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Pioneering electric car maker, Tesla hit production targets

Tesla will be keeping the revs up in 2016. The pioneering electric car maker said it met forecasts for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2015 making

Cinema

A big bucks movie coming soon to a screen near you

Let’s take a look at some of the big bucks movie productions you can look forward to seeing on a screen near you this year. Due out in February

USA

US government building in Oregon seized by armed group

A US government building has been seized by an armed group. The National Wildlife refuge in the US state of Oregon was taken over during the

USA

Bill Cosby: US comedian's wife told to testify

Camille Cosby had complained of "undue burden"

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Trump targeted in Rose Parade skywriting protest

Planes flying over the New Year’s Day Rose Parade in the US state of California spelled it out… “America is great! Trump is disgusting. Anybody but

USA

President Barack Obama outlines moves to tighten gun control

President Barack Obama enters his final year in the White House set on putting in place gun control measures. It’s reported the president will

USA

Grammy winner Natalie Cole dies at 65 in Los Angeles

Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole, whose biggest hit came in a virtual duet with her late father, pop legend Nat King Cole, of his decades-old hit "Unforgettable," has died at the age of 65

Sport

FIFA scandal: Swiss bank documents handed over to US Justice department

Bank account documents that were allegedly used for bribes connected with FIFA’s ongoing corruption scandal have been handed over to the US Justice

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Waiting to die: the hundreds condemned to years on death row in California

Hundreds of convicted killers are languishing in limbo on death row in California. No-one has been executed in the state in almost a decade yet

Syria

US and Russia get differing results in the air over Syria

The US is claiming its airstrikes in Syria and Iraq have killed 10 mid-level ISIL leaders in the past month, notably a French national implicated in

World News

Chicago police officer pleads not guilty to murdering black teen

A white Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager last year has pleaded not guilty to murder. Jason Van Dyke faces six counts of first

USA

Grand Jury clears Cleveland officers of shooting Tamir Rice

Two Cleveland police officers have been cleared of shooting dead a 12-year-old boy who was carrying a toy pistol. In November last year the officers

USA

Ghastly weather across US

In the US state of Texas, at least 11 people were killed in the Dallas area over the weekend as floods and tornadoes flattened buildings and

USA

'Total devastation' after tornadoes tear through Texas

Severe storms in the US have left more than 40 dead, and a trail of destruction in their wake. At least 11 are reported dead in Dallas and eight in

USA

Deadly tornadoes in Texas

Tornadoes in Texas killed at least eleven people on Saturday night when they struck several cities around Dallas.

World News

Tornadoes leave trail of destruction in southern US

Almost a week’s worth of stormy weather in the US has left at least 18 people dead and a trail of destruction. Tornadoes have swept through

USA

Storms continue to batter US south

The severe storms pounding much of the US did not let up for Christmas. Authorities declared a state of emergency in Alabama after heavy rains

World

Innovative teaching to promote sustainability

Overconsumption, pollution, global warming – we are living on a planet strained by decades of excess. So, how do we teach the next generation to face

USA

'Black Christmas' marchers demand Chicago mayor quits

Demonstrators along Chicago’s upscale Michigan Avenue in the US state of Illinois have disrupted Christmas shoppers to demand the city’s Mayor Rahm

USA

10 dead after US storms trigger tornadoes

Severe storms tearing across the United States have left at least 10 people dead. The weather system brought high winds and triggered more than 20

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