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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 8 October 2022

On Thursday, 37 people were massacred in rural Thailand. 22 were children under the age of five. The current orthodoxy…

inkl Originals

The Leader podcast: ‘Let Girls Learn’ football in Zimbabwe

In the first episode of the Evening Standard’s year-long series of specials called ‘Let Girls Learn’, we’re going to Zimbabwe.

Evening Standard

Britain ‘planning’ for blackouts this winter, minister admits

Energy minister Graham Stuart had a hospital pass of a media round this morning, in which he was forced to…

Evening Standard

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Liz Truss, we see the Dickensian world you dream of – and we refuse to go there

The prime minister has a plan, but people know it will leave them poorer, colder and hungrier, says writer and…

The Guardian - UK

How Putin lost hearts and minds in eastern Ukraine

The sham referendums serve only to highlight that many once pro-Russian Ukrainians are turning their backs on Moscow, says humanitarian…

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss has a way forward: start delivering

The tenacity of Liz Truss throughout her career, rising from a comprehensive education to being one of the longest serving…

Evening Standard

The broken US economy breeds inequality and insecurity. Here’s how to fix it

On one side, oceans of wealth and power. On the other, precarity and powerlessness. But we have the tools for…

The Guardian - US

Despite challenges business bosses globally are still feeling optimistic

New research from Deloitte shows CEOs see retaining key staff as important as factors such as inflation

Birmingham Post

The Standard View: Winter blackouts or not, Liz Truss must double down on net zero

The Government has acknowledged that blackouts are a possibility this winter, as energy supplies are tested to the limit. While…

Evening Standard

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Liz Truss is a new leader with the same old Tory disdain for disabled people

The PM is weighing up a cut in benefits that will take many to the brink, says journalist and disability…

The Guardian - UK

60 tiny things about life right now that drive me stark raving mad

Everything is awful. War, falling living standards, anthropogenic climate change. So here, in no particular order, is a list of…

Evening Standard

Liz Truss has found her feet – as a leading UK conspiracist and No 10 whiner-in-chief

Who can blame the prime minister for grumbling? Her party has only had 12 years to set Britain right, says…

The Guardian - UK

Emily Sheffield: We can hope for the young women of Iran, but hope is not enough

Who can watch the stirring videos circulating worldwide of the extraordinarily brave young female protesters in Iran, some of them…

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health, read the most diverse news in one place.

Commentary: How to confront bigots on social media — and win

My journey to becoming an online presence is nothing short of accidental. After getting fired from my job at a…

Los Angeles Times

Opec oil cuts can wreck recoveries in many economies

Opec’s decision is likely to keep crude prices high, which does not augur well for the world economy staring at…

Livemint

Commentary: How I nurtured my trans nonbinary child’s path — and learned to grow with him

Two years ago, my then 7-year-old and I were having a date night when I jokingly asked, “Any deep, dark…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Hard labor will be death sentence for Pa. man detained in Russia

The Biden administration’s continues to fail U.S. citizen and Oakmont resident Marc Fogel, who was convicted in Russia of possessing…

Tribune News Service

The best bet for the US to cool inflation: more immigrants

The US taking in more immigrants is good for other countries too which smart under imported inflation and have to…

Livemint

Editorial: Berkeley group pushes a ban on pro-Israel speakers

The sad state of free speech on America’s college campuses has been well-documented. Now a controversy at a top California…

Tribune News Service

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Editorial: Dallas’ bad plan on guaranteed income

A bad idea by any other name is still a bad idea.

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: Solving Trump’s victimization puzzle

Month after month, throughout Donald Trump’s mondo-bizarro post-presidency, our Great News Funnels have spewed out puzzle pieces in the form…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Congress still owes DACA recipients a permanent fix

Imagine the life you have now, with all your routines that you’ve built and the goals you’ve achieved, with one…

Tribune News Service

Dream job disappointment: Testifying against Trump

Think you have a rocky relationship with your former boss? Sarah Matthews resigned as Trump's deputy press secretary after the…

Politico

Politicians, business titans, hear this: we don’t need any more of your ‘disruption’

Beloved by policy wonks and embraced this week by Liz Truss, what began as dry business theory has become the…

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: A pandemic lesson: The less you do, the less you do

Benjamin Franklin once said “if you want something done, ask a busy person,” to which comedian Lucille Ball later added…

Tribune News Service