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• US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry

  03-01-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  US president says oil majors primed to invest in rebuilding infrastructure following Maduro ousterUS oil giants have so far remained silent on Donald Trump’s claim that they are primed to spend “billions and billions of dollars” rebuilding the Venezuelan oil industry following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro​.Chevron, the only US oil company still operating in Venezuela, committed only to following “relevant laws and regulations” after the US president sug
  
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• Trump captures Maduro and vows to ‘run’ Venezuela – podcast

  03-01-2026 20:38 via theguardian.com
  Early on Saturday morning, Donald Trump announced that US forces had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. Hours later, they were indicted on drug and weapons offences in New York. Later on Saturday, he suggested that the US was “going to run” the country for the time beingJonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, about whether or not Trump is likely to end his military campaign in the
  
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• Trump cuts have fueled ‘rage-giving’ to US rural public radio. Will it be enough?

  03-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Across the US, federal public media cuts have galvanized many communities to donate to their local radio stationsAs soon as the US government voted to cut funding to more than 1,500 public media outlets last July, Luke Dennis, general manager at WYSO, a public radio station in Yellow Springs, Ohio, kicked into action an emergency funding drive.“The thing that really bothered me was not so much that the federal funding went away, because I felt like that was inevitable under the current adm
  
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• ‘Extraordinary – a great alcohol alternative’: the best supermarket kombuchas, tasted and rated

  03-01-2026 14:00
  These once obscure fizzy ferments are now widely available in our supermarkets – but which are a sparkling success and which leave you feeling a bit flat?• It’s easy to ferment at home. Here’s all the kit you needSimilar to vinegar, kombucha is made with a scoby (a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast), or mother, which looks like a blobby creature from the deep. Homemade kombucha is an enjoyable project and really cheap to make (it’s essentially just the cost of s
  
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• Feeling the bite: is Greggs on a roll or is its expansion overbaked?

  03-01-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  UK pastry chain has plans for two new factories and 800 more branches, despite sales falling in 2025 and analysts questioning brand’s direction An enormous carpet of pastry snakes its way around the factory. Four huge metal urns of meat filling are waiting to be added. Workers in hairnets and overalls buzz about, checking a production line that holds 4.5 tonnes of pastry at any one time.This is food production on an industrial scale, designed to satisfy the UK’s seemingly insatiable
  
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• Jason White on plastic pollution in the food chain – cartoon

  03-01-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
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• ‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?

  03-01-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worriedDuring a golden sunset in Memphis in May, Sharon Wilson pointed a thermal imaging camera at Elon Musk’s flagship datacentre to reveal a planetary threat her eyes could not. Free from pollution controls, the gas-fired turbines that power the world’s biggest AI supercomputer were pumping invisible fumes into the Tennessee sky.“It was jaw-dropping,” said Wilso
  
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• I’m not sure a bakery needs a branded condom – can any business resist selling merch now? | Elle Hunt

  03-01-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  From Trader Joe’s totes to Greggs jewellery, swag mania reveals how small businesses can promote their ‘brands’ – and how we use stuff to signal our tribeFor all its many charms, Norwich tends to lag behind London on internet-buzzy trends (personally, I count that as among its charms), but it’s not always easy to pinpoint by exactly how long. So I was interested to spot, on a recent trip into the fine city, a woman carrying a Trader Joe’s-branded tote bag.Trad
  
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• New year money: 26 tools and apps to help you sort your finances in 2026

  03-01-2026 08:00
  From cheaper shopping to tax and travel cash, there is a host of resources to help you out. We pick some of the bestMoney is central to many people’s new year resolutions – whether it’s trying to save more, organising what you have already, or improving your spending or saving habits.If you have promised to tackle your finances this year, there are lots of tools and apps that can help you achieve your goal. Here are 26 to help you in 2026. Continue reading...
  
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• I saved £670 with Martin Lewis' 1p challenge but don't make my mistake

  03-01-2026 01:01 via express.co.uk
  I saved, rather painlessly, nearly £700 but there's one thing I wish I'd done differently.
  
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