Fake news is a 'dangerous epidemic'

Hillary Clinton issued a stern warning Thursday against the proliferation of fake news, branding it an epidemic with "real world
9 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Trump defends cabinet picks

Donald Trump on Thursday vigorously defended his incoming cabinet against uproar from Democrats, green activists and workers
9 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Trump fills major US posts

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday picked a fossil fuel industry defender as his top environmental official, another
8 December 2016, 18:22 PM

Surprise fall in US life expectancy

Life expectancy in the United States dropped last year for the first time since the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis more than 20 years
8 December 2016, 18:04 PM

Trump chooses pro wrestling magnate Linda McMahon to head SBA

US President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate professional wrestling magnate and former Senate candidate Linda McMahon as his choice to head the Small Business Administration.
8 December 2016, 06:25 AM

No 'intervention and chaos'

President-elect Donald Trump laid out a US military policy on Tuesday that would avoid interventions in foreign conflicts and
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

NYT sees digital subscriptions surge

The New York Times has seen an exceptional surge in digital subscriptions in the period just before and after the November
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Biden to run for US presidency

US Vice President Joe Biden has revealed he intends to mount a presidential bid in 2020. Biden has been jointly elected twice as
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Trump, China on collision course?

Donald Trump is a "diplomatic rookie" who must learn not to cross Beijing on issues like trade and Taiwan, Chinese state
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Trump names Carson as housing secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday chose Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who challenged him for the Republican
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Barack Obama bids farewell, for now, to art world

President Barack Obama attended his last Kennedy Center Honors gala Sunday night, making some of his final goodbyes to
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Big data helped Trump even after he scorned it

Donald Trump derided the use of data and technology tools for his presidential campaign -- but those techniques might well have propelled him to victory.
5 December 2016, 04:20 AM

US Greens take recount bid to upper court

Green Party candidate Jill Stein late Saturday vowed to bring her fight for a recount of votes cast in Pennsylvania in the US
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Up to 40 feared dead in California fire

Fire crews in California were yesterday searching the charred remains of a warehouse gutted by a blaze during a rave party, with
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Trump allies try to block recounts

Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump moved on Friday to halt the Green Party's requests for long-shot recounts of the
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Trump breaks US policy

China protested to Washington yesterday after US President-elect Donald Trump broke with decades of foreign policy and
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM

9 burnt to death in US dance party

Nine people were killed and 25 missing after a huge blaze broke out during a rave party near San Francisco held in a cluttered, maze-
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM

China lodges protest after Trump call with Taiwan president

President-elect Donald Trump speaks with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China.
3 December 2016, 04:15 AM

US renews Iran sanctions act

Iran said yesterday that Congress's decision to renew US sanctions for 10 years was a violation of last year's nuclear agreement
2 December 2016, 18:11 PM

Trump praises Pak PM

US president-elect Donald Trump offered to help solve Pakistan's problems and praised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM