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OPINION: Comrade Trump and the Truth

03/01/2017

USA

Mexicans in US fear ban on money transfers back home

As the countdown begins to the Trump presidency in the US, anxiety is building in neighbouring Mexico

03/01/2017

USA

US Congress: Republicans drop plans to weaken ethics committee

Republicans in the US House of Representatives have backed down over plans to weaken a nonpartisan ethics watchdog on the grounds it had grown too intrusive.

03/01/2017

USA

Deaths reported as southern US states hit by heavy storm

A tornado in Alabama is thought to have killed four people

03/01/2017

USA

Watch : Eaglet hatches in Florida

The first of two bald eagle eggs that millions of people have been watching online hatched early on Saturday morning in Fort Myers, Florida.

03/01/2017

World News

This week meet the Quadrantids: 2017's first meteor shower

If you've missed the fireworks of the New Year, don't fret. Mother Nature will give you another opportunity to start 2017 with stars in your eyes

02/01/2017

World News

OPINION: “America First” and Global Conflict Next

02/01/2017

USA

Los Angeles' iconic Hollywood landmark vandalised

The Hollywood sign erected on the hills overlooking Los Angeles has been vandalised as part of a New Year prank

02/01/2017

Russia

Expelled Russian diplomats arrive back in Moscow

A plane carrying 35 Russian diplomats and their families, who have been expelled by order of President Barack Obama, has arrived back in Moscow.

02/01/2017

USA

Philadelphia holds its traditional 'Mummers parade'

Thousands have taken part in one of the US’s oldest January the first parades.

02/01/2017

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Fireworks and confetti mark the New Year at Times Square

Hundreds of thousands of merrymakers witnessed the descent of the kaleidoscopic New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square at midnight on Sunday, celebrating a century-old New York tradition under an unprece

01/01/2017

World

Trump towers over the globe; many fear the shadow

Out with the old politics in with the new

31/12/2016

USA

Putin 'very smart', says Trump, as Russia fails to retaliate to US 'hacking' expulsions

Donald Trump calls Russia's Vladimir Putin 'very smart' for not taking an 'eye-for-an-eye' approach to the US expulsion of Russian diplomats.

31/12/2016

USA

US 'surprised' by UK criticism of Kerry's Israel speech

US says statement in-line with UK policy

30/12/2016

Russia

Putin: Russia 'will not expel anyone' in US diplomatic row

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had called for tit-for-tat retaliation against Washington by declaring 35 US diplomats 'persona non grata'.

30/12/2016

USA

Rain fails to dampen New Year confetti test in Times Square

The annual air worthiness test for the all-important confetti to be used in New York's New Year's Eve celebrations took place in wet conditions.

30/12/2016

World News

Obama expels 35 Russian diplomats, accuses Russia of meddling in election

The United States on Thursday fired back at Moscow over its meddling in the presidential election, announcing a series of tough sanctions against intelligence agencies, expulsions of agents and shutti

29/12/2016

USA

Tributes redouble as Debbie Reynolds joins daughter in posterity

Heartbroken Debbie Reynolds joins her daughter Carrie Fisher in the long and rattling list of 2016 celebrity deaths.

29/12/2016

USA

Icon Debbie Reynolds dies a day after her daughter Carrie Fisher

The US actress died on Wednesday at 84 following a stroke. Her son said her last words were "I want to be with Carrie."

29/12/2016

West Bank

Palestinian president: peace talks will resume if construction of settlements is halted

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that Israel must halt the construction of settlements in the West Bank before peace talks can begin.

28/12/2016