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Monday
20 February 2017
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Vice-president pledges 'strong commitment' to EU on Brussels visitUS vice-president strikes emollient tone as he urges continued cooperation and partnership between America and Europe
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Americans can now choose 'alternative' truthsStone’s book The Making of the President is presented as an in-depth look at how the country’s ‘greatest salesman’ took office, with help from alternative media -
Plaintiff's death highlights weakening of abortion rights in USNorma McCorvey did not live to see the case overturned. But today’s abortion access may more closely resemble the country of her youth than she imagined -
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'There is a lot to fight for'On the first President’s Day weekend of Donald Trump’s presidency, visitors reflect on the legacy of a president who guided the country through civil war
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'He dominates the news like a fart dominates a car'The Last Week Tonight host critiqued the president’s notorious press conference and his false claims about Sweden’s terrorist attack
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Freedom of the press isn't guaranteed. Especially when it's labeled the 'enemy'Support for the media is falling among the American public and the courts have not always protected reporters. So what is the press to do about it?
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'It’s not warm in weather, but warm in emotions 'In communities such as Yellowknife, the temperature can sink to -40C, a dramatic change for refugees who had ‘never experienced anything like it’
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The season is all but decided by the All-Star break. Does it need a revamp?The winners of the NBA are far easier to predict than the MLB champions. Do we need to find a way of sustaining interest through the regular season?
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Cousins set for blockbuster trade from Kings to PelicansDeMarcus Cousins is on his way out of Sacramento — and right into an All-Star frontcourt pairing with Anthony Davis
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How Monaco fashioned a table-topping team from their own academyHaving abandoned a policy of spending big, Monaco, who visit Manchester City in the Champions League, are reaping the rewards of home-grown talent
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Olympic medallist among gymnasts alleging sexual abuse by USA team doctorThree former elite US gymnasts, including 2000 Olympian Jamie Dantzscher, have come forward saying they were sexually abused by a former doctor
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What the US president says and what he tweets can only be countered effectively if we take it seriously and resist itHow to survive the Trump era – be vigilant and resist at every turn
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The new PC culture of Trump's America and Brexit BritainRightwing snowflakes are offended by everything from Kermit to holiday greetings and Starbucks cups
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New bus system could cut pollution … if enough people use itA new $53m BRT (bus rapid transit) system has the power to reduce Hanoi’s dreadful air pollution. Persuading residents of Vietnam’s rapidly expanding capital to ditch their motorbikes and private cars, however, will be another story
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Radical plan to save people from air pollutionStefano Boeri, the architect famous for his plant-covered skyscrapers, has designs to create entire new green settlements in a nation plagued by dirty air
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Your stories of life in polluted citiesReaders shared their experiences of living in cities affected by air pollution – from the curse of the ‘Delhi chest’ in India’s capital to celebrating blue sky in Shanghai
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London to introduce £10 charge, says Sadiq KhanMayor says owners of more polluting cars will have to pay extra levy from October to drive within congestion charge zone
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Liberal voters warn officials: resist Trump or be replacedActivists are pressuring lawmakers to ‘fight Trump or we’ll find someone who will’, but they must also worry about those facing elections in states Trump won
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Researchers challenge Trump outside US conferenceScientists rally in Boston amid alarm over president’s views and fears for the future of the EPA, as ecologist likens current struggle to Galileo’s
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Rockets fired into southern Israel from SinaiNo casualties as two handmade rockets land in Eshkol region day after Isis claims four members were killed by Israeli drone
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Unilever shares dive after Kraft Heinz abandons takeover bidAll the day’s economic and financial news, including the unravelling of Kraft Heinz’s pursuit of Unilever and a Greek bailout meeting
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Suppressing free press is 'how dictators get started'Despite ‘hating the press’, Republican senator says media is necessary after president calls media ‘the enemy of the American people’
in pictures
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Venice carnival and snow horse racingThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
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Search and rescue in the MediterraneanPhotographer David Ramos was onboard the rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro, operated by the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms
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Readers' photos on the theme of fireFor last week’s photography assignment in the Observer New Review we asked you to share your photos on the theme of together via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favourites
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Actor speaks out on 'difficult' Brad Pitt divorce for first timeActor says ‘we are and forever will be a family’ in emotional BBC interview before screening of new Cambodia film
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I have got lighter as I’ve got olderShe is the darling of independent French cinema who’s also been a Bond girl. On the eve of her latest film – and as she becomes a mother for the first time – she tells Will Lawrence how she balances her crippling anxiety with an exhibitionist streak
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Norma McCorvey, known as Jane Roe in case: 1947-2017Plaintiff known as Jane Roe in the groundbreaking 1973 US legal case over the right to abortion
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I would like to give living for ever a tryThe American journalist on ageing, coming to terms with Parkinson’s disease and why baby boomers should be taxed
'The wild west of wind' Republicans push Texas as unlikely green energy leader
Climate change in the US The dangers and the solutions