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Trump Instructs Hope Hicks Not To Testify About White House Work

In total, Mueller mentioned Hicks' name over 180 times in the report. Democrats want Hicks to testify about an effort by the president to mislead the public a...

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There is credible evidence that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other high-level officials are individually liable for the killing of ...

Hungry and exhausted polar bear wanders into Russian city

The female bear, visibly weak and seemingly ill, lay despondently on the ground for hours on Tuesday in Norilsk's suburbs, its feet caked in mud, occasionally r...

Otago stays second as NZ universities rise in rankings

The university placed 19th in that category. University of Auckland spokeswoman Lisa Finucane said the university didn't worry too much "about small year-to-y...

Netherlands set to name suspects in 2014 attack on MH17

Dutch officials have said they would looking into the allegations, but noted that previous information given by Moscow has been proved incorrect and that genera...

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The incredible photo he took, of sled dogs ankle deep in a wide expanse of light blue water, quickly went viral, destined to join pictures of starving polar bea...

Egypt's ex-president Mursi buried in Cairo, Islamists mourn

Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi speaking in Brussels in 2012. As such, Mursi's trial became the spearhead of attempts by the Egyptian general staff,...

Trump sidesteps question of apology to Central Park 5

Trump took out full-page newspaper ads at the time calling for five to receive the death penalty. Their convictions were overturned in 2002, after another man...

Suspected explosion triggers a small natural disaster near China's border with North Korea

In Pyongyang , commuters waiting for their trains read about the visit in newsstands at subway stations. Xi has met with Kim four times, each time in China ...

Rocket hits site of foreign oil firms in Iraq's Basra, wounds two

The United States evacuated hundreds of diplomatic staff from its Baghdad embassy last month, citing unspecified threats from Iran against USA interests in neig...

Boaty McBoatface makes important climate change discovery on maiden voyage

A storm of protest on Twitter led to a compromise that allowed the Boaty McBoatface name to live on. Boaty's mission was part of a joint project involving t...

Authorities Seize More Than 16 Tons of Cocaine at Philadelphia Shipping Yard

Check out the tweets from the USA attorney below. The cocaine was aboard a ship at the Packer Marine Terminal, near the Walt Whitman Bridge, the U.S. An onl...

Shanahan drops bid to lead Pentagon, citing 'painful' past

After months of unexplained delays, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan stepped down Tuesday before his formal nomination ever went to the Senate, citin...

Sarah Sanders' past won't haunt her in Arkansas

Shah left in January . The next White House press secretary will have a hard job as journalists follow calls for impeachment as well as prepare for the 202...

Russian Federation warns United States over extra troop deployment to Middle East

Such actions "cannot be seen otherwise than as a deliberate course to provoke war", Ryabkov told journalists, quoted by RIA Novosti news agency. "We would pre...

Alabama man accused of feeding caged 'attack squirrel' meth

Investigators are still looking for Paulk, who is wanted for possession of a controlled substance, certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm, and possessio...

There will be 2 billion more people on Earth by 2050

The average number of births per woman globally, from 3.2 in 1990, fell to 2.5 by 2019, and is projected to fall further to 2.2 births by 2050. The U.N. By 20...

Trump announces mass expulsion of migrants from the US

A total of 791 Central American migrants, including 368 children under the age of eight, have been detained in the Mexican state of Veracruz, officials said S...

OR wildlife officials kill bear after people fed him, took selfies

The friendly bear had been fed trail mix, sunflower seeds and cracked corn. "While the individuals who put food out for this bear may have had good intentions...

Hundreds rally in Moscow over journalist case

Organizers of the demonstration had said they had failed to get approval from the city's authorities for the event. Separately, an official from Russia's secu...

U.S. Seizes 16 Tons of Cocaine at Philadelphia Port

In a March bust in Philadelphia, drug dogs sniffed out 538 kilograms of cocaine worth about $38 million USA - at that time the city's largest seizure of the dru...

YouTuber buys town, renames it Gay Hell to protest Trump’s policy

He shared a picture of himself posing next to the town sign bearing the new name. YouTuber Elijah Daniel reportedly bought the entire town yesterday, wi...

Alaska Teen Accused of Killing "Best Friend" After Man Promises Her Money

At some point, an altercation took place. The family members took that information and used it to file a missing person's report the next day. Her best friend...

Man to appear in court charged with throwing milkshake at Nigel Farage

Paul Crowther will not be jailed but will have to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work, according to the judge at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court. The inciden...

Shanahan Steps Down as Acting Defense Secretary After Reports of FBI Investigation

Shanahan's confirmation was stalled after news broke the FBI is investigating years old allegations of domestic abuse. The announcement followsa report from ...

Biden Says He Can Beat Trump in South Carolina, Georgia, Texas

Republican Party Chairman Drew McKissick tweeted. Biden , now the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, made the remarks at the Moral Action Congress of...

Nigel Farage Hits Out At Boris Johnson For Debate Boycott

Mr Raab did not get through, after getting 30 votes, three less than the minimum needed. Of course, this is all hypothetical because under the terms of the Go...

Encephalitis deaths: Nitish Kumar faces protest outside hospital in Muzaffarpur

In the wake of the rising deaths, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is scheduled to visit Muzaffarpur today. During a meeting with Central ministers and...

Two Boys Found Guilty Of Murdering Ana Kriegel

The prosecution alleged that Boy A violently sexually assaulted Ana before murdering her. There were emotional scenes in court as the verdict was delivered. T...

Canadian soldier killed during parachuting training exercise in Bulgaria

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Bombardier Patrick Labrie was killed on Monday. Bombardier Patrick Labrie, a soldier based at CFB Petawawa, died as a resu...