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Where scandals have wounded François Fillon, accusations slide off Front National candidate without denting her vote
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Optional scheme allows employees clock off early, with government hoping the move will boost consumer spending
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UKUKSouthwark council admits safety failings over tower block blazeLondon authority pleads guilty to breaking fire regulations in years leading up to 2009 blaze at Lakanal House which killed six
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EuropeEuropeCancer patients could be significantly disadvantaged by Brexit, say expertsCollaboration with Europe is key to future breakthroughs, say leading cancer experts including Nobel Prize winner Paul Nurse
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Norway leads funding commitments as summit raises one-third of $1.5bn needed to avert famine by reaching 3 million people within five months
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Twenty countries aim to raise $600m to fill gap left by Donald Trump’s ban on funding for pro-abortion NGOs in developing world
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VX killing of Kim Jong-nam is precedent that can’t be allowed to stand – yet options of international community seem limited
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Declared a weapon of mass destruction by the UN, the banned chemical agent is more potent than any other
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Kim Jong-un’s regime claims not to possess any chemical weapons, but the use of VX nerve agent to kill Kim Jong-nam could be designed to deter defectors
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Rosemary Adaser was one of many mixed-race children considered illegitimate who was brought up in institutions run by the Catholic church in Ireland between the 1950s and 1970s
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Strikers at Momentive had been hoping for a better deal under Trump. But after 105 days of industrial reaction, they are returning to an uncertain future
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Opening ceremony sees debutantes performing classical dances. With the ball still hugely popular in Austria, it attracts big TV audiences, celebrity guests – and the president
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Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong-un, died from a seizure en route to hospital on 13 February after complaining that a woman had sprayed chemicals on his face at Kuala Lumpur international airport
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Retired Navy admiral William McRaven has said Donald Trump’s description of the media as the enemy of the American people ‘may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime’
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A light-hearted short film directed by Armand de Saint-Salv for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras captures how trivial the acceptance of equal love should be in Australian households, especially in light of more pressing matters such as tomato sauce versus barbecue sauce
Kim Jong-nam killed by VX nerve agent, say Malaysian police
North Korea's use of nerve agent in murder sends a deliberate signal to foes
What is the VX nerve agent that killed North Korean Kim Jong-nam?
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