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This weekend’s Premier League games are the reverse fixtures of the season openers, back in sun-soaked August. Looking back, the most jarring result was Nottingham Forest 3-1 Brentford, with the teams taking very different trajectories since then.

“It was certainly a tough day for us all, but it is pretty obvious to see the development that we have made in the months since that, and I am delighted with the progress we have made,” Brentford manager Keith Andrews said yesterday.

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The Hyde Amendment reaches its 50th anniversary as ongoing debate continues over taxpayer funding of abortions, with Obamacare lacking Hyde protections.

Breakthrough sleep apnea medication AD109 shows promising results in phase 3 trials, potentially helping 30 million Americans with the condition.

Indigenous women and girls are killed at rates six times higher than non-Indigenous women — yet the perpetrators are frequently convicted of lesser offences than those guilty in the deaths of non-Indigenous victims. Read More

Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez told influencers of US threat to kill leaders if they did cooperate after capture of Maduro

The communications minister holds a phone up to a microphone before a gathering of regime-friendly influencers.

On speakerphone is Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, who claims that when US forces captured the dictator Nicolás Maduro, she and other members of his cabinet were given 15 minutes to decide whether to comply with Washington’s demands – “or they would kill us.”

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The LA-based pop duo are sending a jolt through TikTok with maximalist songs that emote wildly in every direction

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Recommend if you like Erasure, Chappell Roan, Jade
Up next Debut album Big Disgrace out 13 March

Just when you think pop is finally moving away from the synth-heavy 80s sound, another thrilling new act comes along to say: “Nope!” With shades of Erasure and a good dollop of theatre kid energy, Haute & Freddy are the Regency-styled freaks sending a jolt through TikTok. Their latest single Dance the Pain Away is the year’s first true banger, a dazzling sad-pop production that bursts through the January gloom, thrusts a spritzer in your hand and drags you to the dancefloor.

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US president’s $5bn lawsuit against JP Morgan and Jamie Dimon follows a steady rise in tensions between the two men

Weeks after Donald Trump’s first shock election win, bosses from across corporate America were scrambling to enter the president’s orbit.

Business leaders ranging from the General Motors boss, Mary Barra, to Disney’s chief, Bob Iger, quickly signed up to a new advisory council in 2016 to help shape the aggressively pro-growth policies of this new populist politician. Among them was the head of America’s largest bank: Jamie Dimon, the chair and chief executive of JP Morgan.

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Jessica Rankin sews up painting, arte povera’s Mario Merz comes in from the cold and Andy Warhol brings pop to the Midlands – all in your weekly dispatch

Jessica Rankin
This New York artist’s abstract works hover between embroidery and painting and have a seductive, lyrical beauty.
• White Cube Mason’s Yard, London, 28 January to 28 February

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Canadians are divided over whether government support should be offered to protesters in Iran, according to a new poll. Read More

"These aren't big rituals. They're not supposed to be. A cleanse works when it targets the right thing, not when it demands the most from you."

There's a reason why villains have this physical characteristic.

Investors and world leaders -- such as Middle East sovereign wealth funds that Larry Fink is close to – like the potential investment opportunities in Ukraine.

Luke Manley, who played the character Dion Galanis in “Marty Supreme,” emerged as an unlikely fan favorite in an otherwise stacked cast of actors and actresses. It was his first professional acting gig.

“I never, ever thought that this would happen."

US aerospace tech company reportedly held talks last year over private share sale that values business at $800bn

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly lining up four Wall Street banks to help the company list on the stock market as investors prepare for an expected rush of US tech listings.

SpaceX is considering Bank of America, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for leading roles in an initial public offering, according to the Financial Times and Reuters.

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Performance of Czechoslovak Group underlines strong investor demand for defence companies

We explain what you can expect in the winter weather this week.

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Most notably he's a sounding board for some of the franchise's most notable players.

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have rarely met directly in the past, instead relying on Americans to mediate, and it was unclear how the talks would play out.

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Putintseva held her nerve to win the final set but it was her post-match antics that stole the show.

Squint hard into the darkness and you’ll find there’s so much to feel positive about. Gwyneth Paltrow and HBO Max for starters

Ah, Blue Monday – it seems to come round quicker every year, no? For those of you not familiar with the term, it denotes the third Monday of January, which is alleged to be the most depressing day of the year. Collectively, I mean – obviously each of us has a birthday, plus a year coming up that will inescapably include bad haircuts, disappointing Vinted purchases and expensively untraceable leaks in the home. And Prue Leith’s leaving Bake Off.

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The New York Times reported that the National Park Service removed a sign warning about the effects of climate change on the historic Fort Sumter site.

With talks of a confrontation over Greenland receding, attention turns back to ending the four-year war between Ukraine and Russia

Meanwhile, Poland has begun sending hundreds of generators to Ukraine to help the wartorn country respond to regular energy outages caused by Russian airstrikes on critical infrastructure as the country faces a particularly bitter winter.

Poland’s interior minister Marcin Kierwiński said the generators, owned by the government’s strategic reserves agency, will leave Poland already today.

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