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  • FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, DC<br>FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

    Federal Reserve
    Wall Street falls sharply as Fed indicates fewer rate cuts in 2025 to fight inflation

    Central bank lowers benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point to between 4.25% to 4.5%
  • Arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills

    Coronavirus
    Journal retracts study that promoted hydroxychloroquine as Covid treatment

In focus

  • A composite design featuring pictures of Donald Trump and Shigeru Ishiba.

    Analysis
    Will Japan’s close ties with US survive the caprice and quirks of Donald Trump?

  • France's president, Emmanuel Macron, talks with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, before a meeting at the European Council in Brussels.

    Ukraine war briefing
    Zelenskyy says he discussed French troop idea with Macron

    Ukraine president said work continued on proposal to put European forces on the ground; Nato chief Mark Rutte warns European leaders not to pre-empt peace process. What we know on day 1,030
  • Dendrobium wanmae. An orchid with green and orange petals

    Environment
    Toadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024

    Scientists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinction

Spotlight

  • Anna Hart with a half-pint of Guinness and a packet of Tayto crisps

    Family
    The Christmas that went wrong: I was hungover – so I bought everyone in my family a Moby CD

    A term’s worth of techno clubs and afterparties at university in Glasgow didn’t do much for my education or my choice of Christmas gifts
  • She reaches out paint-covered hands to the toddler, who is already smeared with paint

    Film
    Can’t-do attitude: why the real horror of Nightbitch is weaponized incompetence

  • Composite for Antiviral column - retinol and anti-ageing skincare

    Can retinol, vitamin A or other compounds really keep your skin healthy and ‘youthful’?

    Melissa Davey
    The ads are everywhere but the evidence is poor for most creams, experts say – with one limited exception
  • Oleksandr Usyk poses in a pre-fight ceremony in Riyadh.

    Usyk and Fury’s titanic battle flies under radar in surreal surrounds of Riyadh

    Donald McRae
    These complex, contradictory heavyweights are ready to recommence hostilities – let’s hope someone tells the locals
    • Color illustration of a plate with food on it labeled with prices.

      Food
      Can everyone eat for the planet? I shopped at Dollar Store for a week to find out

    • Twisted genius … Santa's Speedy Quest.

      Forget charades, I have found the worst Christmas game of all time – and I love it

      Ellie Gibson
    • Jim Carrey as Ivo Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

      Review
      Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review – Jim Carrey supplies laughs and energy for hedgehog threequel

    • Your Fault.

      Review
      Your Fault review – bizarre and wooden step-sibling romance

Opinion

  • North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and Russian president Vladimir Putin attend a welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang on 19 June 2024.

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on North Koreans dying for Russia: an alarming alliance gains strength

    • A woman adjusts the temperature on her air fryer.

      Is your air fryer spying on you? It’s time to stop buying unnecessary ‘smart’ devices

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • Man points in front of American flag

      Donald Trump’s disturbing war on the press has now escalated

      Lloyd Green
    • Elon Musk (centre) meets Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (right) and party treasurer Nick Candy at Mar-a-Lago on 17 December 2024.

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on Elon Musk and UK politics: interference in plain sight

    • Illustration of the logos of Honda and Nissan

      Nissan’s mooted merger with Honda may be best answer to industry’s EV problem

      Nils Pratley

Sports

  • Darwin Núñez gestures to the home fans after opening the scoring for Liverpool.

    Carabao Cup
    Liverpool hold off Saints fightback after Núñez and Elliott strikes

  • Sarah Strong, Ashlynn Shade, Paige Bueckers and Kaitlyn Chen, left to right, react during UConn’s win over Iowa State on Thursday in Uncasville, Connecticut.

    College basketball
    Man pleads guilty to stalking UConn star Paige Bueckers

    A man accused of stalking and harassing UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a stalking charge
    • Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks celebrates after winning the NBA Cup title with Tuesday’s win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

      Basketball
      Giannis in bloom and the elephants in the room: seven NBA Cup takeaways

      Claire de Lune in Las Vegas
    • Charlotte Hornets mascot Hugo the Hornet was at the center of a giveaway gone wrong during Monday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

      NBA
      Hornets sorry after giving child PS5 before taking it back off camera

    • Kevin O'Toole of New York City FC is congratulated by teammates Keaton Parks and Mitja Ilenič after O'Toole scored the winning goal during the second half of a March game against Toronto FC.

      Soccer
      ‘Stay the course’: do MLS’s anemic ratings in the Apple TV era matter?

      Tom Dart
    • Omar Marmoush, Josko Gvardiol and Vitinha

      The top 100
      The best male footballers in the world: Nos 100-41

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Climate crisis

  • A woman stands on a balcony that had a black panel attached to the side

    The alternatives
    ‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off

  • Silhouette of boy outside factory

    Climate crisis
    Pakistan and Bahamas join push for global pact to phase out fossil fuels

  • The pipes of a coal power plant belch black smoke, polluting the atmosphere at sunset

    Climate crisis
    Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years

  • Rush hour evening traffic in Glasgow

    Air pollution
    Pollution exposure linked to mental health hospital admissions, says study

Across the country

  • Lawrence Hecker.

    New Orleans clergy abuse
    Retired New Orleans priest gets life in prison after pleading guilty to child rape

    Lawrence Hecker declined to apologize to his victims at emotional hearing that closed book on grueling legal saga
  • a office building

    US supreme court
    Supreme court agrees to hear TikTok challenge to law ending its US operations

  • a drone in the air

    Drones
    ‘There’s a lot of drones authorized up there’: Biden sends radar systems and tries to calm fears

  • FILE - This image made from a NASA live stream shows NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore during a press conference from the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

    Space
    Nasa astronauts stuck in space since June face further delay

    • Montana
      Montana supreme court upholds right to ‘stable climate system’ for youngsters

    • Chicago
      Large US non-profit hospital system will spend $1bn in Chicago’s South Side

    • Trump administration
      Trump nominates ex-NFL star Herschel Walker as ambassador to Bahamas

    • Donald Trump
      Uber and its CEO donate $1m each to Trump’s inaugural fund

    • New York
      New York state resident finds complete mastodon jaw beneath lawn

    • California
      Biden administration allows California to ban new gas-powered car sales by 2035

Around the world

  • Dmitry Medvedev

    Russia
    Dmitry Medvedev says editors of the Times are ‘legitimate military targets’

    Former Russian president’s Telegram post follows paper’s editorial about assassination of a Russian general
  • Red Cross volunteers assist staff with the clean-up at Vila central hospital in Port Vila, Vanuatu, following Tuesday’s earthquake.

    Vanuatu
    Fears Vanuatu health system could be overwhelmed as disease risks rise after quake

  • Google Streetview image of person putting something into the back of a car

    Spain
    Google Maps car snaps vital clue in Spanish missing person case

  • Two pock-marked bones

    Science
    Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis

    • Guantánamo Bay
      Bali bomb plotters moved from Guantánamo to Malaysia after guilty plea

    • Health
      Cancer screening take ups not back to pre-pandemic levels, UK charity warns

    • Pacific islands
      Fiji defence minister welcomes US security deal and criticises China missile test

    • Israel
      Netanyahu says Israel will occupy Syria buffer zone for foreseeable future

    • Mayotte
      Cyclone Chido deaths rise in south-east Africa as Mayotte toll remains unclear

    • UK
      Starmer urged to change donation rules amid talk of Musk bankrolling Reform

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Palestinian journalist Ahmed Alnaouq

    Today in Focus
    One man on his grief for Gaza

  • Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria outside No 10 after Labour's general election win

    Politics Weekly UK
    Review of the year: how will we remember 2024? – Politics Weekly UK

  • Dr Chris van Tulleken giving a lecture

    Science
    ‘Soft and calorie dense’: Chris van Tulleken on how ultra-processed foods keep us hooked – podcast

  • The Port Talbot steelworks

    Today in Focus
    Can a steel town survive if its furnaces are turned off? – podcast

  • FILE - Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino, stand for the anthem prior to opening soccer match of the 2018 World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, on June 14, 2018. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

    Football Weekly
    Why does Saudi Arabia want to host the World Cup? - Football Weekly

  • Chinese spy Yang Tengbo (in glasses Andrew pointing at him)) with Ambassador Liu and Prince Andrew, Duke of York December 12, 2018 at St. James' Palace in London Jess Elgot confirmed identity. Taken from https://www.mfa.gov.cn/gjhdq_676201/gj_676203/oz_678770/1206_679906/1206x2_679926/201812/t20181214_9354750.shtml

    Today in Focus
    The prince and the ‘spy’ – podcast

Culture

  • Insular and intimate … Billie Eilish

    Music
    The 50 best albums of 2024: No 3 – Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft

    Stepping aside from her role as pop’s conscience, Eilish looks inward to tell murky love stories on her third album, and returns to her teenage flirtations with the macabre
  • Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

    Television
    ‘We jumped the shark in the very first episode!’ Thirty-five years of The Simpsons

  • Cara Delevingne in glasses and white suit as Elton John

    Music
    Cara Delevingne plays Elton John for Step Into Christmas video remake

  • Claire Keegan.

    Books
    Where to start with: Claire Keegan

  • man in a suit

    Late-night TV roundup
    Stephen Colbert on Justin Trudeau’s political crisis: ‘Welcome to the club’

  • film still of two women

    Film
    Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 3 – All We Imagine As Light

Lifestyle

  • a family with a toddler

    Parents and parenting
    My mother has schizophrenia and there’s a chance I could too. Am I right to want biological children?

  • Illustration depicting unconscious drives

    How to build a better life
    Do you lavish attention on others but rarely receive it? It’s time to get in touch with your own needs

    Protecting yourself from the feelings that drive you may give you a sense of control – but it comes at a cost. Working through them allows you to lower your defences
  • Three women in a bathroom drink and get ready for a night out.

    Euro visions
    The Swedish sobriety secret: dry December – and off-licences shut on a Saturday night

    For decades, the authorities in Sweden have encouraged people to drink responsibly – and with a state alcohol monopoly, strict rules and growing abstinence, they seem to be succeeding

Well actually

  • a woman experiencing pelvic pain

    Sex
    Pain during sex isn’t normal. Here’s how couples can cope

  • A collage image of pieces of a woman's face interspersed with pictures of colorful vegetables

    Trends
    How I escaped the wild west of #cleaneating Instagram and TikTok

  • Knitting yarn

    Hobbies
    Knitting with dog hair was a craze in the 90s – let’s make it happen again

  • A notepad surrounded by Christmas decorations. A handwritten note on top says 'My Christmas Wishlist'

    Holidays
    Is making a holiday wishlist practical or tacky?

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  • Girl drinking hot tea and reading book in bedPosed by model Girl holding cup of hot tea and reading in bed. Around her in bad earphones, book, smart phone. Decorative lights in background.

    Books
    Tell us your favourite books of 2024

  • Syrians gather at Umayyad Square to celebrate the collapse of 61 years of Baath Party rule in Damascus.

    Syria
    Share your reaction to the fall of Assad

  • family eating celebrity meal at festive Christmas tablewoman holding antique gravy boat for christmas roast on festive decorated table

    Life and style
    Will you be spending the holidays with family who have different political views?

  • FILE - A registered nurse works on a computer in Los Angeles.

    US healthcare
    Share your experience of US healthcare

From our global editions

  • Pleads to Santa for more presents... France’s Dalida, who sings Petit Papa Noël.

    Music
    Move over, Mariah! The cheesiest, weepiest, silliest, booziest European Christmas bangers

  • The three men standing in front of a painting of a young Donald Trump

    Analysis
    Farage’s photo with Musk and Nick Candy defines his Trump tribute act era

  • Anna King in her home holding a cup of tea

    Australia
    The new science ending the ‘terror and panic’ of coming off long-term antidepressant use

  • A clearing in mangroves on the coast of Kupang, where a group of six Chinese men wandered ashore looking for accommodation.

    Indonesia
    Fleeing Xi’s China: following the trail of migrants trying to reach Australia through Indonesia

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    Society
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    Drones
    ‘They’re looking for something’: rumors abound over unsettling drone sightings in New Jersey

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    Argentina
    ‘Everything is so bad’: Argentina’s poor hit hard by Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ measures

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