The Guardian Australia - 2021-12-29

• NSW demands Queensland change ‘stupid’ Covid test rules as queues and delays grow
• NSW health staff pressured to return from Christmas leave as Covid cripples hospitals
• ‘Embarrassi­ng’: former players lament England’s Ashes humiliatio­n
• India bans Mother Teresa charity from receiving funds from abroad
• Russian court orders closure of country’s oldest human rights group
• Lack of free Covid rapid antigen tests forces Australian small businesses to close
• Keri Hulme, New Zealand’s first Booker prizewinni­ng writer, dies aged 74
• Aboriginal children ‘kept in detention’ despite being granted bail in Western Australia
• Egyptian pharaoh’s mummified body gives up its secrets after 3,500 years
• LAPD releases video in police killing of 14year-old girl in clothing store
• Crews find second apparent 1887 time capsule under Robert E Lee statue
• Sydney to Hobart yacht race: Black Jack and LawConnect look set for River Derwent sprint
• To be Murri is to know that even at your loneliest you are never truly alone
• Questions over data transparen­cy around Australian doctor’s $1m GoFundMe Covid-19 vaccine
• Coalition’s religious discrimina­tion bill sends ‘dangerous signal’, Muslim groups say
• ‘Finally I can buy a candle’: 61-yearold refugee released after nine years in Australian detention
• How Australia’s far right uses cryptocurr­encies to monetise hate online
• Covid positive test rate in NSW jumps to 6.5%, highest since start of pandemic
• Australia retain Ashes after thrashing England by an innings for 3-0 series lead
• US and Russia to hold talks amid Ukraine tensions
• 12,000 Afghan refugees to start new year stuck in UK hotels
• Polish court revives ‘highly flawed’ hydroelect­ric dam plan for Vistula River
• MPs should be able to bring babies to debates, Commons Speaker says
• Bird flu outbreak in Israel kills 5,000 cranes and sparks slaughter of half a million chickens
• Afghan ex-BBC journalist stranded for months due to Home Office scheme delays
• Sumatran orangutan at New Orleans zoo gives birth to healthy male infant
• Iran nuclear deal: eighth round of talks begins in Vienna
• Polish president vetoes media law criticised by US and EU
• Donald Trump golf resorts claimed at least £3.3m in UK furlough support
• Paul Bettany: having Johnny Depp texts read aloud in libel trial was ‘an unpleasant feeling’
• Australia has been forced to face the truth about the gender-based violence behind its ‘safe and happy’ facade
• The true meaning of 6 January: we must answer Trump’s neofascism with hope
• Telling people to ‘follow the science’ won’t save the planet. But they will fight for justice
• I moved to the coast for a better life – now I’m back in London where I belong
• The Guardian view on the Queen’s jubilee: time to face change
• Some Covid masks are better than others. I know – I’m the Mask Nerd
• Why is Matt Hancock back in the limelight? Because penance is just a word these days
• No new Covid restrictio­ns in England before new year, Boris Johnson says
• England’s bars and restaurant­s cheer absence of new Covid measures
• Energy crisis: Kwasi Kwarteng’s talks with industry bosses bring no result
• Shortages and planning delays hinder UK housebuild­ing – survey
• Palma to limit cruise ships after environmen­tal concerns
• Pfizer/BioNTech tax windfall brings Mainz an early Christmas present
• Britons think politician­s’ hypocrisy will hamper tackling climate crisis
• Thomas Lovejoy, biologist who championed biodiversi­ty, dies at age 80
• Edward O Wilson, naturalist known as a ‘modern-day Darwin’, dies aged 92
• UK shoppers shun plastic bags to save pennies not the planet, study finds
• Virtual reality check: looking back at our tech prediction­s of years past
• Rangnick bereft as Manchester United slip to Solskjaer levels at Newcastle
• Surging Miami Dolphins hold off depleted Saints for seventh straight win
• Klopp insists Liverpool’s defending the key to overhaulin­g Manchester City
• Gerwyn Price beats Kim Huybrechts in fiery clash to keep title defence alive
• Boland’s starring role for Australia adds extra layer of significan­ce
• World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin is latest top skier to test positive for Covid
• The Breakdown’s review of the year: Dupont and Smith shine brightest
• ‘Not a problem of formation’: Rangnick bemoans Manchester United physicalit­y
• Tottenham are getting to grips with ‘big mess’ of Covid, says Antonio Conte

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