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Joe Biden
Biden grants largest single-day clemency in US history, with 1,500 sentences commuted

US president under pressure to pardon huge numbers of people, including those on death row, before Trump takes over

Trump administration
‘Cynical cash grab’: FBI chief nominee Kash Patel’s profitable links in the non-profit world

Middle East crisis live
American freed in Syria after seven months in detention; Iran warns it must live with ‘new realities’

Donald Trump
Time magazine names Donald Trump ‘Person of the Year’ for second time

‘Forever chemical’ found in mineral water from several European countries

In focus

Crypto
‘It’s a pure form of gambling’: memecoins boom after Trump election

‘Hawk tuah girl’ Haliey Welch’s coin fails amid new wave of hype around crypto-related assets

Rights and freedom
‘Mother of all battles’: terror for Mexicans as war rages inside Sinaloa cartel

Extreme heat
Workers farm at night to avoid intense heat – but it can lead to other negative effects

Spotlight

Film
‘Can we show someone being shot?’: the tense true story behind September 5

The Oscar-tipped drama follows the ABC crew of journalists who had to cover the unfolding violence as terrorism overtook the the Munich Olympics in 1972

College football
Bill Belichick has nothing left to prove. So why is he starting again in college?

In pictures
The world’s grandest canyons

Film
‘Sexuality is as individual as a fingerprint’: Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino on Queer

‘A rapist can be in the family’
How Dominique Pelicot became one of the worst sexual predators in history

Best podcasts of the week
From Donald Trump to personal poetry

Opinion

Did gerrymandering keep Republicans from a bigger majority? Absolutely not

David Daley

‘International law’ is an illusion for Palestinians

Ahmad Ibsais

Sports

Chess live
Ding Liren v Gukesh Dommaraju: World Chess Championship Game 14

Paige Bueckers
UConn’s point guard sensation doesn’t need to be the next Caitlin Clark

Culture

Music
The 10 best global albums of 2024

Television
No Good Deed review – Lisa Kudrow carries this twisty, binge-worthy mystery

In case you missed it

Argentina
‘Making Argentina great again’? What a year under a climate-change denying president has done for the country

Javier Milei’s push for extraction and cuts to land protections have left people fearing for their way of life – and environmentalists concerned about the future

Analysis
Trump is dedicated to isolationism – but is Syria’s future too important to ignore?

Social media
From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk’s ‘digital town square’?

Society
Always prepared: why prepping for doomsday is a logical choice for many Americans

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