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Trump to enhance relations with China

Relations have also been strained by China's fierce opposition to a U.S. missile defence system being rolled out in South Korea. The US wants China, the North...

Westinghouse to continue SCE&G nuclear projects for initial period of bankruptcy

Toshiba has said it's expecting a loss of 500 billion yen ($4.3 billion) for April-December of previous year, including a 712.5 billion yen ($6.2 billion) hi...

South Africa's Gordhan says he is still finance minister

Meanwhile, Zuma has joined the Gupta court case, effectively on the other side from Gordhan. In a short statement , Zuma's office said the minister and h...

3 storm chasers die in crash during Southern Plains storms

Williamson wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was ejected; all three were killed instantly. Corbin Lee Jaeger, 25, of Arizona, also a storm chaser, died in the cra...

3 storm chasers killed in crash during West Texas storms

The storms are forecast to generally weaken east of the Mississippi River, but a few overnight severe storms can not be ruled out as far east as the Wabash Rive...

Republican lawmaker resigns from House Freedom Caucus

READ: Can Republicans govern if they can't keep a promise they've made for 7 years? Repealing the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was supposed to be the firs...

Texas Senate OKs revisions to Texas contentious voter ID law

The original bill sought a 2021 start date and made no residency or experience requirements. Ultimately, Senate and House leaders will have to work out a compro...

Arab League: 'Reject apartheid system' in Palestine

The proposal calls for Israel to withdraw from all territory won during the Six Day War of 1967 and in return, the Arab League would open up to full diplomatic ...

Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets following airstrikes

Monday's report in Russia's RIA Novosti news agency quotes Bogdanov as saying that Israeli Ambassador Gary Koren "was asked about this" incident. In January 2...

China bans importation of meat from Brazil

The meat scandal, which began when authorities accused inspectors for the biggest beef and poultry companies of taking bribes to overlook the process of meat sa...

Trump Administration Drops Human Rights Conditions for Bahrain F-16s

Bahrain is an important U.S partner, hosting the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet headquarters and the "Combined Maritime Forces" in Manama. The previous administration ...

Thousands take shelter as Cyclone Debbie lashes Australian coastal resorts

Annastacia Palaszczuk says there have been few reports of injuries so far, but many people who bore the brunt of ex-cyclone Debbie's fury are still without any ...

Indian Wells: Federer beats Nadal to enter last eight

On the women's side, Russia's Elena Vesnina ousted German second seed Angelique Kerber, assured of retaking the No 1 ranking from injured Serena Williams next w...

Ticket Prices for the NCAA Final Four in Phoenix

They're hungry for the title after it was swiped away from them in mere seconds. "It absolutely was. But when it's your first time, you know, you're seeing al...

Search Operation Begins for Helicopter Missing Over Irish Sea

The search was launched at 4.15pm and was focused between the Caernarfon Bay area, in north Wales, and Dublin. A second search and rescue helicopter, based at...

Trump a man of action, will stand by Israel: Pence

The adopted resolution that condemned Israel's settlement in the West Bank and East Jerusalem was met with heavy backlash from Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Ne...

Democrats to filibuster Neil Gorsuch nomination to Supreme Court, Schumer says

Democratic Minority Leader Charles Schumer of NY should abandon his push to filibuster the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch, both because ...

Mark Takano wants Devin Nunes to recuse himself from Russian Federation investigation

Critics say his disclosure was an effort to justify Trump's accusations that former president Barack Obama had tapped Trump Tower during the campaign in 2016. S...

Engineers set to to enter IS-held parts of Syria dam

In a statement they made last week, March 22, US officials revealed the operation to occupy Tabqa dam to be one of the biggest and most elaborate support oper...

Woman Jumps Out of Trunk to Escape Kidnapper in Birmingham, Alabama

The victim told local law enforcement that she'd been approached by a man in Birmingham on March 14; the man brandished a handgun and demanded that the woman ha...

France's Le Pen Calls for Tighter Border Controls After UK Parliament Attack

The hard-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who commentators said had won the sense of humour contest during the debate, said he admired the "prudishness of gazelles" of ...

US Official Says There's a 'Fair Chance' Airstrike Killed Civilians in Mosul

Relatives react near the bodies of civilians killed in an airstrike, during a battle between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, Mosul , March 17. Iraqi ...

Tensions rise as Syria retaliates against Israeli airstrikes

At that time, Israel Air Force planes struck targets in Syria and Syria's air defense system fired an anti-aircraft missile at the Israeli planes. Israel's C...

Nunes rejects calls to remove self from Russia-Trump investigation

Nunes described the source as an intelligence official, not a White House official. In fact, when asked, Nunes reportedly refused to deny that the White House a...

Berlin rejects parallel trade talks with Britain during Brexit negotiations

With Britain looking to exit from the European Union, the nation may also be forced to contemplate an internal exit of its own: One day before May visited ...

USA boycotts 'dangerous' United Nations talks on unilaterally banning nuclear weapons

The meeting was attended by more than 100 countries. India too chose to skip the meeting. She joined colleagues from the UK, France and around 20 other nati...

Yakima County unfazed by immigration 'sanctuary' threat

In late January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that called for the stripping of federal funds for areas that do not cooperate with federal ...

JCPenney will close 7 stores in MI

The company had operated a store in Waterloo since 1926, first downtown and then at Crossroads Center beginning in 1970. "JCPenney is in the process of identi...

The World's 5 Happiest Countries Do Not Have A National Minimum Wage

While, the United States ranked 14th, fell one spot from the previous year. Norway jumped three spots from a year ago and emerged as the happiest country ...

Lawyer Says White House Stopped Yates Testimony

According to several Democrats on the committee, Nunes also canceled two regular panel meetings this week, without giving them a reason. Richard Burr, the Rep...

Two More 'Significant Arrests' in Westminster Terror Investigation

Masood drove his auto into crowds of people on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday afternoon before stabbing a police officer to death at the Houses of Parliament. ...

Paul Manafort to Voluntarily Go Before House Intel Committee in Russia Probe

In dueling news conferences Friday morning, committee Chairman Devin Nunes , R-Calif., said the committee had postponed its next open hearing for what amount...

One person remains in custody over Westminster attack

Authorities have carried out at least 21 searches and seized more than 2,700 items including "massive of amounts of computer data". ISIS, the terrorist group ...

Trivendra Singh Rawat swears-in as new Uttarakhand CM

The party formed its first government in the state when it was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000 with Nityanand Swami as the first Chief Minister. Announcin...

APNewsBreak: Judge approves release of jailed Mexican man

While the decision does not end Ramirez's fight to remain in the US - he is now fighting a deportation order in federal court - his release pending the resoluti...