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New order targeting six Muslim-majority countries signedIraq dropped from list of affected countries with Syrian refugees no longer facing indefinite ban – but 120-day suspension of refugee program to stand
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Singer died of natural causes, coroner says53-year-old had heart condition – dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis – and fatty liver, and no inquest will be held -
Rape acquittal signals 'open season on incapacitated women'Calls grow for provincial judge to be removed from bench after acquitting taxi driver of sexual assault on drunk passenger
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How activists have already scored victories against Trump's policiesThrough marches and dogged pursuit of elected officials, people across the US have helped to block some of the administration’s most anti-progressive policies
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Republican lawmakers dodge town halls – so activists bring one to their doorA group in Pennsylvania hoped to surprise four congressman who had avoided in-person town hall meetings, but it didn’t end the way they had planned
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Helado Negro picks Stevie Wonder, Happy BirthdayElectronic musician Roberto Carlos Lange, also known as Helado Negro, reflects on how Stevie Wonder’s ‘Happy Birthday’ has an activist edge
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How do you solve a problem like North Korea?The international community’s impotent rage over Kim Jong-un’s increasingly provocative actions underlines diplomacy’s bankruptcy
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He thought comics were an artform – he was rightIn the week of what would have been the comics pioneer’s 100th birthday, the creator of The Sandman pays tribute to an inspirational storyteller and friend
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Why you should NOT let Ben Carson drill a hole in your headDean Burnett: Ben Carson claims he can trigger old but detailed memories in your brain. In no way is this true.
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Chance the Rapper praised by Michelle Obama after announcing $1m gift to Chicago schoolsThe rapper has decided to help fund the city’s school system himself, after criticising the Republican governor of Illinois for blocking a $215m payment to Chicago’s education system
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Arsenal have to overcome collective timidity when pressure begins to growArsenal cannot focus on much beyond picking themselves up and trying to feel a bit better about themselves as they face Bayern Munich in the Champions League
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Andrew Bogut breaks leg 58 seconds into Cleveland Cavaliers debutAndrew Bogut suffered a broken leg just 58 seconds into his debut with NBA defending champions Cleveland
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Players to be told: stand back and let medics treat head traumaPremier League footballers are to be reminded to leave on-field emergency procedures to trained medical staff after cases where players have intervened in the belief that they are helping colleagues
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Richard Orlowski's long route to Central AmericaBryan Kay: A 59-year-old Polish-born Pennsylvanian has made a home in an obscure corner of the international soccer orbit
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President Donald Trump is the most powerful cornered animal in the worldTrump lashes out by creating a chaos of conflicting claims to distract attention away from real allegations. It is all too effective
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Utopian thinking: the easy way to eradicate povertyKeeping people poor is a political choice we can no longer afford, with so much human potential wasted. We need a universal basic income
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White House does not know if alleged surveillance of Trump was by wiretapPresident had claimed – without evidence – that Obama tapped his phones and press secretary cites ‘substantial reporting’ to warrant congressional investigation
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Murder defendant volunteers Echo recordings Amazon fought to protectArkansas resident James Bates willing to allow police to review information that Seattle-based tech company twice declined to provide
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'Parched' city plans to pump water from Russian lake via 1,000km pipelineUrban planners in Lanzhou have drawn up proposals to pipe water into the chronically dry region from Siberia’s Lake Baikal.
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All skiers safe after avalanche at Tignes resortOfficials say no victims from avalanche, which swept across blue piste on Tuesday morning
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Why X-Men is right to ditch Magneto and Professor X's tired double actNo other superhero saga has relied so heavily on the same duo. And audiences are far more interested now in seeing Wolverine teamed with Deadpool
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Life in Ghana before independence – in picturesFound in 1922, Deo Gratias is the oldest photography studio still in operation in Accra
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Chanel and a Sydney ferryThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including backstage at a Chanel show and a windswept boat
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Then and nowThe events of 1917 changed the course of history in Russia and indeed the rest of the world. But as these remarkable pictures show, pockets of Russia’s two largest cities have endured almost unchanged through a century of revolution and the fall, rise, and fall of empire
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Ski jumper returns 30 years after Calgary OlympicsEddie Edwards, who charmed spectators at 1988 Winter Olympics despite finishing last, describes successful landing of six jumps as ‘absolutely relief’
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Actor 'stunned' by criticism that Vanity Fair cover is not feministThe Beauty and the Beast actor said those who attack photo that shows parts of her breasts do not understand that ‘feminism is about giving women choice’
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'I had no identity. I was socially bankrupt'At the height of her success, Laura Marling quit music and became a yoga instructor. But now she’s back. She talks about falling in love with friends – and why everything’s about sex
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Manchester by the Sea director defends star over sexual harassment allegationsKenneth Lonergan, who won best original screenplay Oscar for the film, has accused a student newspaper of ‘flat-out slander’ over claims against the actor
Healthcare House Republicans reveal bill to repeal and replace Obama's law
Obamacare-lite? Republicans' bill to replace Affordable Care Act explained