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President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, is questioned on climate change during a a contentious Senate confirmation hearing.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump will be a "hopelessly conflicted president" with an unrivalled array of commercial conflicts of interest that threaten to undermine the presidency, according to a leading expert on corporate governance.
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China will build a "new model" of relations with the United States, President Xi Jinping says, in a speech that portrayed China as the leader of a globalised world where only international cooperation could solve the big problems.
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| UpdatedIn his final press conference before his term ends on Friday, President Barack Obama defends the important of a free press.
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| UpdatedPresident-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt expresses doubt about the science behind global climate change to his Senate confirmation hearing.
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| UpdatedBarack Obama comments on his decision to commute Chelsea Manning's sentence.
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| UpdatedJakarta will elect a new Governor in less than a month. This is not just a race for a political position, but a test for moderate Islam and democracy in Australia's largest neighbour of 250 million people, writes Samantha Hawley.
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| UpdatedWhat will Barack Obama do with his last morning in power? Will he follow Bill Clinton's lead with an exit prank? He could also pen some parting words for Donald Trump, or issue more pardons.
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| UpdatedWilliam Henry Harrison, who was elected in 1841, who holds the record for the shortest time in America's highest office. He died 32 days into the job, and was said to have contracted a cold during his inauguration speech. But how true is that tale?
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| UpdatedOn the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, speculation continues about how the next US president's term in office will pan out, and how for example, it might colour American relations with China at a time when Beijing's influence in the Pacific is on the rise.
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| UpdatedBarack Obama uses his final press conference as US President to defend his decision to commute the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former US army intelligence analyst jailed for leaking classified files to WikiLeaks.
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World temperatures hit a record high for the third year in a row in 2016, creeping closer to a ceiling set for global warming with extremes including unprecedented heat in India and ice melt in the Arctic, US government agencies say.
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Lawyer for Julian Assange, Melinda Taylor, says Barack Obama's decision to commute Chelsea Manning's sentence is a step in the right direction for the Wikileaks founder.
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Maggie's List's Missy Shorey, who works to get conservative women elected to Congress, about the inauguration of Donald Trump.
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to the editor of politics.co.uk, Ian Dunt, about Theresa's May's plans for Brexit.
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Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is allowed to remain in Russia for another three years and will next year qualify to apply for Russian citizenship, his Russian lawyer says.
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| UpdatedFormer US president George HW Bush is moved to intensive care after being admitted to hospital with breathing problems at the weekend, and his wife, Barbara, has been hospitalised as a precaution.
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| UpdatedOne Nation senator Malcolm Roberts lobbied Australian diplomats in Washington for tickets to US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says.
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| UpdatedBarack Obama's decision to commute Chelsea Manning's sentence raises new questions about the future of Julian Assange, whose WikiLeaks site has indicated he would return to the US if the army leaker was freed.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says US President-elect Donald Trump cannot unilaterally cancel the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers, including Washington, and that talk of renegotiating it was "meaningless".
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While the recovery took longer than many hoped or expected, Barack Obama is leaving the US economy in much better shape than he found it eight years ago.
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| UpdatedUS President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to the daily press briefing to honour White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest during his final briefing.
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Real estate mogul Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on January 20. Get ready for the big day by taking our quiz on past — and future — presidential inauguration ceremonies.
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| UpdatedPresident Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle visit the Washington DC shelter where the swing set belonging to their daughters, Sasha and Malia, was donated.
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