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Macron helps country become world leader in soft power, survey findsPresident’s election has helped French unseat US and Britain at top of index measuring nations’ global influence -
Activists use latest GOP healthcare delay to ramp up pressureModerate holdouts remain amid lingering concerns over impact on Medicaid as insurance providers call amendment crafted by Ted Cruz ‘simply unworkable’
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Five park rangers killed in DRC at the weekendAn ambush by local rebel forces led to five deaths in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, while another ranger died in Virunga -
Don't eliminate state department's refugee office, diplomats urgeNational security officials are arguing the elimination the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration would have ‘profound and negative implications’ -
Muppets say Kermit actor dismissed for 'unacceptable business conduct'Steve Whitmire, who voiced the famous frog for 27 years, spoke last week of his sadness after his firing was made public
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Qatar claims Gulf rivals broke international law by hacking its websitesAlleged hack precipitated diplomatic and economic blockade, but UAE minister denies claims
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First woman to win ‘Nobel prize’ of mathematics dies at 40Stanford professor, who was awarded the prestigious prize in 2014, had suffered breast cancer
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UKUKHome deliveries of knives bought online to be banned in UKBuyers will have to collect in person and retailers must verify they are over 18, in one of series of anti-knife crime measures
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EuropeEuropeMacron helps France become world leader in soft power, survey findsPresident’s election has helped French unseat US and Britain at top of index measuring nations’ global influence
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Bins in Berlin to ATMs in Antwerp: a guide to Europe for refugees – photo essayPhotojournalist Thomas Dworzak asked colleagues at the elite Magnum Photos agency for help in creating a book on Europe for migrants. The 600-page result merges history, art and travel advice in a multilingual survival guide
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Why Donald Trump is bad for the health of the world – in five chartsThe president’s aid budget cut and restoring the global gag rule will see millions more pregnancies and abortions, and thousands more women dying in childbirth
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Trump's 'Made in America Week': fire trucks, golf clubs and double standardsAnalysis: Back in spotlight, Sean Spicer is forced to defend president celebrating domestic achievements despite his own company’s overseas manufacturing
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China's growing intolerance for dissent will come at a high priceBy pushing the Hong Kong opposition out of the legislature and persecuting Liu Xiaobo, Beijing may have set in motion a new era of resistance
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Trials of Donald Jr turn Russia scandal into another Trump family affairThough the president is fiercely loyal to his children, some observers wonder if deepening and dangerous controversy might test such bonds to breaking point
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Isis may be on its knees but it will rise again if we don’t break the cycleDespite setbacks including defeat in Mosul, Islamic State is merely contained and could fill any new power vacuum
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Slugger: Donald Trump at the Made in America event – in picturesThe president hosted the ‘Made in America’ product showcase featuring items created in each of the 50 states on the South Lawn of the White House
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Australian woman shot by police in Minneapolis: community responds – videoA woman in Minneapolis is shot dead by police after calling 911 to report a disturbance on Saturday
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Emmanuel Macron denounces France's role in Vel d'Hiv raid – videoThe French president says France was alone in organising and carrying out a mass deportation in 1942 that led to the deaths of thousands of Jews
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Deadly flash flooding from rainstorm hits Arizona swimming area – videoAt least nine people were killed and others were believed to be missing when floodwaters from a sudden rainstorm barrelled through a normally tranquil swimming area in Tonto National Forest
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Stepson speaks after US police shoot Australian woman – videoMinnesota’s Public Safety Department says a woman was shot in Minneapolis after two officers responded to a callout about a possible assault
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Homes swallowed by huge sinkhole in Florida – videoTwo homes have been engulfed after a huge sinkhole opened up in Pasco County, Florida
Ferris Bueller's daily grind: how poverty in Chicago went suburban