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Federation Internationale de Football Association changes means no rival yet for North American World Cup bid

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Bannon & Kushner Try To Bury The Hatchet

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2 dead in shooting at Calif. elementary school

Two adults, including a teacher, were killed and two students were wounded in the shooting that officials believe was a murder-suicide. With Monday's San Ber...

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A spokeswoman for the prime minister said Trump had thanked May for her support following last week's USA military action in Syria against the Assad regime. And...

At least 44 killed in Egypt church bombings

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Turnbull works on strategic ties in India

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New York to offer free tuition to 4-year public colleges, universities

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Illegal Border Crossings Continue Their Plunge Under Trump

That's according to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. The U.S. -Mexico border is nearly 2,000 miles long; Kelly stated that 650 miles already contain ph...

Kushner and Bannon beef continues to broil

Bannon is enduring a "bad time " partly due to low polling numbers for Trump and the growing influence of President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in...

USA threatens more pressure on Syria after missile strikes

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Houston apartment building has glass-bottom pool 42 stories above the street

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India extends $4.5 bn line of credit to Bangladesh

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Zuma again survives impeachment as ruling party stands by him

With the cabinet overhaul exposing deep divisions within the ANC, the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party hopes to benefit at general elections in 20...

Trump and Xi stick to the script in their first summit

The two leaders agreed that their first meeting, held at the seaside Mar-a-Lago resort in the U.S. state of Florida, was "positive and fruitful". This decisive ...

French candidates clash on European Union visions

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India, Australia sign six pacts but trade deal elusive

According to Jaideep Mazumdar, joint secretary in charge of India-Australia relations in the Indian foreign ministry, a number of agreements in the fields of se...

Alabama governor to face impeachment hearings

The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled impeachment hearings to begin Monday. The Alabama Supreme Court on Saturday reversed a short-lived victory for Ben...

Spotify executive among victims of Stockholm terrorist attack

The White House said he offered condolences to the families of those slain in the attack and wished a "speedy recovery" to the wounded. The White House statem...

Seven held by Swedish authorities after Stokholm truck attack

Police said roughly five other people remained in police custody for questioning over the apparent terror attack, in which a hijacked delivery truck mowed down ...

Manhunt for armed Janesville man continues

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When she declined, O'Reilly allegedly became hostile and told her "forget about any career advice I gave you, you're on your own", the Times said. In respons...

Winnipeg veterans march to remember Vimy Ridge on 100th anniversary

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Northern Ireland Secretary grants more time for power-sharing talks

Your browser doesn't recognise available video formats. Sinn Féin finished with 27 seats in the wake of this month's election, which arose after the party cal...

Army called in after Egypt church bombings

Earlier on Sunday, a statement by the presidential office said that Sisi had ordered troops be deployed across the country to help secure "vital facilities". Pr...

Garcia Wins The Masters

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Last-Minute Tweak To GOP Health Bill Does Little To Ease Intraparty Standoff

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US, Mexico, Canada to make joint bid for 2026 World Cup

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Accusations in Alabama governor impeachment investigation

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U.S. bombs Syrian air base after gas attack

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Syria war: USA 'disappointed' at Russia's Syria stance

U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley to UN says USA " prepared to do more " in Syria. Across the Atlantic, the British Stop the War Coalition held what it ca...

British Foreign Secretary Cancels Trip to Moscow, Citing Developments In Syria

The push-back to the criticism came after Trump ordered the missile strikes against Syria for another chemical weapons attack without getting congressional appr...

Spotify executive killed in Stockholm attack

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Israel protests Le Pen denial on Holocaust role

By the war's end, some 77,000 Jews living on French territory had been deported and murdered in Nazi concentration camps and killing centers. Nicolas Lebourg,...

Boris Johnson pulls out of Russian Federation visit following chemical attack in Syria

But Johnson said he had seen "absolutely nothing to suggest " the attack was carried out by anyone but the government of Syria . "You vote before you go to wa...