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'The Big Sick' a rollicking rom-com

Laugh out loud rom-com 'The Big Sick'

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US and China talk North Korea

The first of four dialogues between US and Chinese officials this year focussed on security, with North Korea high on the agenda

Culture

Somali star is first hijab-wearing model on cover of top US magazine

She donned Nike's high-performance hijab on the cover of the July issue with the caption: "This Is American Beauty".

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Michigan airport attacker yelled 'Allahu Akbar' before stabbing officer

Canadian police search Montreal home of attacker in Michigan airport stabbing and make two arrests.

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Cinema

Celuloid cannibalism 'The Bad Batch'

Cannibalism and dystopian violence coming to a cinema near you

USA

US: most-expensive congressional campaign in history comes to a head in Georgia

Georgia's record-breaking congressional election will be decided today.

North Korea

Otto Warmbier, the American released by North Korea, dies

US student Otto Warmbier, who was recently rleased by North Korea has died in hospital in home city of Cincinnati

Syria

US says it shot down a Syrian warplane in self-defence

Following Russia's warning that it will view US warplanes as targets if they fly west of the Euphrates river, the US military has justified shooting down a Syrian warplane on Sunday as an act of self-defence.

Korea

Student dies after being sent home from North Korea

USA

US voters have Georgia on their mind – a real danger for Trump

Cinema

'It Comes At Night': apocalyptic psychological horror making waves at box office

The thrilling low budget story of loss, love and fear is jostling Hollywood blockbusters for ratings

Syria

Russia warning after US shoots down Syrian jet

Russia’s Defence Ministry said the Russian military will consider any flying objects within reach of its war planes as possible targets after the US shoots down a Syrian military jet near Raqqa.

USA

US Navy names seven sailors killed in USS Fitzgerald collision

Investigations are underway after seven US sailors died in a sea collision off the coast of Japan.

USA

The world's deadliest wildfires

The 1949 Landes fire in France burnt for four days, consuming more than 50,000 hectares.

Japan

Several sailors missing after US navy ship collision

The waterways approaching Tokyo Bay are busy with commercial vessels sailing to and from Japan’s two biggest container ports in Tokyo and Yokohama.

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"System fails black people", says mother of murdered Philando Castile

Cinema

Scarlett Johansson and the dead male stripper

Cinema

‘Rocky’ director John Avildsen dies

‘Rocky’ director John G Avildsen has died, aged 81, of pancreatic cancer.

USA

Trump rolls back on Obama's closer relations with Cuba

Trump: "Now we hold the cards."

USA

Woman found guilty for encouraging her teen boyfriend's suicide

A 20-year old woman in the US state of Massachusetts has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her teenage boyfriend’s suicide.

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