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US officials expect robust talks with China on cyber, trade

September 23, 2015 08:09 IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive Thursday afternoon and he and President Barack Obama will have a private dinner that night.

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Muslim boy arrested for making clock is guest at Google Fair

September 22, 2015 14:34 IST

Ahmed Mohamed had brought a digital clock, made from a pencil case, to his school in Irving to show it to his teacher who mistook the clock to be a bomb.

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Biotech stocks fall on Hillary Clinton vow to fight ‘price gouging’

September 22, 2015 13:18 IST

The top 20 drugmakers whose products include biologic or specialty drugs posted share drops of more than 2 percent.

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US tells China cyber espionage is more than an irritant, must stop

September 22, 2015 10:52 IST

'It puts enormous strain on our bilateral relationship, and it is a critical factor in determining the future trajectory of U.S.-China ties,' National security adviser Susan Rice said.

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Republican Ben Carson claims benefits from Muslim criticism

September 22, 2015 08:50 IST

Carson's campaign reported strong fundraising and more than 100,000 new Facebook friends in the 24 hours after he told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, "I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation."

Muslim boy withdraws from US school that suspended him over clock

September 22, 2015 08:53 IST

The boy's father said he has pulled all of his children from schools in the Irving Independent School District and the family is still deciding where to send the children to school.

In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration is preparing a major overhaul of its failed effort to train thousands of moderate Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State group, shifting from preparing rebels for frontline combat to a plan to embed them with established Kurdish and Arab forces in northeastern Syria, U.S. officials said. The discussion of a new approach comes a day after Austin, told Congress that the $500 million effort to train 5,000 moderate Syrian rebels in a year had yielded "four or five" new fighters after another 50 or so were captured, wounded or fled in their first encounter with extremist militants. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

75 US-trained rebels return to Syria: US military

September 22, 2015 08:29 IST

The development comes as US administration has been struggling to defend its military strategy in Syria, directed against the Islamic State militant group with an air campaign and programs to train, assist and equip local forces.

Republican candidate Ben Carson says Muslims should not be elected US President

September 21, 2015 10:27 IST

"I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,'' Carson said in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press.''

Pope meets Fidel Castro, warns against ideology on Cuba trip

September 21, 2015 08:43 IST

Latin America's first pope and Castro, the region's last surviving leftist icon of the 20th century, discussed religion and world affairs at the home of the 89-year-old retired president for about 40 minutes.

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Donald Trump says not ‘morally obligated’ to defend US President Barack ObamaSubscriber Only

September 20, 2015 14:51 IST

"Am I morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him? I don't think so!" Trump wrote.

Syrian refugees cross into Hungary underneath the border fence on the Hungarian - Serbian border near Roszke. (Source: AP)

Canada to accelerate Syrian refugee applications

September 20, 2015 08:45 IST

Canada will bring in 10,000 refugees by Sept. 2016, 15 months ahead of schedule.

Pope Francis urges Cuba, US to fully develop their detente

September 20, 2015 08:24 IST

Francis called the resumption of full diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba this year an "example of reconciliation for the entire world.''

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Mentally-ill man crashes into Texas airport, tries to steal jet

September 19, 2015 12:35 IST

The man approached a parked Lear Jet that belongs to a local business house and was seen trying to remove the tyre chocks and get into the plane.

Ahmed Mohamed, the teen arrested for building clock, will not return to same school

September 19, 2015 16:33 IST

The teen's family stated that they will consider other schools, possibly even some outside of the US.

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Police arrest suspect in string of Phoenix freeway shootings

September 19, 2015 11:02 IST

The 21-year-old man was arrested at a Wal-Mart in Glendale, a suburb west of Phoenix at about 7 p.m., said Daniel Scarpinato, a spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey.

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President Barack Obama nominates first openly gay US Army secretarySubscriber Only

September 19, 2015 14:02 IST

Eric Fanning has been active in gay rights and served on the board of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund

Hillary Clinton ‘appalled’ by Muslim comment at Donald Trump’s campaign event

September 19, 2015 07:41 IST

Donald Trump did not dispute the man's comments at his campaign event in New Hampshire

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US researchers may have dug up new dinosaur species in Montana

September 18, 2015 11:40 IST

Experts are confident the bones found by a team in Montana are those of a previously undiscovered species.

Donald Trump declines to correct man who says Barack Obama is Muslim

September 18, 2015 10:18 IST

"We have a problem in this country. It's called Muslims," said the first man Trump called on to ask a question. "We know our current president is one. You know he's not even an American."

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This water snake likes rare things, reproduces again without a male companion

September 18, 2015 10:09 IST

The snake has been living in captivity, without a male companion, for nearly eight years. An intern who cares for the snake found the freshly laid membranes in July.