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Michelle Obama’s autobiography, Becoming, is on track to become the most successful memoir in modern publishing history, selling more than 10m copies to date, as life after the White House continues to prove commercial gold…

India on Wednesday destroyed a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test that puts the country in the space “super league”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. He said India would only be the fourth…

US President Donald Trump has declared himself completely exonerated after his campaign was cleared of colluding with Russia in the 2016 election, in a major boost for his re-election hopes. The…

A British Airways flight destined for Dusseldorf in Germany mistakenly landed in Edinburgh on Monday after flight plan paperwork was filed incorrectly. Passengers on the flight only realised the error had…

President Trump’s campaign did not conspire with Russia during the 2016 election, according to a summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report submitted to Congress on Sunday. The report summary did…

U.S. lawmakers drew battle lines on Sunday over how to handle a special counsel long-awaited report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election that has cast a pall over Donald Trump’s presidency. They also…

Helicopters have been deployed to rescue about 1,300 people from stranded in a cruise ship off Norway. Rescuers have evacuated 418 people by helicopter from the Viking Sky cruise ship, a day after the vessel was stranded in…

Kazakhstan has renamed its capital Nur-Sultan, in honour of the country’s longtime president who resigned in a surprise move earlier this week. The order to change the city’s name from Astana was issued on…

A barber’s association in a northern Bangladesh town has warned its members not to give “foreign” haircuts or beard styles on pain of fines, an official said on Thursday. An association order has been…

US-backed fighters in Syria's east have declared their final victory over ISIL, ending a four-year battle against the group that once held territory spanning a third of Syria and Iraq. An official of the US-backed Syrian…

European Union leaders have agreed to postpone Brexit beyond March 29 deadline and asked British Prime Minister Theresa May to get an approval of the UK parliament on her divorce deal with the bloc. May…

A supporter of President Donald Trump pleaded guilty on Thursday to mailing crude bombs to prominent Democrats including former president Barack Obama and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary…

Bill Gates has followed Jeff Bezos to become the world’s second ‘centi-billionaire’ after his fortune reached the $100 billion threshold.According to Bloomberg, which tracks the wealth of the planet’s richest people through…

More than 10,000 people marched silently on Thursday through the New Zealand city where the alleged shooter in last week’s massacre had lived, as the country paid its respects to the 50 victims of the tragedy.…

Hong Kong plans to build one of the world’s largest artificial islands with an eye-watering $79 billion price tag, city officials announced Tuesday. The government’s HK$624 billion proposal to reclaim…

President Donald Trump of the United States has accused Fake News Media of trying to blame him for the New Zealand mass shooting. The shooting which took place last week saw the death of 50 persons with over 20 injured.…

Alan Krueger has died, aged 58. The famed economist and economic advisor to Barack Obama and Bill Clinton reportedly committed suicide. Krueger served as chief economist for the U.S. Department of Labor during the Clinton administration…

Three people have been killed following a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht, the city's mayor says. Nine others were injured in the incident which police say appears to be a terrorist attack.…

Suspected mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant faces an “unprecedented” sentence that bars him from ever applying for release, but could yet dodge terror charges, legal experts told AFP Monday. The 28-year-old Australian…

More than a year before the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved a secret campaign to silence dissenters, The New York Times reported on…

Several people have been injured in a shooting in the Dutch city of Utrecht, police have said. The shooting began at 10.45am local time (9.45am UK time) when a gunman opened fire in a tram at 24 Oktoberplain, a…

Residents of a tiny Spanish village have been left mystified by an anonymous donor who leaves envelopes of cash in postboxes or under people’s doors.Since Wednesday last week, around 15 people in Villarramiel, northern Spain,…

Donald Trump may be president of the world’s biggest economy, but that doesn’t mean he’s getting richer.According to figures compiled by Bloomberg, Trump’s net worth has actually dropped since becoming president.Trump’s net…

A horrific video of the New Zealand mosque massacre was blocked by Facebook during its livestream but circulated on other social media, highlighting the challenges faced by internet platforms in curbing the…