World
11 Jan 2017
Daniel Ortega has been sworn in as president of Nicaragua for the third consecutive time after his party won 71 of the 92 seats in the parliament
11 Jan 2017
Authorities have increased their reward to $100,000 for information leading to the capture of suspect Markeith Loyd in the fatal shooting of a policewoman in Orlando.
11 Jan 2017
President Barack Obama thanks the American people for making him a better president during his farewell address from Chicago.
10 Jan 2017
Alibaba founder Jack Ma meets with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and says the two discussed ways to connect businesses in the American Midwest with new customers in Asia, a plan the company predicts will create one million jobs.
10 Jan 2017
Refugees are struggling against Serbia's winter as they shelter in an abandoned warehouse on the border with Hungary.
10 Jan 2017
Donald Trump called Meryl Streep 'overrated' in a three-tweet Twitter rant against the respected actress after she criticized his mocking of a disabled reporter during her acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award at Sunday night's Golden Globes.
9 Jan 2017
Floods in southern Thailand have killed over 20 people and hit the region's rubber industry.
9 Jan 2017
In less than two weeks, US President Barack Obama will hand over power to Donald Trump. Most agree that the US economy is in much better shape than it was when Obama was elected in 2008.
9 Jan 2017
Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council founder and chief executive officer, reacts to the death of Iranian President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
9 Jan 2017
Iranian state media reports that the country’s former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has died at the age of 82.
8 Jan 2017
Britain's Queen Elizabeth makes her first public appearance in weeks since falling ill.
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The next Olympic host nation has been embroiled in a debate around head coverings, even though no high-level French athletes wear them. It has become an increasingly thorny subject in a number of sports.
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France's ambassador to Niger has left the country amid a deterioration of relations between the West African country's new military rulers and the former colonial power.
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Britain has given the go-ahead to the development of Rosebank in the North Sea. Located 130 kilometres northwest of the Shetland Islands, it's the largest untapped oil field in the UK and is estimated to contain up to 300 million barrels of crude. The government argues Rosebank will help bolster Britain's energy security, but environmental groups disagree. Plus, in a major blow to TikTok, Indonesia has banned trading of goods on social media platforms, saying it’s harming millions of physical retailers.
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The West African country's military government — which seized power from a different junta a year ago — said it has detained four people for attempting a coup.
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The maritime rescue group has won the Right Livelihood Award for its life-saving missions helping imperiled migrants on the Mediterranean Sea.
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A court in Ho Chi Minh City handed down a 3-year prison sentence to leading climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong on charges of dodging taxes during the time she ran a climate non-profit group called Change.