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‘Definitely no fireworks’: how Australia’s ‘hottest town’ is marking New Year’s Eve as temperatures hover around 50C
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Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’
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New Year’s Eve public transport guide: how to find your way home in Australia’s capital cities
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Two drivers dead after train derails and crashes into truck in South Australia near NSW border
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Scientists decry wasted opportunity as thousands of frozen eggs languish in IVF storage across Australia
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From Medicare to preschool: the Australian laws changing in the new year
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Novak Djokovic calls for innovation but still in dark over LIV Golf-style tennis tour
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US Navy downs missiles in Red Sea after ship attacked by Houthi rebels
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Cameron Bancroft calls on Australia selectors to replace David Warner with specialist opener
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Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll
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Bill Granger obituary
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New Year’s Eve 2023: heat and hail forecast in Australia’s weather mix as crowds gather early for fireworks
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Libraries in regional towns are building community on a shoestring budget
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New Year’s Eve fireworks in Australia: ‘your cracker night could end in hospital’, authorities warn
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Howard government worked with Canada to oppose UN declaration on Indigenous rights
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Sliding doors: cabinet papers reveal how close Coalition came to endorsing emissions trading in 2003
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Funding the 12-metre platypus, and other decisions that troubled the Howard government
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Chechen warlord applauds teenage son’s violence as he grooms dynasty for power
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Civil servant at MoD alleges sexual assaults by three male colleagues
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UK has failed to act to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt, family says
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Same-sex couples fight for civil unions to be legalised in Ukraine
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Longest-ever NHS strike will sink Sunak’s waiting list pledge, say health chiefs
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American Idol star Paula Abdul sues producer Nigel Lythgoe for alleged sexual assaults
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Norma Major ‘discreetly’ moved her clothes out of Downing Street in anticipation of a Labour victory
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Keir Starmer ‘lacks clear sense of purpose’ claims Labour ex-policy chief
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Eurostar Channel services restarting on Sunday as flooding is cleared
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Full Monty actor Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75
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Strong waves trigger evacuation alerts on California coast on third day of storms
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‘They attacked us. They displaced us’: grieving Sudanese confront Swedish oil giant over their days of slaughter
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‘He had a sensitive soul’: inside Silvio Berlusconi’s bizarre art collection
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‘El Jefe’: is Karina Milei the power behind Argentina’s presidential throne?
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Could exercise pills help create a healthier society?
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What’s in store for 2024? Read our experts’ predictions, from Trump 2.0 to a super el Niño
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Resolution revolution: how to make new year promises you’ll stick to
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‘I was grieving but couldn’t admit it’: why men cope so badly with miscarriage
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Banter, dress-ups and the perfect quiz question: the colourful world of Australia’s pub trivia hosts
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‘It hasn’t delivered for them’: where next for Harry and Meghan, content creators?
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Rick Astley: why we’re never gonna give up the evergreen 80s pop idol
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The moment I knew: in a crowd of 25,000, he appeared out of nowhere – and changed my life
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‘Change is a bad word’: the roaring 20s never died at these decadent LA bars
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My mother refuses to admit she was abusive and violent
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Kylie Kwong: ‘Nothing prepared me for when my father looked me in the face and said, ‘I do not accept you for who you are’
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I campervanned across Ireland alone – and climbed as many mountains as I could
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In Italy by Cynthia Zarin review – essays to bookmark with a train ticket stub
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‘My films are all problematic children’: director Yorgos Lanthimos on Poor Things, shame and his creative soulmate Emma Stone
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‘It’s time to re-examine its radical nature’: Paris to celebrate 150 years of impressionism
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What a sad loss – Tom Wilkinson was quietly and consistently wonderful
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‘Bloody nonsense’: how Glasgow was cut from the Oscar-tipped film Poor Things
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The conflict between history and memory lies at the heart of today’s cultural divides
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Talkshow host Jesse Kelly turns taking liberties with the facts into an art form
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Mainstream media is playing into Trump’s neo-fascist hands. I’m sticking with democracy and the Guardian
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My plan to topple the Tory dark lords in 2024
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Want to wow the fashion crowd? Show your knickers off
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Tories have plenty of weak spots – and dislike years that end in four
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Life is good for baby boomers. But Jeremy Hunt plans to make it even better
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‘How can such a tiny woman drive a big truck?’ Japan’s labour shortage forces it to rethink gender stereotypes
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‘Not what I had in mind’: Eurostar cancellations leave thousands stranded
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The Observer view on the vinyl revival: LPs are the antidote to a frenetic digital world
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The Observer view on abolishing inheritance tax: a handout to the wealthy
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Reams of secret poetry by pioneering British scientist finally come to light
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‘Afterwards I would feel blissful’: how exercise convinced a psychotherapist to become a personal trainer
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How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
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Rafael Nadal loses but looks sharp on return to tennis after 11 months out
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Luke Littler demolishes Raymond van Barneveld to keep adventure going
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Australia clinch women’s ODI series in dramatic style as India chase falls short
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Eddie Howe walks tightrope at Newcastle with ominous January fixture list ahead
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Golf’s warring factions miss merger deadline day to leave future still in flux
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Stick or twist? Premier League fans’ January transfer window wish lists
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Arina Rodionova impresses with victory in WTA return at Brisbane International
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Ten Hag bullish he can lead new Manchester United era despite poor run
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The 20 most-read Guardian sport articles of 2023
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‘What we got replay for?’: LeBron James criticises officiating call in Lakers defeat
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Cowboys shade furious Lions after penalty nixes winning two-point try