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| UpdatedUS Vice-President Mike Pence — who frequently criticised Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server — used an AOL account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, his office confirms.
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| UpdatedIt was all pomp, ceremony and snipers on rooftops in Washington, DC, this week as the US President gave his first speech to Congress in a kind of replacement State of the Union.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump has created a more volatile global security situation, which could spell trouble for Australia's energy supplies, experts say.
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| UpdatedThe company behind Snapchat is valued at $44 billion after shares soar on its first day of trading on Wall Street, defying doubts about the company's early-stage business model and slowing user growth.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, information-and-communication, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedAndrew Bogut's successful pursuit of a move to Cleveland may have been galvanised by a chat with Boomers team-mate Matthew Dellavedova.
Topics: basketball, sport, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedProfit-taking dominates the overnight trading session in the United States, after yesterday's strong gains which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average surge past the 21,000 point mark for the first time.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, markets, money-and-monetary-policy, currency, stockmarket, futures, australia, united-states
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Donald Trump's Attorney-General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election after admitting he met with Russia's US ambassador during the presidential campaign.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedDrinking kava to relax and sometimes to resolve conflicts is a longstanding custom in much of the Pacific.
Topics: pacific, united-states, fiji, vanuatu
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| UpdatedUS Attorney-General Jeff Sessions removes himself from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, following revelations he twice met with the Russian ambassador and did not say so when pressed by Congress.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedUS Attorney-General Jeff Sessions denies meeting with any Russians during the US presidential campaign.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to POLITICO Playbook co-author, Daniel Lippman, about revelations US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions had conversations with the Russian ambassador during the US presidential campaign.
Topics: us-elections, foreign-affairs, united-states, russian-federation
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Ohio State University economist, Jay Zagorsky, about the recently surging Dow Jones.
Topics: markets, stockmarket, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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Supporters of Donald Trump are more likely to believe what he says, and even after they are shown it is not true, they still want to vote for him, research shows.
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| UpdatedThese are the people who could determine what happens following the revelation about US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions' conversations with Russia's ambassador.
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| UpdatedIt took billions of years for most of the Earth's minerals to form, but scientists say hundreds more have been created in the years since the industrial revolution.
Topics: geology, research, science-and-technology, mineral-sands, archaeology, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedAustralians are working more and for less money, with many people unhappy in their jobs but three regional Victorian professionals changed their careers for a better quality of life.
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| UpdatedTop Democrats call on US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions to resign after it emerges he had two conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign last year, but failed to disclose them at his confirmation hearing.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states
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Hugh Jackman's X-Men swansong Logan reminds us that comic book franchises can aspire to deeper emotions and more complex relationships.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, united-states
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| UpdatedSnap passes its first major test on Wall Street, with the company pricing its initial public offering of 200 million non-voting shares at $17 each.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-culture, information-and-communication, united-states
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It's a tale as old as time, but in a major first for Disney, the new live-action adaption of Beauty and the Beast will feature an openly gay character and love scene, director Bill Condon says.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, film-movies, united-states
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Donald Trump has changed his tune but will he change his policy? After delivering an optimistic address to the American people he's finally being described as "presidential". North America Bureau Chief Zoe Daniel, Correspondents Greg Jennett and Conor Duffy and producer Roscoe Whalan analyse "The New Trump" and what to expect next.
Topics: us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedThe two PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants behind the Best Picture mix up at the Oscars are barred from tabulating votes and handing out envelopes containing winners' names at future ceremonies, the organisers of the Academy Awards say.
Topics: academy-awards-oscars, arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, community-and-society, united-states
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Wall Street's blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average surges through 21,000 points for the first time on President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Elroy Sailor, who was a member of the Trump transition team, about Donald Trump's first address to Congress.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, united-states
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PayPal is facing a class action in the United States after consumers complained their money was not being delivered to their charities of choice.
Topics: charities, united-states