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Uber still losing billions though revenues increase

The ride-hailing firm Uber continues to hemorrhage money, reportedly losing more than $800 million between July and September.

20/12/2016

Turkey

Shots fired outside US embassy in Ankara

The United States embassy and its consulates in Istanbul and Adana have closed for normal operations on Tuesday after a man fired shots outside the Ankara…

20/12/2016

USA

US Electoral College formally elects Trump as president

Donald Trump has been formally elected president of the United States.

20/12/2016

USA

President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet team

President-elect Donald Trump went on a thank you tour and then got down to the business end of his forthcoming presidency choosing those – or should we say auditioning those – who will serve in his…

19/12/2016

USA

Trump election win expected to be rubber-stamped as US Electoral College vote gets underway

Donald Trump is expected to be officially selected as the next US president in an Electoral College vote taking place across the country.

19/12/2016

Culture news

A record year for Disney

2016 the year of Disney!

19/12/2016

USA

Zsa Zsa Gabor's best quotes

Here are some of the best quotes attributed to Zsa Zsa Gabor, who has died aged 99.

19/12/2016

USA

Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor dies aged 99

The Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has died aged 99.

19/12/2016

USA

Toddler, 3, shot dead in Little Rock, Arkansas, road rage attack

The three-year-old boy is the second toddler to die in a road rage incident in Little Rock in less than a month.

18/12/2016

USA

Donald Trump wraps up 'thank you' tour in Alabama

Donald Trump has wrapped up a ‘thank you’ tour in the place where he kicked off his presidential campaign.

18/12/2016

USA

Mourners pay tribute to American hero John Glenn

Marines have led a funeral procession for former US astronaut and senator John Glenn in Columbus, Ohio.

18/12/2016

USA

'Not much happens in Russia without Putin', Obama on Russian US election hack

Syria, Russian hacking and the Trump transition dominated Obama’s annual end of year press conference, before heading off for a two-week Christmas break in…

16/12/2016

Business Series

Murdoch empire makes Sky deal

Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox is buying European pay-TV firm Sky in a deal that unites a media empire across two continents.

16/12/2016

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Trump vote goes back to college

Electoral college to ratify Trump victory or not?

16/12/2016

USA

Trump picks hardline pro-settlement lawyer as ambassador to Israel

Donald Trump has named hardline pro-settlement lawyer David Friedman as his pick for ambassador to Israel.

16/12/2016

USA

Obama "vows retaliation" against Russia

The US president says Washington will take action against Moscow over claims of its involvement in the country's recent presidential election.

16/12/2016

USA

Kerry accuses Assad of 'massacre' in Aleppo

US Secretary of State John Kerry has accusing President Bashar al Assad and his forces of ''carrying out nothing short of a massacre'' in the city.

16/12/2016

Business Series

Amazon makes drone delivery history

Internet retailer Amazon has made its first drone delivery in Europe and the first ever directly to a customer. It took place in Cambridge, England.

15/12/2016

Economy

US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for second time in a decade

The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates the first time this year and the second time in a decade.

14/12/2016

USA

Trump's Energy choice promises Perry Christmas for fossil fuel lobby

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has been confirmed as president-elect Donald Trump's choice for Energy Secretary.

14/12/2016