Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron won by 66.06% to 33.94% to become, at 39, the country's youngest president. Mr Macron will also b...
China's first large jetliner has successfully completed its maiden flight, a key moment in the country's push to challenge the U.S. and Europe as a global manufacturer....
Chinese internet giant Baidu has said it will share much of the technology it has created for its self-driving cars. The firm predicted that the move would help drive the development of autonomous vehicles. Called Apollo, the project will m...
US President Donald Trump has welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to his Florida resort for their first summit. Mr Trump said the two men had "developed a friendship" as they sat for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago retreat. The America...
This decade, the mantra in real estate has been people want to live near mass transit. Now it seems people want to livewiththe transit. At least that's the case in Chongqing, China, where an apartment building has been buil...
The 89th Academy Awards were certainly one for the books. After it was all said and done, front-runner "La La Land" won 6 out of its 14 total nominations going in, including best actress and best director. But the big and strange m...
A banner reading \\\\"Refugees welcome\\\\" was put up illegally on the base of theStatue of LibertyTuesday afternoon, authorities said. The banner, 3 feet by 20 feet, was unfurled atop the pedestal around 12:50 p.m., according toNat...
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President Obama granted a commutation today to Chelsea Manning, a transgender soldier who was convicted of Espionage Act violations and other charges for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks. Manning w...
At the end of a year marked by debates over immigration and refugees, President Obama and the first lady used their last Christmas message from the White House to urge tolerance and compassion. “As we retell [the story of Jes...
The nominations for the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Three-time Golden Globe winner Laura Dern, two-time winner Don Cheadle and previously nominated Anna Kendrick revealed th...
US president Barack Obama has said he may speak out after leaving office if he feels his successor Donald Trump is threatening core American values. By convention, former presidents tend to leave the political fray and avoid commenting on th...
The US presidency has been traditionally held by rich men. Not always—Truman, Coolidge, Lincoln, Grant and a few others were not wealthy and amongst our “poorest” presidents, according to 24/7 Wall Street’s defini...
A man who compared the Donald Trump campaign to Adolf Hitler's in the 1930s says he is glad to have started "one of the more civilised discussions" on the US presidential debate. The tweeter, who says his name is Johan Franklin, po...
Holiday gift giving is always a nightmare. What do you get your sister-in-law? The neighbors? After all, they did let their dog run around your yard all year. Well, Neiman Marcus has a solution for you: Today it published the90th ...
Republican Donald Trump has refused to commit to accepting the election result if he loses, in the final TV debate against Hillary Clinton. "I will tell you at the time," he told moderator Chris Wallace. For days he has claimed the...
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Great Britain's Iconic Phone Booth Becomes Full-Service Coffee Shop...
She has flipped, tumbled and leapt her way into the hearts of millions over the course of the Olympic games. But when Simone Biles returns home she will be in for not just a major celebration but also a hefty tax bill. The 19-year-old has w...
Swimmer becomes meme after funny reaction to doing well in race...