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Epidemic: US heroin deaths quadruple in five years

The US is facing an opioid epidemic and fatal overdoses of heroin have more than quadrupled in five years ending 2015

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Mexico "worried and Irritated" by Trump's insulting, inaccurate remarks

Mexico tired of Trump as Tillerson and Kelly visit

Cinema

And the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film goes to....

There are several European movies in the running for the Best Foreign film Oscar this year but the hot favourite for the award is Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman'.

Cinema

And the nominees for Best Picture are....

On Sunday, the American film industry celebrates the 89th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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'A disaster': activists challenge Trump's transgender move

The Trump’s administration’s reversal of official guidance on transgender rights has brought protests.

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USA cop shooting

An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer fired his gun during a physical altercation with a group of teenage boys in Anaheim on the afternoon of February…

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Dakota Access Pipeline: arrests made as deadline to leave camp passes

Police in riot gear have arrested over a dozen of a dwindling number of activists at a camp near the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Mexico

Senior US officials get a frosty reception in fiery Mexico

Donald Trump said it would be a tough trip. And it was.A group of senior US officials have been given a frosty reception in Mexico due to a controversy brewing over the deportations of undocumented m

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Pentagon will present Trump with “full range of options” to defeat ISIL

The US military will soon present President Donald Trump with a “full range of options” to defeat the Islamic State group and other jihadist networks in the greater Middle East, the Pentagon’s top mil

China

US-born panda Bao Bao arrives at new home in China

Welcome Home – that was the message for American born panda Bao Bao as she finally finished a gruelling 16-hour flight from the US to China.

Business Series

Norwegian targets budget-conscious travellers with cheap transatlantic flights

Low-cost airline Norwegian has announced plans to shake up transatlantic travel offering 69 euro one-way fares, but with lots of limitations.

Business Series

Tesla says on track for volume production of Model 3 electric car

Tesla has reassured investors by confirming that its vital mass-market Model 3 electric car is on track to be produced in large number by September.

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Dakota access pipeline protest draws to a close

The majority of protesters leave the Standing Rock camp peacefully, with 9 arrested/

USA

Dakota pipeline protest runs out of fuel

A long-running protest against an oil pipeline in North Dakota appears to be fizzling out.

Mexico

Tillerson arrives in Mexico on "mission impossible"

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived in Mexico on what analysts see as a “mission impossible”.

USA

Trump revokes rules on transgender students' use of segregated toilets

Donald Trump has scrapped landmark guidelines telling schools to let transgender students use toilets matching their gender identity rather than their gender at…

USA

Watch: Model rescues New York teens from frozen Central Park pond

An Australian model, Ethan Turnbull, and his friend rushed to the aid of a group of young people after they fell through the ice on a pond in Central Park, New…

Sport

Lakers hope Johnson will bring Magic back to Los Angeles

Magic Johnson has been named President of Basketball Operations for the struggling Los Angeles Lakers.

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Scores need rescuing from rising flood waters in Silicon Valley

Rescue workers have been forced to evacuate scores of people from a San Jose neighborhood in California after flood waters from an overflowing creek inundated a residential…

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Trump issues guidelines to speed up removal of illegal immigrants

The administration of US President Donald Trump has issued new tough guidelines that expand the number of immigrants targeted for deportation and speed up the process for their…

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