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Thursday
16 February 2017
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Andrew Puzder, Trump's labor secretary pick, withdraws from considerationPuzder faced concerns from Republicans over his personal background and business record -
Former Trump adviser calls for investigation of alleged Russia linksStone, who’s named as one of four individuals under FBI observation over alleged contacts with Russian intelligence, urges Department of Justice inquiry
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Trump says US not committed to two-state Israel-Palestine solutionSpeaking alongside Benjamin Netanyahu, US president appears to dismantle years of policy by saying he is looking at multiple options for peace -
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Her son was lynched for being gay. Now her fight for justice is at risk from TrumpMatthew Shepard’s murder in Wyoming in 1998 spurred his mother Judy to get the law changed but Trump’s election means her plan 'got blown to smithereens'
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Late-night TV hosts skewer Michael FlynnComics, including Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert, discuss the controversial resignation of Trump’s national security adviser and the ensuing fallout
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We rate the president's calls and calamities with world leadersSince entering the White House, Donald Trump has had dozens of interactions with leaders. Flip the cards below to see some of his most colourful ... so far
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Essay on the possibility of alien life discovered in US collegeWinston Churchill’s essay Are We Alone in the Universe? was penned the year before he became prime minister, and reveals his keen interest in science
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Desperate McGregor remains a pawn in Mayweather's promotional gameLes Carpenter: Conor McGregor won’t get a fight with Floyd Mayweather unless Mayweather believes the fight will make him very, very rich. Therein lies the impasse
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Texas governor warns NFL is 'walking on thin ice' with bathroom bill warningRepublican governor Greg Abbott rips NFL over veiled threat, telling league to ‘concentrate on playing football and get the heck out of politics’
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Thiago Alcântara and Bayern Munich leave Arsenal staring into the abyssThiago Alcántara scored twice in a resounding 5-1 win for Bayern Munich over Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie
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Green accuses Knicks owner Dolan of 'slave master mentality'Green wades into row between James Dolan and Charles Oakley and tells Knicks: ‘The man is a legend – treat him as such’
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Lying got Michael Flynn fired. But that's what the Trump White House does bestDespite Trump’s deformation of the truth, it seems that lying – at least to the FBI and the vice president – still has consequences
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What does Trump’s handshake say about him?The US president’s aggressive ‘yank-shakes’ are like his political pronouncements – unpredictable and self-serving
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How China's dirty air becomes Hong Kong's problemLast month there were 300,000 doctor’s visits in Hong Kong linked to smog – much of which wafts over from mainland China. But in a busy town obsessed with money, will it take a direct economic hit to wake people to the danger?
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Could polluted Marylebone Road help fix London's air?Marylebone Road has the odd distinction of being the world’s most studied road in terms of air pollution – yet remains a chief culprit in London’s ‘shameful’ air quality. Now it’s home to a series of new experiments
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How effective are they?From particle-zapping bus stops to compact ‘smart’ air filters, we examine the methods that tackle the symptoms of air pollution
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How pollution increases your chance of deathGreenpeace has calculated the increased risk of death at varying levels of air pollution in 3,000 cities around the world – by combining risk analysis from the IHME’s Global Burden of Disease project with annual average background levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5s) from the WHO
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Likely science adviser calls climate scientists 'glassy-eyed cult'William Happer, frontrunner for job of providing mainstream scientific opinion to officials, backs crackdown on federal scientists’ freedom to speak out
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Yahoo issues new warning of potentially malicious activity on accountsHackers potentially accessed accounts between 2015 and 2016, and the warning comes two months after saying data from 1bn users was compromised in 2013
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Military crackdown against Rohingyas 'has ceased'Army completes ‘clearance operation’ which UN says has caused 69,000 people to flee to Bangladesh
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Delhi rape victim's parents call for her real name to be used to end stigmaWoman gang-raped in 2012 has been known by pseudonym Nirbhaya because of Indian laws against naming rape victims
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Trump’s dangerous delusions about IslamThe president and his advisers paint Muslims as enemies of modernity. The neglected history of an age of Middle Eastern liberalism proves them wrong
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Oil and agribusiness threaten Amapá forestsPristine Amazon rainforest and conservation areas are being rapidly opened up to dams, gold mining and soya plantations in Brazil’s least developed state
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Inuit life in 1900s CanadaWith these images of far-flung communities in north-west Canada, Geraldine Moodie became the one of the country’s first professional female photographers
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NYFW Yeezy show: no fireworks, no KanyeAfter a tumultuous year of West-Trump controversy and Kim Kardashian being robbed, this was a more relaxing affair
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Pictures of Ivanka Trump and Justin Trudeau go viralThe president’s daughter probably doesn’t fancy Canada’s PM like the rest of the internet – but that didn’t stop the jokes
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Love Actually sequel to screen on Red Nose Day 2017Follow-up to Richard Curtis’s loved-and-hated Christmas romcom will premiere on the BBC on 24 March and on NBC two months later for US viewers
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Star Wars actor in plane crash near-missThe Star Wars actor has survived a potentially serious run-in with a commerical airliner at a California airport
Groove not approved Permit denied for Summer of Love 50th anniversary party