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Sport Alpine skiing: Worely seals World Cup giant slalom title The Alpine skiing World Cup season ended on Sunday at the Colorado resort of Aspen. 19 March 2017
Sport Fencing: Safin and Kiefer win Foil titles at Long Beach Grand Prix Russia and the USA squared off in both the men’s and women’s Foil finals at the Absolute Fencing Gear Grand Prix in Long Beach, California. 19 March 2017
USA White House in lockdown after car bomb scare The White House was once again in lockdown on Saturday after a car reportedly containing a bomb drove up to a security check point. 19 March 2017
China North Korea tops Tillerson's talks with Chinese President Xi US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met Chinese president Xi Jinping at the end of his first trip to Asia since taking office. 19 March 2017
China US and China will "work together" on North Korea US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made the announcement after talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. 18 March 2017
USA Trump meets Merkel: an encounter of the odd kind Determined to downplay their differences, most pundits now consider Friday’s face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel to have been an awkward… 18 March 2017
Sport Sweden win team trophy at Aspen Sweden's male and female skiers have taken the team prize at the season-ending combined race in Aspen. 17 March 2017
Economy Canada supports trilateral talks for renegotiating NAFTA Canada supports keeping the North American Free Trade Agreement as a trilateral accord, the trade minister has said, in a sign of support for Mexico. 17 March 2017
Korea Fighting talk from the US for North Korea The US secretary of state has used a visit to South Korea to warn that Washington is toughening its stance towards Pyongyang. 17 March 2017
USA "Utterly ridiculous": GCHQ trashes White House wiretap claims Britain's GCHQ says claims that it helped Barack Obama eavesdrop on Donald Trump are "nonsense" and "should be ignored". 17 March 2017
World News Tillerson set to talk tough in Beijing on North Korea Rex Tillerson’s stops in Japan and South Korea are just warm-ups. 16 March 2017
USA Enda Kenny urges Trump to help Irish undocumented migrants in the US Donald Trump has described the Irish premier as his ‘new friend’ as the pair attended a lunch in Washington to mark St Patrick’s Day. 16 March 2017
Sport Jansrud takes Crystal Globe, Reichelt wins last Super G of season The men's Super G season is over, with Reichelt winning in Aspen, but Jansrud takes the title. 16 March 2017
Sport Weirather beats the odds to claim Super G Crystal Globe in Aspen The final Womens' Super G of the year has been won by Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather, who also takes the Super G Crystal Globe. 16 March 2017
USA Passengers restricted by Trump's travel order allowed to board flights to US Passengers from the six Muslim-majority countries on President Trump’s revised travel order have been allowed to board flights to the United States. 16 March 2017
USA Tillerson starts key Asia tour facing US foreign budget cuts US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has started his first trip to Asia in Japan, a country in the frontline of the North Korean nuclear threat. 16 March 2017
USA Hawaii judge halts Trump's new travel ban A federal judge in Hawaii has issued an emergency halt to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, blocking it hours before it was due to come into effect. 16 March 2017
USA Prioritizing the military, Trump to send “America first” budget to Congress Determined to make good on his campaign promises, US President Donald Trump will send his first “America first” budget proposal to Congress on Thursday that includes deep cuts to federal programs in o 15 March 2017