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Obama hosts glitzy state dinner for Japan PM A presidential haiku, sashimi salads and a red carpet awaited Japan's Shinzo Abe at the White House, as Barack Obama offered the prime minister a grand welcome.

29 April 2015

Courtney Love sued by co-author of long-awaited memoir A music journalist who worked on Courtney Love's long-awaited memoir has sued her, saying that the rock singer failed to compensate him.

29 April 2015

Photo exhibition dedicated to Victory Day to take place in Almaty and Astana in early May A photo exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II will open in Almaty on May 6 and in Astana on May 7.

29 April 2015

Baltimore awakes to aftermath of riots over black man's custody death Riot police stood guard on the smouldering streets of the US city of Baltimore after protesters incensed by the death of a young black man.

28 April 2015

Google pairs with European media to boost online journalism US tech giant Google unveiled a 150 million euro ($163 million) project with eight European publishers to support online journalism.

28 April 2015

Yahoo unveils new online video series US Internet giant Yahoo said it was expanding its online offerings, unveiling 18 new video series with which it hopes to attract a larger audience and advertisers.

28 April 2015

Defense to launch bid to save Boston bomber from death Celebrated defense lawyer Judy Clarke will launch her bid to save 21-year-old convicted killer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the death penalty for bombing the Boston Marathon in 2013.

27 April 2015

Clinton Foundation admits financial disclosure 'mistakes' Officials at the philanthropy founded by Bill and Hillary Clinton admitted that the organization has made financial disclosure "mistakes" and vowed to quickly correct the errors.

27 April 2015

Golovkin wins Highest KO Percentage in Middleweight History from BWAA Gennady Golovkin has attended the Boxing Writers Association of America dinner in New York along with Terence Crawford, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones J.

26 April 2015

Starbucks 'gives away' drinks after US system outage There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but fear not because there was free coffee supposedly going at Starbucks in North America.

25 April 2015

US Olympic hero Bruce Jenner comes out as transgender US Olympic champion turned reality TV star Bruce Jenner came out as transgender, saying: "For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman."

25 April 2015

Oscar-winner Michel Hazanavicius wants to work with Tom Cruise Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius is under consideration to take on a comedy-musical film with Tom Cruise titled "Bob the Musical," the Frenchman.

24 April 2015

After Iran deal, world looks to jump-start nuclear disarmament Nuclear powers join non-nuclear nations to launch a conference on non-proliferation, buoyed by the Iran deal but alarmed by slow-moving US-Russian disarmament.

24 April 2015

'Avengers' stars sorry for Johansson 'slut' gag "Avengers" superhero actors Jeremy Renner and Chris Evans apologized for calling co-star Scarlett Johansson's character in the blockbuster movie a "slut."

24 April 2015

Obama avoids term 'genocide' in Armenian massacre US President Barack Obama described the World War I massacre of Armenians as "terrible carnage" but avoided the term genocide.

24 April 2015

Russian hackers infiltrated Pentagon network: US Russian hackers were able to access an unclassified Pentagon computer network earlier this year, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said.

24 April 2015

Valentines dates set for '50 Shades' film sequels The two sequels to racy bondage flick "Fifty Shades of Grey" will be released just in time for Valentine's Day in 2017 and 2018, like this year's first movie.

24 April 2015

'Fast and Furious 8' set for 2017 release The "Fast and Furious" franchise is set to roar into its next phase with an eighth installment due in 2017, the first without Paul Walker.

24 April 2015

Clinton, Rubio lead in 2016 US election poll Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio are early frontrunners to become the next president of the United States.

23 April 2015

Ben Affleck 'embarrassed' over slave-owning ancestors Hollywood star Ben Affleck says he was "embarrassed" upon learning he had slaveholding ancestors.

23 April 2015

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