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UN votes to condemn United States embargo on Cuba

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn the United States embargo on Cuba. It was the first vote on the resolution since the two

Economy

Walmart seeks approval for drone delivery tests

Walmart has joined Amazon and other smaller companies in asking regulators for permission to test drones for home deliveries in the US. The world’s

Sport

Farrington claims Red Bull Aces wingsuit title

As adrenalin-pumping sports go it doesn’t get much better than Red Bull Aces wingsuit racing. Combining speed, precision and agility, four athletes

USA

Trick or Treat? NASA spots an unexpected asteroid flyby this Halloween!

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USA: Zombie Bike Ride

Halloween is coming! Almost 9,000 Zombie cyclists took the streets of Key West in Florida for the Fantasy Fest. This event continues until November

USA

UNGA: former president may face further charges

Prosecutors in the US say a former president of the UN General Assembly facing two counts of tax fraud may be confronted with additional charges

Culture news

MoMA: Joaquín Torres García retrospective

A retrospective exhibition on the works of Joaquín Torres García has opened in MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York. Joaquín Torres García was

China

China-US: reef row gets real

Tensions are on the rise in the South China Sea. The USS Lassen reportedly breached the 12-mile exclusion zone imposed by China around the Subi and

Cinema

Room with no view at all

Room, Lenny Abrahamson’s new film, is about kidnap and captivity. It tells the story of a woman, Ma (Brie Larson) who is kidnapped and held captive

Syria

Free Syrian Army rebels dismiss Russian offer of help in fighting ISIL

Stop bombing us before talking about helping us… That is the reaction from Western-backed rebels in Syria to Russia’s offer of support in fighting

USA

Four dead and dozens injured in Oklahoma parade horror crash

Four people were killed and more than 40 injured on Saturday after a car with a suspected drink driver at the wheel ploughed into past and present

USA

United Nations celebrates 70 years in blue

Austria

Quartet: calls for calm between Israelis and Palestinians

International Middle East peace mediators have repeated their calls for calm to be restored between Israelis and Palestinians. #EU

Austria

Mideast: international mediators meet in Vienna

International Middle East peace mediators are meeting in Vienna. They are planning to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria, as well as the growing

USA

Republican jibes sully hearing into fatal attack on US consulate in Benghazi

Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has endured an 11-hour congressional hearing into the fatal attack on the US consulate in Benghazi

USA

Hillary Clinton 'took responsibility' for 2012 Benghazi consulate attack

Hillary Clinton says she took responsibility and launched reforms following a deadly 2012 attack on a US consulate in Libya.

Iraq

US soldier dies in hostage-rescue operation in Iraq

The US military says an American soldier has died following an operation to rescue hostages near Hawija, in northern Iraq. A special operations team

Economy

China slowdown hits Hyundai Motor Co's profits

Hyundai Motor Company has seen its quarterly net profit plunge by almost a quarter from a year earlier – as South Korea’s biggest carmaker reels from

USA

US voters split over Biden's decision not to run for president

There has been a mixed reaction in the US to news that Joe Biden will not be seeking the Democratic nomination for the 2016 presidency. The vice

USA

Biden rules out presidential bid

US Vice President Joe Biden has announced he will not be running for president in 2016. His decision removes Democratic front-runner Hillary

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