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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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| 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.
Topics: climate-change, environment, science-and-technology, earth-sciences, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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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.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, world-politics, security-intelligence, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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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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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.
Topics: world-politics, information-and-communication, defence-and-national-security, russian-federation, united-states
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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".
Topics: world-politics, defence-and-national-security, us-elections, iran-islamic-republic-of, united-states
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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.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedFor eight years, the photographers of the White House have been diligently documenting Barack Obama's presidency — take a look back at some of the best shots, and help us pick the top 10.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump once again demonstrates how a few words can move markets after warning the US dollar is "too strong" and "killing" American companies.
Topics: currency, markets, economic-trends, united-states, united-kingdom
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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.
Topics: world-politics, obama-barack, united-states
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| UpdatedNoor Salman, the wife of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen, knew he was planning an attack before he opened fire in a Florida nightclub, killing 49 people, prosecutors tell a California court.
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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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| UpdatedChelsea Manning was responsible for the largest breach of classified information in America's history. This is what we know about her.
Topics: security-intelligence, world-politics, us-elections, united-states
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In a biting attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the outgoing US administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations Mr Trump engaged in sexual activities with prostitutes at a Moscow hotel.
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Currency markets dominate trading action overnight, with the US dollar weakening and the pound rebounding on political statements.
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| UpdatedPresident Barack Obama slashes the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former US army intelligence analyst jailed for leaking classified files to WikiLeaks.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping offers a vigorous defence of free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, in a speech underscoring Beijing's desire to play a greater global role as the United States turns inward.
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| UpdatedRussian President Vladimir Putin accuses the outgoing US administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations, adding those behind the "fabricated" news are "worse than prostitutes".
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| UpdatedWith Donald Trump as President-elect, the China-US relationship is about to enter a much more uncertain and tense time as the world waits to see what the fallout will be, writes correspondent Matthew Carney.
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| UpdatedWashington is preparing for a huge party as it hosts the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. Here's when the key moments of the day will happen.
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