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Monday
18
April
2016
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Support for Officer Peter Liang, who was convicted of killing Akai Gurley, show the divisions not just between minorities, but among Asian Americans.
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Lower house of congress voted to impeach President Dilma Rousseff but ruling party calls on Brazilians to occupy streets as process passes to senate
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While the UN holds a special session on world drug policy, an interfaith social justice group will focus on ‘devastating consequences’ of mass incarceration
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Blasted with toxic sand, pulverised by blaring EDM and genitally grazed by security, our correspondent found Coachella hard work – until he had an unlikely epiphany
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Defining the US Democratic presidential race as a choice between economic and social justice was a masterstroke from Hillary Clinton. But Sanders has something that she lacks: the ability to build a movement
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For years I thought of my mother as a pathetic figure who had turned her back on feminism – until I saw the scorn heaped upon Clinton and realized my mom was a victim of her time
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Depp and Amber Heard’s quasi-apology for illegally taking their terriers to Australia mocks the authorities, yet falls short of satire and into a kind of weird irony
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Everyone assumed La Liga’s title race was over until Barça’s absurd and spectacular collapse let Atlético and Real Madrid right back in
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Jamie Vardy has been charged by the FA over comments he made to the referee Jon Moss after being sent off and faces an extra game’s ban if found guilty
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Why do Golden State fans arrive at Oracle Arena 90 minutes before tip-off? To see a glimpse of a basketball master at work. Max Whittle reports
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A number of Saint Louis University baseball players who made racist remarks about President Obama in a group text message will not be formally punished
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Clinton enjoys the support of older black women, and she’s seeking the votes of younger ones. But a tone deafness to the issues we face suggests we should be skeptical
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A political revolution can’t be built in a single election cycle. What matters is that the movement continues after the election – whether or not he wins
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Keystone state is 24th to legalise cannabis use for health reasons, prompting state Republican senator to say: ‘What we’re doing today is the healer’
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Native American students call image depicting Spanish conquistador and frontiersman ‘an insult of the highest order’
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Early start date would add momentum for deeper emissions cuts and lock a future US president into the deal for four years
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Much-contested gem, which now resides in crown worn by Queen mother, was not purloined, India’s supreme court hears
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An official statement from the DPRK or a soundbite from the Republican candidate on the campaign trial?
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Weaknesses within mobile phone network interconnection system allows criminals or governments to remotely snoop on anyone with a phone
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The Dutch parliament will strive towards all-electric sales by midway through the next decade if senate passes motion into law
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After a drone hits a British Airways plane we take a look at drones being used for cooler purposes
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Comments on the website can exceed 70,000 a day. Yes, there are trolls, but there is also wit, wisdom and a community worth fighting for, says a former moderator
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As the United Nations general assembly convenes a special session on global drug policy Colombians from farmers to the president are calling for a rethink
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Yukako Fukushima crafts lifelike pinkies to help yakuza criminals who severed fingers as a mark of contrition begin a new life
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In the 1850s, adulterated food was causing widespread malnutrition. Campaigners, scientists, governments and industry leaders worked together to eventually put it right. Let’s learn from this history
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Ethiopia has underscored its zeal to modernise production of its top commodity with a scheme that tells buyers exactly where its beans are from
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'We have lost the science of building cities' Meet Joan Clos, the unofficial world leader for cities
Unaffordable housing, corruption, the lack of public space … can UN-Habitat improve the lot of the billions of people living in cities around the world? Mike Herd talks to Dr Joan Clos ahead of this year’s Habitat III summit
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We can learn from programs that practically wiped out meningitis A in regions of Africa, greatly reduced traffic casualties in Vietnam and kept Kenyan orphans in schoolsWhy motorcycle safety, meningitis vaccines and money transfers are signs of a global health revolution – podcast
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Ambitious projects in African and Asian countries have seen success, thanks to improved information-gathering processes that include using smartphonesBetter data means better health for the world’s disease-troubled areas
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The Meningitis Belt, composed of 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, experiences an outbreak of meningitis A every five to eight years. African leaders had to unite to find an affordable solutionInside Africa's Meningitis Belt, leaders fight disease with an affordable vaccine – video
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A new book, Millions Saved, shows how policymakers and health professionals in the poorest countries worked to make significant, positive differences on peoples’ healthMillions saved: how to make sure global health programs work
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An archive of 175,000 images shows post-Depression America at its most desperate – especially the negatives killed off with an ominous hole-punch
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Police in northern China say an argument between construction workers escalated into a clash of heavy machinery
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders draws record crowds at a park in New York City in the final weekend before the state’s primary
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The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast
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In early April, Israel expanded the fishing zone open to Palestinians to nine nautical miles off the Gaza coast. Israel had limited the area for security reasons during its conflict with Hamas
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Briton and New Zealander become the first couple to be married by the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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It’s Batman v Superman v a white walker from Game of Thrones as bakers gather at Alexandra Palace in London to show off their sugarcraft and decorating skills
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The screenwriter – who is not associated with the anime remake – has weighed into the ‘whitewashing’ debate and said dearth of high-profile Asian stars is result of a ‘broken system’
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The actor has revealed that she ‘didn’t feel I was living it’ when she played the leading role in Karel Reisz’s film-within-a-film of the John Fowles romance
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Bethany Cosentino has hit out at the lyrics of the R&B singer’s single Back to Sleep, along with the press and management who have supported it
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Nearly 20 years ago, Monica Lewinsky found herself at the heart of a political storm. Now she’s turned that dark time into a force for good
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including Oscar Pistorius, Ronnie Corbett funeral and Coachella
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