US news
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Trump vows to answer North Korea's nuclear threats with 'fire and fury'Experts warn US president’s combative rhetoric could backfire as North Korean regime says it is ‘carefully examining’ a plan to strike Pacific territory of Guam -
Opioid crisis: Donald Trump rejects calls to declare national emergencyAt ‘major briefing’ on epidemic, president says ‘strong law enforcement is absolutely vital to having a drug-free society’ -
Trump threatens North Korea with ‘fire and fury’ – videoDonald Trump has threatened North Korea ‘with fire and the fury like the world has never seen’ if the rogue state makes any more threats to the US
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Murdoch’s Sky takeover bid delayed as Ofcom is asked for further inputDCMS says it has received ‘new evidence and/or comment’ about regulator’s assessment of proposed £12bn deal
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How Netflix can spawn a Marvel-style Millarworld superhero universeAcquisition of Scottish comic book business can transform into a multibillion-dollar film franchise
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ESPN's portrait of a gang-infested Dublin attracts bemusement in IrelandWright Thompson’s longform profile of Dublin as a ‘clannish, parochial’ place has been ridiculed in Ireland
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Rory McIlroy says he is spoilt for choice over potential new caddieRory McIlroy says on the eve of the US PGA he is in no hurry to appoint a new caddie despite being ‘inundated’ with offers from potential bagmen since his split from JP Fitzgerald
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Standards rise at Women’s Rugby World Cup but England still the team to beatBartering with cut-price vodka and caviar became part of the fare at the first tournament in 1991 but now the event commands global attention
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'Dirtbag': Conor McGregor's former sparring partner resumes attackA week after walking out of Conor McGregor’s training camp, his former sparring partner has launched into another attack on the Irishman
opinion & analysis
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Trump's dire rhetoric echoes language of North Korean propagandaThe US president’s threats have made a dangerous standoff more unpredictable – and analysts say the attempt to intimidate Pyongyang could backfire
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US history is a Pandora's box. There has never been a better moment to open itPast controversy has often been diluted. After Trump’s victory, there’s a real opportunity to discuss what counts as history and the role it plays in democracy
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video & pictures
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Something doesn’t sit right with this driverless car – videoThe sighting of what appeared to be a self-driving car was a hot topic on tech blogs over the weekend.
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The spirit of steeltown: Elliott Erwitt's lost shots of Pittsburgh – in picturesYears before he found fame as a Magnum photographer, Elliott Erwitt was commissioned to document the city of Pittsburgh. Many of the images he took as a 22-year-old lay forgotten for decades, but have now been compiled in a book
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North Korea threatens 'thousands-fold' revenge on US – videoPyongyang threatens to launch ‘thousands-fold’ revenge on the US in response to tough UN sanctions imposed after its missile launches
In God we trust: why Americans won’t vote in an atheist president