Steve Scalise: Shot US congressman's condition worsens
A US congressman who was shot in the hip while practising for a baseball game last month has been moved back into intensive care, his hospital says.
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Trump Weighs ‘Pretty Severe Things’ for North Korea Over Launch
President Donald Trump said he is contemplating some "pretty severe things" to retaliate against North Korea after it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile this week that brings it closer to being able to hit the U.S. mainland.
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Trump tells Russia to stop 'destabilising' Ukraine
US President Donald Trump has called on Russia to stop "destabilising" Ukraine and other countries and end support for "hostile regimes" such as those in Syria and Iran.
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'Welcome to hell' - protesters vow to disrupt G20 summit
"Welcome to Hell". That's the greeting for U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders from anti-capitalist protesters in Hamburg who aim to disrupt the G20 summit, already rife with tensions over trade and climate change.
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Porsches set on fire in possible G20 arson attack
A luxury car blaze broke out at a Porsche Center in Eidelstedt, Hamburg early Thursday morning, with as many as 12 sports cars engulfed in flames in a suspected G20-related arson attack.
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World-beating wealth props up Qatar against Arab sanctions
A month after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic, trade and transport ties with Qatar, accusing it of backing terrorism, it is suffering from isolation but is nowhere near an economic crisis.
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Turkey police hold rights activists including Amnesty chief
Turkish police have arrested eight leading human rights activists including Amnesty International's Turkey director Idil Eser in Istanbul.
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EU Parliament votes for Turkish accession talks to be suspended
The European Parliament has voted for Turkey's EU accession talks to be suspended if Ankara goes ahead with a planned constitutional reform which would grant sweeping powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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90,000-strong child porn ring busted on ‘dark web’
Police in Frankfurt swooped on suspected pedophiles after busting a massive child pornography website on the ‘dark web’. The site had almost 90,000 users who swapped graphic images of children and arranged meetings to abuse them.
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FBI allowed to hide details of secret 9/11 report
A South Florida judge ruled the FBI is not improperly withholding information about funding of the 9/11 attacks after journalists tried to uncover connections between the hijackers and Saudis living in Florida at the time.
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US military rewrites Hollywood blockbusters to save reputation, research reveals
While the US government’s influence in Hollywood is no secret, new documents reveal the staggering extent of CIA and Pentagon influence across hundreds of movies and TV shows.
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Hobby Lobby: Christian firm's artefact smuggling case settled
A major US arts and crafts company has forfeited thousands of smuggled ancient artefacts from Iraq it had bought for a Bible museum.
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