USA

US top spy says Russian cyber attacks a 'major threat'

Russia’s involvement in the US presidential elections was unprecedented according to America’s top spy.

5 January 2017

USA

Four held over Chicago assault video

Two men and two women are in custody in relation to a violent attack on a man with special needs that was live-streamed on Facebook

5 January 2017

Business Series

Volkswagen must defend investor lawsuit in US - judge rules

A US judge has ruled Volkswagen does have a case to answer in a California court over the company's diesel emissions cheating scandal.

5 January 2017

USA

Republicans set their sights on Obamacare as first target for Trump

Not even in office yet, America's Republicans are calling time on Barack Obama's Affordable Care act and promising their first act will be to scrap the "catastrophic" law.

5 January 2017

World News

Four people arrested in connection to Chicago torture video

Four persons of interest in Chicago are questioned by police after a Facebook Live video showed a brutal attack against a bound and gagged teen

5 January 2017

USA

Watch: Ski patrol rescues boy dangling from chairlift

The ski patrol at Sundance Ski Resort in Provo, Utah, rushed to the aid of a young boy on January 3, after he became stuck on a chairlift.

5 January 2017

Business Series

Peso slumps as Ford cancels Mexico plant

Mexico's peso hit a new record low after Ford said it won't build a huge car-making plant in the country following criticism by president-elect Trump.

4 January 2017

Economy

China stresses US mutual interests amid trade war fears

China signals it wants to avoid a trade war after US President-elect Donald Trump names tough-talking Robert Lighthizer as his chief trade negotiator.

4 January 2017

USA

First Congress session overshadowed by ethics outcry and Trump Tweet

It was a Tweet from Trump that stirred things up, with the Republicans told they had more urgent priorities to deal with than weaken an ethics watchdog

4 January 2017

USA

Baby Orangutan Debuts at Brookfield Zoo

A two-week-old baby orangutan made her debut at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo.

4 January 2017

USA

Janet Jackson gives birth to a baby boy at the age of 50

Singer Janet Jackson has given birth to her first child at the age of 50.

4 January 2017

USA

Convicted murderer Charles Manson is taken to hospital

Convicted murderer Charles Manson has been taken from a California prison to hospital.

4 January 2017

USA

Storms ease along US East coast

The clear-up has begun in Alabama and along the US East coast following severe storms which left five people dead.

4 January 2017

USA

Computer glitch causes big delays at US airports

A computer system glitch has caused big delays at customs and border control at US airports

3 January 2017

USA

OPINION: Comrade Trump and the Truth

3 January 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

3 January 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.

3 January 2017

USA

Deaths reported as southern US states hit by heavy storm

A tornado in Alabama is thought to have killed four people

3 January 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.

3 January 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

2 January 2017