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Washington: US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, dealing a blow to the Republican Party just months ahead of pivotal congressional elections, said...

Oxford: Discrimination against women and girls is a more pressing global challenge than disparities in income between the rich and the poor, former US...

Washington: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told Congress on Monday that the social media network did not do enough to prevent itself and its...

Oslo: Aluminium producer Norsk Hydro denied on Monday its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil had contaminated local waters, contradicting the findings of a...

Berea (US): Andy Barr, a Republican lawmaker representing central Kentucky, won his last three elections promising to repeal and replace Obamacare. This...

Sao Paulo: Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent his first night in jail on a corruption conviction on Sunday as his allies hoped...

Washington: A Republican US senator warned on Sunday that Facebook Inc may need to be regulated to address concerns about the company's privacy and...

New York: One man was killed and six firefighters received minor injuries in an apartment fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York on Saturday, in...

Sao Bernado Do Campo (Brazil): Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday said he would surrender to police, a day after defying a...

Toronto: Fourteen people were killed when a bus carrying a Canadian junior hockey team collided with a truck in Saskatchewan province, police said on...