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State news agency insists leader’s half-brother died of heart attack not poisoning, and blames South Korea for ‘conspiratorial racket’
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Press secretary Sean Spicer says ‘further guidance’ to come
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Health experts are watching the progress of the tax to see if it will lower the rates of obesity-related diseases and type 2 diabetes
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EuropeEuropeSwedish MEP says Boris Johnson's liberation comment crossed 'red line'Anna Maria Corazza Bildt says she spoke out in part because her own parents had been liberated from the Nazis
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Hopes of renewed impetus on efforts to prevent famine in north-east Nigeria tempered by concerns over omission of word ‘donor’ from summit’s official title
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Famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, while Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria are also at risk. Here’s a roundup of some of the main appeals
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Kim Jong-un’s multilingual, well-travelled older brother might have helped the country towards reform
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Jamal al-Harith joined Isis and became a suicide bomber, but what did the future hold for the other UK citizens and residents?
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Bureaucratic wrangles pose threat to US president’s campaign pledge but visit by top officials raises other contentious issues
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The salt flats in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, are the largest in the world and contain 50-70% of the world’s lithium reserves
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Luke Harding considers the many links between Donald Trump’s administration and Russia
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A men’s social club celebrates their lack of hair in Tsuruta City with a bizarre game of tug of war
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer says justice and education departments are reviewing current federal guidance on public schools
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Several fires were lit at the Dakota Access pipeline protest campsite in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, early Wednesday ahead of a deadline from authorities to abandon the area
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Footage has emerged of spirited confrontations at events in Florida, Kentucky and Iowa
Astronomy Seven Earth-sized planets found orbiting nearby star