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The Board of Peace

Today we look at President Trump’s new diplomatic initiative.

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President Trump in Davos last month.
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Top Concern in Avalanche Recovery Effort Is Now Safety of Searchers

Weather and snow conditions will dictate when the bodies of skiers killed in the avalanche near Lake Tahoe can be retrieved from mountain. More snow is expected.

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Digging out a friend’s truck at the Castle Peak trailhead. Eight backcountry skiers have been confirmed dead in an avalanche in the Castle Peak area at Donner Pass on Wednesday.
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Alysa Liu Is Skating Again, Her Way This Time

At 16, out of love with the sport, Liu stepped away. Controlling her career, after years of oversight from her father, was the only way she could return.

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King Charles speaks out on ex-Prince Andrew’s arrest

King Charles III is speaking out after his brother, former Prince Andrew, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. “I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office,” he began in a stastatement issued by Buckingham Palace. “What now follows is the full,...

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested live: King Charles says ‘law must take its course’ and police have his full support

The police raided Andrew’s Norfolk home this morning

Before the arrest was announced, the prime minister told BBC Breakfast “nobody is above the law” when asked about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Keir Starmer added:

Anybody who has any information should testify.

So whether it’s Andrew or anybody else, anybody who has got relevant information should come forward to whatever the relevant body is, in this particular case we’re talking about Epstein, but there are plenty of other cases.

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© Composite: Rex Shutterstock/Geoff Robinson/BAVMEDIA

© Composite: Rex Shutterstock/Geoff Robinson/BAVMEDIA

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‘There has to be glitter’: can the Rio carnival give up its love of beach-polluting microplastics?

A bill banning the sale and use of plastic and metallic glitter has yet to go through in Brazil as the capital’s sandy shores bear cost of carnival’s shine

Whether it is embellishing elaborate costumes, delicately applied as eye makeup, or smeared across bare skin, glitter is everywhere at Rio de Janeiro’s carnival in Brazil. The world’s largest party, which ended on Wednesday, leaves a trail of sparkles in its wake.

At one bloco last weekend, a huge sound truck and dancers in leopard print led thousands of revellers down the promenade at Flamengo beach. Among them was Bruno Fernandes, who had jazzed up an otherwise minimalist outfit of navy swimming briefs by smearing silver glitter over his body.

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© Photograph: María Magdalena Arréllaga/The Guardian

© Photograph: María Magdalena Arréllaga/The Guardian

© Photograph: María Magdalena Arréllaga/The Guardian

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