24.12.2024 11:00 Resolution Foundation says higher prices and cold weather will hit poorer households hardestMillions of vulnerable UK households on prepayment meters could see their energy bills consume almost a third of their incomes this winter.As temperatures drop across the country, the Resolution Foundation said a combination of higher gas and electricity prices and the typical seasonal increase in energy usage over the colder months would hit poorer families most. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 11:07 Formula One teams are looking to artificial intelligence to optimize strategy and improve racing performance on tracks around the world.24.12.2024 11:11 Potentially harmful PFAS chemicals have been detected at high levels in tap water at the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' facilities in the suburbs of Tokyo and elsewhere, a government survey showed Tuesday.
The five-year survey from fiscal 2020 looked into water systems dedicated to supplying hospitals, schools and other facilities, amid growing concerns over the health impact of the widely used and long-lasting substances already detected in water filtration plants and rivers across the country.
Read full story here24.12.2024 11:24 The United Nations reports a brutal 'manhunt,' with victims taken from their homes in Port-au-Prince to be executed. The operation was ordered by a gang leader convinced that his son's illness had been caused by voodoo practitioners.24.12.2024 11:24 Chinese authorities is issuing $411 billion worth of special treasury bonds next year, which would be the highest on record, Reuters reports.24.12.2024 11:36 One person died on a Santa Cruz County beach and two went missing in Monterey County Monday after large waves battered the Northern California coastline amid a high surf warning.24.12.2024 12:00 Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearNicholas Saunders was a counterculture pioneer with an endless stream of quixotic schemes and a yearning to spread knowledge – but his true legacy is a total remaking of the way Britain eatsSign up to the long read weekly email here, and find our podcasts hereShow your support for the Guardian’s open, independent journalism in 2024 and beyond, including the long read Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 12:00 The Press Association’s political photographer, Stefan Rousseau, picks his best shots from the past 12 months Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 12:00 Exhibition in Bristol, the city of her birth, celebrates Paule Vézelay whose ascent was stymied by sexism and warBritain’s “first” abstract artist, whose legacy has mostly been obscured because of a combination of sexism and the second world war, is to have her first major exhibition in more than 40 years.Paule Vézelay, born in Bristol in 1892, moved to Paris where she moved in the same circles as Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, and created one of the first British abstract works in 1928, a few years before Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore began their experimentations. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 12:00 For enthusiasts, the festive period would not be complete without doing the 5km run alongside jogging SantasFor some, the idea of a Christmas that contains any more exertion than reaching for the Quality Street is the stuff of nightmares. But for others, the most wonderful time of the year would not be complete without a festive parkrun.For the uninitiated, these free, timed, 5km runs take place on Saturday mornings in 22 countries across five continents, with 9 million registered participants worldwide. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 12:05 With Giorgia Meloni’s plan in tatters, one centre is housing stray dogs adopted by bored Italian guardsWhen Italy opened migrant centres in Albania in October the plan was clear: 3,000 people a month intercepted in Italian waters would have their asylum claims processed beyond Italy’s borders, monitored by Italian police officers.Two months later, undercover Albanian journalists posing as tourists caught up with some of those officers staying at a 5-star hotel with a pool and spa in Shëngjin, the Albanian port that houses the migrant centre. Continue reading... ... 24.12.2024 12:33 Traders will monitor any developments related to the planned merger of Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda.24.12.2024 13:03 BREAKING NEWS: Japan parliament passes bills to improve political fund transparency
==KyodoRead full story here24.12.2024 13:10 CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in New York state case; Chicago man sells "hardest pizza to get" in alley and donates proceeds to charity24.12.2024 13:40 BREAKING NEWS: Japan PM says he is willing to hold talks with Trump at early date
==KyodoRead full story here24.12.2024 15:00 Republicans are defending a slim Senate majority in 2026, but Democrats still have a tough fight ahead to take control of the chamber.24.12.2024 15:00 DOJ found that two organizations that run Tennessee's attorney licensing program discriminated against a lawyer over his opioid use disorder medication.24.12.2024 15:00 The self-help phenom’s new book is all about letting others do as they may. Can she follow her own advice?24.12.2024 15:00 Trump blamed Biden. Biden blamed the Afghan military. Our investigation found that the U.S. unwittingly laid the groundwork for the Taliban’s victory long ago.24.12.2024 15:01 China and the World Anti-Doping Agency say that positive tests for a banned drug among elite Chinese swimmers were a result of unwitting contamination. But the science behind that assertion is not so clear.24.12.2024 15:01 A modified Dodge Charger that blasted neighbors out of their sleep appears to have gone quiet, at least downtown, as its owner deals with legal problems.24.12.2024 15:01 Sex is a big part of life. Why is it so hard to talk to family members about it?24.12.2024 15:02 Daniel Stern has built a social media following by documenting daily life on his family’s farm. “What a crazy way to walk through life,” he said, “to be a little part of people’s lives.”24.12.2024 15:02 “Coercive diplomacy” could leave Tehran to choose either a negotiated disassembly of its nuclear capability, or a forced one.24.12.2024 15:03 Employees of SpaceX have filed a formal petition to create the city of Starbase. Its first mayor would be a security manager for the company.24.12.2024 15:42 A bear measuring about 90 centimeters from head to tail was tranquilized and captured Tuesday, a day after it was found under a traditional Japanese "kotatsu" blanketed table in a living room in northeastern Japan, local police said.
The resident, a man in his 60s, discovered the animal with its head under the table when he returned to his home in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, on Monday evening. The man escaped unharmed to a neighboring house and the police restricted access to the area.
Read full story here24.12.2024 15:51 Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday expressed his willingness to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump "at an early date" to further strengthen the bilateral alliance.
While Trump is perceived to be willing to meet with Ishiba before his Jan. 20 return to the White House, the prime minister noted that there are "various views" within the government about when would be the best time for the two leaders to meet and said, "I will choose the most appropriate timing."
Read full story here24.12.2024 16:01 Japan's parliament approved Tuesday a series of legislative changes aimed at restoring voter trust through abolishing "policy activity funds" that can be spent without disclosure and setting up a third-party oversight entity to monitor fund reporting.
The passage of the bills through the House of Councillors came on the final day of an extraordinary Diet session that was extended by three days to allow for extra deliberations. It marked the first Diet debate since Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, transitioned to a minority government following the general election in October.
Read full story here24.12.2024 16:13 An array of climate emergencies has killed, injured and displaced thousands across the globe this year.24.12.2024 16:16 Sam Konstas's inclusion against India makes him the fourth-youngest Test debutant in Australian history.24.12.2024 16:23 A baker tries to bring a little joy into a displacement camp as everyone prays for an end to Israel's brutal war.24.12.2024 16:28 Twenty-two years after his uncle approached the same challenge, ozeki Hoshoryu heads into January's New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with a shot at promotion to the sport's highest rank.
Asashoryu won 25 career grand sumo tournaments, the fourth most on the all-time list, and clinched promotion as the first yokozuna from Mongolia at 2003's January meet. And though his 25-year-old nephew is rightly impressed, the ozeki's focus was on doing things his way.
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Resolution Foundation says higher prices and cold weather will hit poorer households hardestMillions of vulnerable UK households on prepayment meters could see their energy bills consume almost a third of their incomes this winter.As temperatures drop across the country, the Resolution Foundation said a combination of higher gas and electricity prices and the typical seasonal increase in energy usage over the colder months would hit poorer families most. Continue reading... ... 
Potentially harmful PFAS chemicals have been detected at high levels in tap water at the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' facilities in the suburbs of Tokyo and elsewhere, a government survey showed Tuesday.
The five-year survey from fiscal 2020 looked into water systems dedicated to supplying hospitals, schools and other facilities, amid growing concerns over the health impact of the widely used and long-lasting substances already detected in water filtration plants and rivers across the country.
Read full story here
The United Nations reports a brutal 'manhunt,' with victims taken from their homes in Port-au-Prince to be executed. The operation was ordered by a gang leader convinced that his son's illness had been caused by voodoo practitioners.
One person died on a Santa Cruz County beach and two went missing in Monterey County Monday after large waves battered the Northern California coastline amid a high surf warning.
Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearNicholas Saunders was a counterculture pioneer with an endless stream of quixotic schemes and a yearning to spread knowledge – but his true legacy is a total remaking of the way Britain eatsSign up to the long read weekly email here, and find our podcasts hereShow your support for the Guardian’s open, independent journalism in 2024 and beyond, including the long read Continue reading... ... 
The Press Association’s political photographer, Stefan Rousseau, picks his best shots from the past 12 months Continue reading... ... 
Exhibition in Bristol, the city of her birth, celebrates Paule Vézelay whose ascent was stymied by sexism and warBritain’s “first” abstract artist, whose legacy has mostly been obscured because of a combination of sexism and the second world war, is to have her first major exhibition in more than 40 years.Paule Vézelay, born in Bristol in 1892, moved to Paris where she moved in the same circles as Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, and created one of the first British abstract works in 1928, a few years before Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore began their experimentations. Continue reading... ... 
For enthusiasts, the festive period would not be complete without doing the 5km run alongside jogging SantasFor some, the idea of a Christmas that contains any more exertion than reaching for the Quality Street is the stuff of nightmares. But for others, the most wonderful time of the year would not be complete without a festive parkrun.For the uninitiated, these free, timed, 5km runs take place on Saturday mornings in 22 countries across five continents, with 9 million registered participants worldwide. Continue reading... ... 
With Giorgia Meloni’s plan in tatters, one centre is housing stray dogs adopted by bored Italian guardsWhen Italy opened migrant centres in Albania in October the plan was clear: 3,000 people a month intercepted in Italian waters would have their asylum claims processed beyond Italy’s borders, monitored by Italian police officers.Two months later, undercover Albanian journalists posing as tourists caught up with some of those officers staying at a 5-star hotel with a pool and spa in Shëngjin, the Albanian port that houses the migrant centre. Continue reading... ... 
CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in New York state case; Chicago man sells "hardest pizza to get" in alley and donates proceeds to charity
Republicans are defending a slim Senate majority in 2026, but Democrats still have a tough fight ahead to take control of the chamber.
DOJ found that two organizations that run Tennessee's attorney licensing program discriminated against a lawyer over his opioid use disorder medication.
The self-help phenom’s new book is all about letting others do as they may. Can she follow her own advice?
Trump blamed Biden. Biden blamed the Afghan military. Our investigation found that the U.S. unwittingly laid the groundwork for the Taliban’s victory long ago.
China and the World Anti-Doping Agency say that positive tests for a banned drug among elite Chinese swimmers were a result of unwitting contamination. But the science behind that assertion is not so clear.
A modified Dodge Charger that blasted neighbors out of their sleep appears to have gone quiet, at least downtown, as its owner deals with legal problems.
Daniel Stern has built a social media following by documenting daily life on his family’s farm. “What a crazy way to walk through life,” he said, “to be a little part of people’s lives.”
“Coercive diplomacy” could leave Tehran to choose either a negotiated disassembly of its nuclear capability, or a forced one.
Employees of SpaceX have filed a formal petition to create the city of Starbase. Its first mayor would be a security manager for the company.
A bear measuring about 90 centimeters from head to tail was tranquilized and captured Tuesday, a day after it was found under a traditional Japanese "kotatsu" blanketed table in a living room in northeastern Japan, local police said.
The resident, a man in his 60s, discovered the animal with its head under the table when he returned to his home in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, on Monday evening. The man escaped unharmed to a neighboring house and the police restricted access to the area.
Read full story here
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday expressed his willingness to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump "at an early date" to further strengthen the bilateral alliance.
While Trump is perceived to be willing to meet with Ishiba before his Jan. 20 return to the White House, the prime minister noted that there are "various views" within the government about when would be the best time for the two leaders to meet and said, "I will choose the most appropriate timing."
Read full story here
Japan's parliament approved Tuesday a series of legislative changes aimed at restoring voter trust through abolishing "policy activity funds" that can be spent without disclosure and setting up a third-party oversight entity to monitor fund reporting.
The passage of the bills through the House of Councillors came on the final day of an extraordinary Diet session that was extended by three days to allow for extra deliberations. It marked the first Diet debate since Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, transitioned to a minority government following the general election in October.
Read full story here
Twenty-two years after his uncle approached the same challenge, ozeki Hoshoryu heads into January's New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with a shot at promotion to the sport's highest rank.
Asashoryu won 25 career grand sumo tournaments, the fourth most on the all-time list, and clinched promotion as the first yokozuna from Mongolia at 2003's January meet. And though his 25-year-old nephew is rightly impressed, the ozeki's focus was on doing things his way.
Read full story here