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U.S. Education Dept. to probe Michigan State over sex abuse scandal

TheU.S.DepartmentofEducationwillinvestigatehowMichiganStateUniversityhandledreportsofsexabusemadebyfemaleathletesagainstformerUSAGymnasticsteamdoctorLarryNassar

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US senator delays vote on bill to keep government running

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US shutdown begins as Senate fails to pass new budget

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Family of missing Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying petitions US President

ThefamilyofmissingChinesescholarZhangYingyinghaspetitionedtheUSPresidentDonaldTrumpseekingfederalassistanceinZhang’ssearch,herfathersaidatapressconferenceheldin

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Brazil allows new passports to be issued after freeze

Brazilian President Michel Temer signed on Wednesday a loan of 102 million reais (32 million US dollars) for the federal police to resume issuing new passports after the procedure was suspended in late June due to lack of funds.

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Canada's Conservatives elect Andrew Scheer as new party leader

Canada'sConservativeshavechosenayouthfulnewleadertotakethemintothenextfederalelection.FormerHouseofCommonsspeakerAndrewScheer,38,beat12othercontestantsinarazor-

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Apple in talks to expand India production capacity

Apple Inc wants to expand its contract manufacturer's facility in the southern Indian tech hub of Bengaluru, a federal minister said on Tuesday, as the iPhone maker seeks a bigger share in one of the world's biggest smartphone markets.

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Apple in talks to expand India production capacity: minister

AppleIncwantstoexpanditscontractmanufacturer'sfacilityinthesouthernIndiantechhubofBengaluru,afederalministersaidonTuesday,astheiPhonemakerseeksabiggershareinone

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Trump vows to appeal after losing case on executive order

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to appeal the ruling made by a federal appeals court to uphold a halt on his anti-immigration executive order.

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JPMorgan may face new scrutiny in China hiring case

For the last three years, JPMorgan Chase's hiring practices in China were at the center of a federal bribery investigation.

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U.S. to seek death penalty against accused South Carolina church shooter

Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, last June, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

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Warnings sounded after former Aussie PM Tony Abbott seeks re-election

​Warnings have been sounded by Australia's political opposition that former prime minister Tony Abbot announced he would stay in parliament and re-contest his seat at the nation's next federal election.

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White House preparing for government shutdown

​The White House said Wednesday the federal government had already begun planning for a possible shutdown.

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Hillary Clinton unveils 350 billion USD college affordability plan

U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Monday unveiled a 350-billion-dollar higher education plan aimed at cutting college tuition and easing debt burdens for college loanees.

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Boston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev apologizes, formally sentenced to death

​U.S. federal judge in Boston on Wednesday officially sentenced 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing attacks and the following killing of a police officer when on the run.

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U.S. Congress members urge Attorney General to review dropped "spy case"

​Twenty-two members of U.S. Congress on Thursday urged the country's Attorney General Loretta Lynch to review espionage-related charges brought against a Chinese-American hydrologist and asked her to determine whether race played a factor in the so called "spy case".

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Voter disillusionment with Abbott impacts Victorian election

​Prime Minister Tony Abbott's dwindling popularity among Australian voters is being blamed for the electoral disaster of his Coalition colleagues in Victoria at the weekend.