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Thousands turn out for first NY Disability Pride Parade Thousands of people marched through the streets of New York for the city's first Disability Pride Parade Sunday.

13 July 2015

Trump says will win Hispanic vote despite immigrant storm Donald Trump doubled down on his controversial claim that Mexico is sending criminals to the United States -- but insisted he was misrepresented.

11 July 2015

FIFA official agrees to extradition from Switzerland to US: Bern One of seven FIFA officials detained in Switzerland in May as a massive corruption scandal erupted has agreed to be extradited to the United States.

11 July 2015

Kazakhstan's mysterious and exciting singer Galymzhan Moldanazar works with American Break of Reality A couple years ago, a tall humble fellow with a gentle voice and contemporary take on lyricism stormed into the Kazakhstani music scene.

11 July 2015

'Hunger Games' trailer unveiled at Comic-Con "Hunger Games" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth unveiled a new trailer and poster for the dystopian franchise's finale, due out in November.

10 July 2015

Russia poses 'greatest threat' to US national security: Dunford Russia now poses the greatest threat to US national security and its behavior is "nothing short of alarming," Marine General Joseph Dunford said.

10 July 2015

Kerry says prepared to 'call end' to Iran talks US Secretary of State John Kerry said he was prepared to "call an end" to nuclear talks with Iran if "tough decisions" are not made.

10 July 2015

Ariana Grande 'loves America' after obesity jibe US pop star Ariana Grande insisted Wednesday that she "loves" her country after a furor over a jibe she said was over obesity.

09 July 2015

Microsoft cuts 7,800 jobs, reorganizes phone unit Microsoft announced plans to cut 7,800 jobs and write down the value of its struggling mobile phone division acquired last year from Nokia by some $7.6 billion.

09 July 2015

Netflix announces film release dates in star-studded rollout Netflix revealed its latest rollout of star-studded new films, with movies featuring Idris Elba, Adam Sandler and Michelle Yeoh topping its list of releases in the coming months.

08 July 2015

Clinton blames Republican 'attacks' for image slump Hillary Clinton accused Republicans of waging a "constant barrage of attacks" on her and blamed them for whipping up doubts about her trustworthiness over an email scandal.

08 July 2015

Obama, Vietnam party boss hold landmark Oval Office talks US President Barack Obama welcomed the leader of Vietnam's Communist Party to the White House for historic but "candid" talks marking two decades of rapprochement between the former enemies.

08 July 2015

Microsoft tweaks streaming music plan for Windows 10 Microsoft has rebranded its subscription-based music services as part of a ramped-up effort to compete with the likes of Apple, Google Spotify and others.

08 July 2015

Cosby admits drugging woman for sex Embattled US comedian Bill Cosby admitted having drugged at least one woman with Quaaludes to have sex with her.

07 July 2015

Kerry says 'now the time' to finish Iran nuclear deal US Secretary of State John Kerry said that "it is now time" to finalise a historic nuclear deal with Iran, on a ninth day of talks in Vienna between Tehran and major powers.

06 July 2015

Married Sunday, fired Monday: next US gay rights fight Gay marriage may now be legal across the United States, but that doesn't mean people won't get fired if their boss sees the wedding photos.

04 July 2015

Germany's Spiegel weekly says it was spied on by US intelligence German news weekly Der Spiegel charged that it was spied on by US secret services and said it had filed a criminal complaint with the country's chief prosecutor.

04 July 2015

Obama mocks Republicans about 2016 'Hunger Games' US President Barack Obama has one wish for the Republicans trying to succeed him: that the odds are ever in their favor.

03 July 2015

Kerry urges Venezuela dialogue ahead of elections US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Venezuela to engage in "political dialogue" ahead of elections later this year.

03 July 2015

Facebook tests video ads in budding YouTube challenge Facebook on Thursday confirmed that it is dabbling in video ads and sharing revenue with content creators, in a move that would compete with Google-owned YouTube.

03 July 2015

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