/play-sand-asbestos-safety-assurances-australia-nz-based-on-supplier-assessment #AustralianCompetitionandConsumerCommissionACCC #Health #Asbestos #Consumeraffairs #Children #Australianews #New...

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  Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans By Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent Campaigners hope move will force commercial banks to rethink holding assets linked to the fossil fuel https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/19/bank-of-england-bonds-coal-loans-assets #BankofEngland #Energyindustry #Banking #Business #Coal #Energy #Environment #UKnews #Fossilfuels #TheGuardian #KalyeenaMakortoffBankingcorrespondent

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  White House backs Argentina players over Falklands banner in World Cup semi-final By Sammy Gecsoyler White House Fifa taskforce chief defends Argentina footballers, saying US believes in free speech https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/18/white-house-backs-argentina-team-falklands-banner-world-cup-semi-final #WorldCup2026 #Argentina #FalklandIslands #England #UKnews #Football #KeirStarmer #Politics #USpolitics #Trumpadministration #USnews #Sport #Worldnews #WorldCup #Americas #TheGua...

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  Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him By Associated Press Roger Rogoff’s was selected by panel of judges for top prosecutor job after interim US attorney’s term ended https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/trump-fires-us-attorney-roger-rogoff-seattle #Seattle #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #USjusticesystem #Washingtonstate #USnews #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress