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Congressional negotiators reach deal on government funding through September

The deal includes funding for defence, border security and health measures but does not include funding for US President Donald Trump's proposed wall on the bor...

French campaign revs up with rival rallies, May Day marches

In an anniversary gesture clearly aimed at painting the National Front (FN) as extremist a week before he faces its candidate Marine Le Pen in a run-off vote fo...

Macron honors man killed by French far-right

France's presidential candidates are pushing their rival views of Europe, as far-right Marine Le Pen calls the shared euro currency "dead" and centrist Emmanuel...

Nintendo Just Announced A Brand New 2DS

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100 days in, Donald Trump says he has brought about 'profound change'

The goal is to determine whether the U.S.is being treated fairly by its trading partners and the 164-nation World Trade Organization. Rather than attending th...

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Pentagon Deploys Troops to Turkey's Border With Syria

Speaking at a business conference in Istanbul, Erdogan reiterated he would try to convince Donald Trump next month that Turkish-backed forces should be used to ...

Artificial Womb Successfully Incubates Premature Lambs; Are Human Preemies Next?

Their heart pumps blood through their umbilical cord via an external oxygenator, which does the work of a mother's placenta. The lambs-which were at about an eq...

Google's ad business beats expectations despite YouTube storm

On the other hand, Alphabet's " Other Bets "-separate business units including the Waymo self-driving vehicle business, Google Fiber, thermostat-maker Nest an...

Turkish military convoy moves closer to Syrian Kurds

On Apr. 26, Turkish Armed Forces delivered retaliatory artillery strikes on positions of the PYD terrorist group in Northern Syria after PYD inflicted mortar st...

Turkish President Erdogan gets ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan

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Trump warns North Korea's missiles will get better

Trump said he believes China's president, Xi Jinping, has been putting pressure on North Korea over its missile and nuclear weapons programs. When pressed o...

Labour Day: PM salutes determination of workers

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'Terrific start to 2017' for Google's parent company Alphabet

In a conference call with analysts to discuss the results, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said mobile continues to drive momentum behind the company's advertising b...

Trump promotes revamped health care bill

Trump said the bill has "evolved over a period of three or four weeks". President Donald Trump says the Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordab...

Samsung regains top spot in global smartphone market

Samsung retained its place as the market leader, despite not seeing any growth, with shipments at 79.2 million. Oppo shipped roughly 25 million phones in the...

Trump orders offshore review

The order also reverses President Obama's ban on offshore drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas off northern Alaska. "This executive order starts the pr...

Andy Murray losses to Thiem in Barcelona Open semifinals

Ramos-Vinolas eliminated Murray in the third round in Monte Carlo despite trailing 4-0 in the deciding set. Thiem served at only 49% but he was the more aggress...

Five-star Celtic humiliate Rangers at Ibrox

It was quite simply a insane start to the game and also a nightmare for Rangers who could have gone even further behind as Celtic put non-stop pressure on t...

Aim to end mindset of VIP culture, says PM on beacon ban

He added that red beacon had become the symbol of VIP culture in India which alienated the common man. "Although the "lal batti" is gone now, nobody can claim t...

Google CEO Tops Other Alphabet Execs With $200 Million Pay

Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat during her earnings call said that revenues at YouTube continue growing at a substantial clip, which dispelled concerns over the...

Samsung posts its Q1 Profits on chips, display sales

The fault is believed to be the result of the design of the Super AMOLED screens. August 2, 2016 - Samsung unveils the Galaxy Note 7 at a NY media event. 'Sam...

Artificial 'biobag' womb for extremely premature newborns in testing

The study supported lambs in a bio bag sat on a hotplate at 39.5C and filled with electrolyte solution to mimic a ewe's womb. The Biobag nourishes a growin...

PV Sindhu crashes out of Asian championships

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NASA's Cassini successfully completes first dive between Saturn's rings

But before all that incineration, Cassini has some derring-do to do, specifically threading the 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its rings at a brisk 77...

Marine Le Pen fends off Nazi gas chamber row to savage Macron

Still, the alliance caused splits within Mr Dupont-Aignan's own party, Stand up France , with the departure of a vice president, Dominique Jamet. Jean-Marie ...

Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime with Android Nougat launched in US

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Big race double for Willie Mullins at Punchestown

Walsh's defeat on Nichols Canyon meant he had finished second on a horse trained by Willie Mullins in all three of the week's feature events so far. She's proba...

US President Donald Trump Calls International Space Station To Congratulate Astronaut's Achievement

According to a report from Gizmodo , Whitson broke Jeff Williams' record of approximately 534 days, 2 hours and 48 minutes. Also on the video phone call from...

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Two-time defending champion Angelique Kerber, who was against Sharapova receiving a wild-card entry, was upset by Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-2, 7-5. Sharap...

Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime launched in USA with Android 7.0 Nougat OS

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Trump says U.S. won't leave NAFTA _ for now

He had decided, he said, to instead reward Beijing for helping deal with a belligerent North Korea. "I like the status quo", he said. Trump, in phone calls ...

This is how Earth appears from Saturn; NASA Cassini spacecraft captures image

Nasa's craft made its way through the rings of Saturn for the first ever time. Mission directors were confident that the probe would make it through Saturn's r...