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Star Trek's Anton Yelchin killed in freak car accident

Russian-born actor, Anton Yelchin, best known for playing Chekov in the new Star Trek flims has been killed following a freak car accident at his home in Los…

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Cleveland Cavaliers win basketball's NBA championship

In basketball, history has been made after the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors 93 to 89 in Sunday’s NBA finals.

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Sunset vigil held for victims of Orlando massacre

US officials are to release transcripts of phone calls made to emergency 911 operators by gunman Omar Mateen during his shooting rampage in Orlando.

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Chicago man shot dead while live streaming on Facebook

A Chicago man was shot and killed while live streaming a video on Facebook, police said on Friday just days after a double-homicide in France in which the killer later took to Facebook Live to encoura

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Gunman arrested at Texas Donald Trump rally

A man who allegedly had a gun at a rally for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the US state of Texas was detained on Friday (June 17).

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Funerals held for victims of Orlando gay club massacre

Funerals and memorials for victims of last weekend’s Orlando gay nightclub massacre have been held in the US state of Florida, and in Puerto Rico, home to many of the people…

Sport

Copa America: United States through to semi-finals

The United States earned a spot in the semi-final of the Copa America with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Ecuador in Seattle on Friday.

Economy

Women and minorities worse off as US wage gap widens

A new report by the OECD claims that US income inequality continues to widen.

Business Series

Microsoft in joint venture to track cannabis production

Microsoft is in the weed trade after the company entered a joint partnership with KIND Financial a seed-to-sale software provider that helps state and local governments track the cannabis business, ac

Sport

NBA Finals: Cleveland force game 7

The Cleveland Cavaliers produced a superb performance to stun the Golden State Warriors 115-101, forcing a deciding game in the NBA Finals.

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Hands Free: Mark Goffeney on life, liberty and the pursuit of guitar

Canada

Meat Loaf condition 'unknown' after collapse on stage in Canada

Rock legend Meat Loaf collapsed on stage in Canada on Thursday in dramatic scenes some fans thought at first were part of his performance.

Syria

Syria: US diplomats urge anti-Assad military strikes

As US-led air power pounds ISIL in Syria, dozens of State Department officials want the Assad regime to feel the force of American military might.

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Funerals start for victims of Orlando gay club massacre

The first funerals have taken place for victims of the Orlando massacre in the nearby city of Kissimmee.

Cinema

Hanks and Howard team up again for film of Dan Brown's Inferno

‘Inferno’ is the third collaboration of film director Ron Howard and actor Tom Hanks for a screen adaptation of a Dan Brown thriller, following ‘Angels & Demons’ and ‘The Da Vinci…

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Colombian ‘bullet art’

A New York gallery is showcasing the work of Colombian artist Federico Uribe, who instead of a paintbrush and easel prefers to work with household objects such as pencils, books and piano…

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Obama and Biden to visit Orlando, amid growing calls for tighter US gun control

US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are set to visit Orlando on Thursday, in the wake of the worst mass shooting in modern US history.

World News

Documentary film footage shows Omar Mateen in 2010

Documentary film footage has emerged of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen.

USA

Brexit breeds caution among banks and money makers

Money markets and investors world wide are waiting with bated breath for the UK’s decision next week on its future, in or out, of the European Union.

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Florida police find body of boy grabbed by alligator

Police divers have recovered the body of the a 2-year-old boy who was seized by an alligator near a Disney World Hotel in Florida.

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