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Trump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism

Civil rights groups had criticized President Trump for failing to issue a proclamation honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and not attending commemorative events.

© Allison Robbert for The New York Times

President Trump at the College Football Championship in Miami on Monday.
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Why Donald Trump really wants Greenland – podcast

Tom Burgis on Donald Trump’s friend Ronald Lauder, a billionaire with business interests in Greenland

“The thing to remember, always, with Trump is that everything is about the psychodrama,” the Guardian investigations correspondent Tom Burgis tells Helen Pidd. “Everything is who’s in his ear, what bit of his vanity or insecurity has been activated.”

In this episode, Tom explains the backstory to the US president’s interest in Greenland. According to John Bolton, the former national security adviser, the story began in 2018 with a conversation between Trump and the billionaire Ronald Lauder.

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© Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

© Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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Madison Keys gets Australian Open title defence off to jittery start

  • American beats Ukraine’s Oleksandra Oliynykova 7-6 (8), 6-1

  • Last year’s winner recovers after losing first four games

A nervy Madison Keys got the defence of her Australian Open crown off to a stuttering start, losing the first four games before rallying to stay in the title hunt.

The American ninth seed was a bundle of nerves on Rod Laver Arena, but calmed down to clinch a 7-6 (8), 6-1 win over Ukraine’s Oleksandra Oliynykova.

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© Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

© Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

© Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

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Andrew Clements obituary

Chief classical music critic of the Guardian admired for writing without fear or favour

Andrew Clements, who has died aged 75 after a period of ill health, was for more than three decades the Guardian’s chief classical music critic. His style was a model of critical integrity – authoritative and intelligent, sometimes enthusiastic and sometimes slightly grumpy, dry-humoured yet never showy.

Music may say things that words cannot express, but he mastered the rare art of putting music into words, always using language with precision; reading him, you knew what a performance had sounded like. Best known for championing new music with tireless devotion, Andrew had much wider musical interests than many realised.

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© Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

© Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

© Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

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