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Former US First Lady Barbara Bush dies aged 92

Barbara Bush, the former US first lady and literacy campaigner, has died at the age of 92.

Facebook facial recognition faces class-action suit

Facebook must face a class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology, a California judge has ruled.

Comey claims Trump is ‘morally unfit to be president’

Former FBI director James Comey has said Donald Trump is "morally unfit to be president", who treats women like "pieces of meat".

Trump slams ‘slime ball’ Comey over new book

US President Donald Trump attacked James Comey on Twitter Friday, saying the former FBI director is "a proven LEAKER & LIAR" and "should be prosecuted" for leaking classified information.

U.N claims over 1,000 children abducted by Boko Haram

The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has said that more than one thousand children have been abducted by the militant group Boko Haram in the north-eastern part of Nigeria since 2013.

US House Speaker Paul Ryan to quit

US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election this year, in a big blow to Republicans ahead of autumn's mid-term elections.

Canada junior hockey team bus crash kills 14

Police in Canada have confirmed that 14 people were killed when a lorry and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided on Friday evening.

Trump claims “didn’t know” his lawyer paid prostitute $130K

Stormy Daniels’s attorney said on Thursday that President Trump claims he was unaware of the $130,000 payment his attorney made to the porn star days before the 2016 election.

YouTube shooting: Female suspect ‘angry over video postings’

The suspect in a gun attack at YouTube's HQ in California had expressed anger over its treatment of her video postings, media reports say.

China hits back with tariffs on US imports worth $3bn

China has imposed tariffs of up to 25% on 128 US imports, including pork and wine, after US President Donald Trump raised duties on foreign steel and aluminium imports in March.

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