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  • 'History will hold Donald Trump accountable' for 6 January, Pence says

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    12 Mar 2023
    US President Donald Trump (L) speaks as Vice President Mike Pence (R) looks on in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump made brief remarks about the stock market hitting 30,000.

    Former US Vice President Mike Pence has offered his most forceful rebuke to date of his one-time boss Donald Trump over his role in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

    'History will hold Donald Trump accountable' for 6 January, Pence says
  • Fox News host's Capitol riot claims slammed by Republicans, White House

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    9 Mar 2023
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: Fox News host Tucker Carlson discusses 'Populism and the Right' during the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel March 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Carlson talked about a large variety of topics including dropping testosterone levels, increasing rates of suicide, unemployment, drug addiction and social hierarchy at the summit, which had the theme 'The Case for the American Experiment.'   Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    The White House has called Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson "not credible" after he made a number of claims based on previously unseen footage from the 2021 Capitol riots.

    Fox News host Tucker Carlson's Capitol riots claims not credible - White House
  • Geoffrey Miller: New Zealand’s foreign policy hardens under new leadership

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    7 Mar 2023
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    Opinion - New Zealand's new triumvirate of ministers with responsibility for foreign affairs and defence seem to hint the country will join Indo-Pacific countries in rearming, Geoffrey Miller writes.

    Geoffrey Miller: New Zealand’s foreign policy hardens under new leadership
  • US Supreme Court looking likely to stop Biden's student debt relief plans

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    2 Mar 2023
    Activists and students protest in front of the Supreme Court during a rally for student debt cancellation in Washington, DC, on 28 February, 2023.

    "I'm not confident about the outcome of the decision," US President Joe Biden told reporters.

    US Supreme Court looking likely to stop Biden's student debt relief plans
  • Micronesia nations will go to Forum meeting armed with demands

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    Pacific
    16 Feb 2023
    Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru signs a document surrounded by fellow presidents and ministers

    The Micronesian bloc of the Pacific Islands Forum say they're "ready" and "already working" to attend the special Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in Fiji next week to put an end to issues…

    Micronesia nations will go to Forum meeting armed with demands
  • Nicaragua releases more than 200 political prisoners

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    10 Feb 2023
    Nicaraguan scholar Felix Madariaga holds his daughter Alejandra,9, outside the Westin Hotel in Herndon, Virginia, on February 9, 2023. - More than 200 detained members of Nicaragua's opposition arrived in the US after being freed by authorities, family members and opposition figures said. "Two hundred and twenty-two political prisoners are coming to Washington, they were freed," Nicaragua's former ambassador to the Organization of American States Arturo McFields said in a video shared on social media. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

    More than 200 political prisoners in Nicaragua were released and flown to the United States, including five former presidential hopefuls and other leading critics of President Daniel Ortega, in what…

    Nicaragua releases more than 200 political prisoners
  • Ex-Twitter bosses admit wrongly censuring Hunter Biden laptop story

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    9 Feb 2023
    With a poster of a New York Post front page story about Hunter Biden’s emails on display, Committee Chairman James Comer and fellow Republican Jim Jordon listen during a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill.

    Former Twitter executives have told a Republican-led US House committee they made a mistake by blocking tweets about a laptop said to belong to President Joe Biden's son Hunter, but added government…

    Ex-Twitter bosses admit wrongly censuring Hunter Biden laptop story
  • Tyre Nichols not seen to resist Memphis police in video footage

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    28 Jan 2023
    MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - JANUARY 27: A photo of Tyre Nichols is positioned prior to a press conference on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, died three days after being severely beaten by five Memphis Police Department officers during a traffic stop on January 7, 2023. Memphis and cities across the country are bracing for potential unrest when the city releases video footage from the beating to the public later this evening.   Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    The 29-year-old cried out for his mother during the violent arrest that led to his death, footage shows.

    Tyre Nichols not seen to resist Memphis police in video footage
  • 'A needless death': Five ex-officers charged over killing of Black motorist in US

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    27 Jan 2023
    MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 7: Police investigate the scene of a reported carjacking reportedly connected to a series of shootings on September 7, 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis police arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the shootings of multiple people across the city while allegedly livestreaming the crimes on Facebook, according to published reports.   Brad Vest/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Brad Vest / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    A lawyer representing Tyre Nichols' family says he lost his life in "a particularly disgusting manner" in what should have been a routine traffic stop.

    Five ex-officers charged over Tyre Nichols' death in US
  • Henry Puna wants another crack at Pacific Islands Forum top job

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    26 Jan 2023
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    The current Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) wants another term in the job.

    Henry Puna wants another crack at Pacific Islands Forum top job
  • Fears grow for Hollywood star missing more than a week after hike

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    21 Jan 2023
    (FILES) In this file photo taken on September 3, 2019, British actor Julian Sands poses during the photocall for the movie "The Painted Bird" of Czech director Vaclav Marhoul, presented in competition during the 76th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. - Sands has been missing for a week after he went hiking in a snowy mountain range in California, authorities said on January 19, 2023, adding the search had been hampered by bad weather. Sands, 65, was in the Baldy Bowl area of Mount Baldy, outside Los Angeles in southern California, when he went missing. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

    Authorities in California have resumed the air search for British actor Julian Sands, who disappeared last Friday while hiking.

    Julian Sands: Police resume air search for missing British actor
  • 'No accidents' in war - Zelensky on fatal helicopter crash

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    19 Jan 2023
    Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the WEF meeting in Davos.

    The Ukrainian President did not claim Russian involvement, but said the tragedy was a consequence of the war with Russia.

    'No accidents' in war - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on helicopter crash that killed 14
  • Second batch of classified Biden documents found

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    World world politics
    12 Jan 2023
    US President Joe Biden has addressed the situation in Poland following a meeting with G7 and European leaders on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua in Bali.

    The original cache is under review by US prosecutors, in a political embarrassment for the White House.

    Second batch of classified Biden documents found
  • Kevin McCarthy elected Republican US House speaker, but at a cost

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    7 Jan 2023
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 07: U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) celebrates after being elected Speaker of the House in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. After four days of voting and 15 ballots McCarthy secured enough votes to become Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress.   Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    After several days and a record-setting 15 votes, the election of the US Speaker of the House has come to an end with Kevin McCarthy coming out on top.

    Kevin McCarthy elected Republican US House speaker, but at a cost
  • 'I would have been killed': Why farmer ordered his son to chop the tip of a teen's finger

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    New Zealand court
    7 Jan 2023
    Bill Burr being interviewed about the home invasion by two teenagers which took place in October 2020 which led to Burr facing charges after one of the teens had the tip of their finger chopped off during the incident.

    Bill Burr says he had to fight for his life after he was assaulted during a home invasion by two teens in 2020 and he has no regrets about how the day panned out.

    'I would have been killed': Why farmer Bill Burr ordered his son to chop the tip of a teen's finger
  • 'It's going to happen' - US Speaker hopeful eyes victory in standoff

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    World politics
    7 Jan 2023
    US Republican Representative of California Kevin McCarthy listens as lawmakers take a 13th vote for House Speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2023. - McCarthy took a significant step to securing the gavel Friday after three days of deadlock as he managed to win over most of the 20 hardline fellow Republicans blocking his path. The party, which has a razor-thin majority in the lower chamber of Congress, was facing worsening infighting after McCarthy lost a historic 12 consecutive ballots for the job. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)

    Republican Kevin McCarthy has now picked up the support of most of the hardliners who had opposed his bid to be speaker, but fell short of clinching victory in the 13th ballot in four days again.

    'It's going to happen' - US Speaker hopeful eyes victory in standoff
  • Eight dead in US small-town shooting, including five children

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    6 Jan 2023
    Next door neighbors load up motorcycles into a truck next to the home of Michael Haight on 5 January, 2023 in Enoch, Utah.

    The family of eight were found dead during a welfare check.

    Eight dead in US small-town shooting, including five children
  • US Speaker election remains mired in chaos after 11 failed votes

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    World politics
    6 Jan 2023
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 05: U.S. Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert (R-CO) delivers remarks in the House Chamber during the third day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives is meeting to vote for the next Speaker after House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to earn more than 218 votes on several ballots; the first time in 100 years that the Speaker was not elected on the first ballot.   Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Hardline Republicans in the US House of Representatives rejected Kevin McCarthy's leadership bid for an 11th time today, sending the chamber deeper into paralysis.

    US Speaker election remains mired in chaos after 11 failed votes
  • Republican hardliners frustrate leader's bid to become speaker

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    4 Jan 2023
    WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters during his weekly news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC.

    Hardline Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday repeatedly blocked fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy's bid to become the chamber's powerful speaker, leaving the chamber leaderless…

    Republican hardliners frustrate leader Kevin McCarthy's bid to become US House speaker
  • Thousands pay respects to ex-Pope at the Vatican

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    3 Jan 2023
    People wait in a line to enter Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican where late Pope Benedict 16 is being laid in state at The Vatican, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95.

    Thousands of people have been paying their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI whose body is lying in state in the Vatican.

    Pope Benedict XVI: Thousands pay respects at the Vatican
  • Deadly blizzard leaves more than 60 dead across US

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    28 Dec 2022
    Snow blankets the city in Buffalo, New York, on 25 December, 2022.

    The death toll in the New York city of Buffalo has risen to 28, with thousands still without power amid a monster winter storm that has battered North America.

    Deadly blizzard leaves more than 60 dead across US
  • White House assails governor after busloads of migrants left in sub-zero temperatures

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    27 Dec 2022
    Asylum-seekers line up to be processed by US Customs and Border Patrol agents at a gap in the US-Mexico border fence near Somerton, Arizona, on 26 December, 2022.

    The White House has accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of endangering lives after busloads of migrants were dropped near Kamala Harris' home on a cold Christmas Eve.

    White House assails Texas governor after migrants dropped near vice-president's home
  • Donald Trump accused of multi-party conspiracy over 6 Jan attack

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    23 Dec 2022
    Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on 6 January, 2021 in Washington, DC.

    The congressional panel investigating last year's attack on the US Capitol has accused former President Donald Trump of a "multi-part conspiracy" to overturn his election defeat.

    Donald Trump accused of multi-party conspiracy over 6 January attack
  • Released basketball star Griner confirms return to WNBL

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    17 Dec 2022
    US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants' cage during a hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on 4 August, 2022.

    Brittney Griner left the military medical facility where she spent the past week on Saturday, heading to Arizona to try to restart her life.

    Released basketball star Griner confirms return to WNBL
  • Brittney Griner lands in US after prisoner swap with Russia

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    10 Dec 2022
    American basketball star Brittney Griner gets out of a plane after landing at the JBSA-Kelly Field Annex runway on 9 December, 2022 in San Antonio, after she was released from a Russian prison in exchange for a notorious arms dealer.

    Ten months after she left the US to play basketball in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner has landed in her home state of Texas.

    Brittney Griner lands in US after prisoner swap with Russia
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