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Pope pleases the crowd in wide-ranging speech to Congress

Pope Francis has brought the US Congress to its feet in applause in a speech two both houses meeting in joint session. He is the first pope in

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Pope Francis meets President Obama

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Pope raises hot topics during Washington visit

Pope Francis has celebrated his first ever Mass in the United States on a day which saw him refuse to shy away from controversy. Twenty-five thousand

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Pope Francis begins visit to USA with call for environmental action

Pope Francis has been quick to set the tone for his first-ever visit as pontiff to the United States. Greeted at the White House by the Obamas and a

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Pope Francis appeals to America to seize an historic moment

President Barack Obama has welcomed Pope Francis to the White House at the start of his trip to the USA. The pope was given the five-star treatment

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Papal visit underway in US

Pope Francis has begun his first visit to the United States. The pontiff arrived from Cuba on board an Alitalia airliner at Joint Base Andrews in the

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Xi Jinping arrives in the US for week-long state visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in the United States to begin a a week-long visit that will culminate in an address to the UN General

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Russia's strategy in Syria 'doomed to failure'

US President Barack Obama has described Russia’s escalated military involvement in Syria and support for President Bashar al Assad as “doomed to

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Senate blocks Republican-backed move to derail Iran nuclear deal

A Republican-backed measure to derail the Iran nuclear agreement has been blocked in the US Senate. It fell two votes short of the 60 needed to

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Iran and Yemen top agenda as Saudi king meets Obama

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been meeting US President Barack Obama in Washington, with Iran and Yemen topping the agenda. It is the king’s first

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Obama secures enough Senate support for Iran nuclear deal

US President Barack Obama has secured enough Senate votes to protect the Iran nuclear deal in Congress. Democrat Barbara Mikulski became the 34th

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US president tours Resurrection Bay to highlight Alaska climate change

US President Barack Obama has toured Resurrection Bay in the US state of Alaska. Obama is counting on Alaska’s deteriorating landscape to elicit a

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US recognises its role in creating climate change

US President Barack Obama told a meeting for foreign ministers in Alaska that world leaders must agree to cut carbon emissions at a UN summit planned

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US gun control impasse defies litany of bloodshed

“More than 11,000 Americans were killed by gun violence in 2013 alone. Every country has violent, hateful or mentally unstable people. What’s

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Congressional battle awaits over Iran deal

A historic deal clinched after months of negotiations. World powers finalsed a nuclear agreement with Iran on July 14th. But the months of diplomatic

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Iran nuclear deal: Obama and Netanyahu make competing appeals to US Jews

President Barack Obama has reportedly told Jewish leaders in the US that it is likely rockets will fall on Tel Aviv, if a nuclear deal with Iran is

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Obama unveils US plan to cut carbon emissions

US President Barack Obama has unveiled a ramped-up plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants. Speaking in Washington, he declared climate change

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Obama seeks new energy deal ahead of UN climate talks

US President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan is set to be the most ambitious climate change policy ever to be taken up by an American president. The

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Climate Change: Obama to unveil 'biggest, most important step' taken by the US

President Barack Obama is releasing the final version of America’s Clean Power Plan on Monday. In a video posted online by the White House, he calls

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Edward Snowden will not be pardoned, White House insists