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Obama cancels Taj Mahal visit: Indian media US President Barack Obama has cancelled plans to visit the Taj Mahal during his upcoming visit to India.

24 January 2015

Bob Dylan, 'wise' at 73, gives album free to seniors Bob Dylan is giving away his latest album for free to select seniors as the 73-year-old rock legend says he is at peace with getting older.

24 January 2015

Kerry makes impassioned Davos call to fight terrorism US Secretary of State John Kerry set out his vision for the fight against Islamist violence in an impassioned speech in Davos.

24 January 2015

New US sanctions would 'unravel' Iran nuclear deal: Zarif Iran warned the US Congress against imposing new sanctions, saying this would lead to a collapse of negotiations over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.

24 January 2015

Kazakhstan's army ranks 80th in Global Firepower Index Kazakhstan’s army has been ranked 80th in the updated Global Firepower Index.

23 January 2015

US and Cuba begin reconciliation with smiles and rifts Hours into historic US-Cuba talks in Havana, a Cuban official came out to boast about the "relaxed" atmosphere at the meeting between the old Cold War adversaries.

23 January 2015

YouTube stars quiz Obama A bubbly shopping guide, a comedian who wears green lipstick and eats ladles of cinnamon quizzed US Presiden in a series of unorthodox YouTube presidential interviews.

23 January 2015

Disneyland measles outbreak puts California on alert California is battling a surge of measles cases clustered around the famous Disneyland theme park, despite the virus being all but eliminated in the United States.

23 January 2015

Paris attacks 'wake up event' for artists: Redford at Sundance The Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris were a "wake-up event" for freedom of expression, movie legend Robert Redford said as he launched the Sundance Film Festival.

23 January 2015

Nazarbayev discusses south-eastern Ukraine and sanctions against Russia with Obama President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has discussed the situation in Ukraine as well ask sanctions against Russia during a phone call initiated by the American President Barak Obama.

22 January 2015

Golovkin is no hype work, but real deal: Andre Ward Andre Ward talks about Golovkin, future fights and a new start with Roc Nations.

22 January 2015

Google preparing to launch cellular service: media Google is getting ready to sell wireless telephone services directly to US consumers after reaching deals with carriers T-Mobile and Sprint.

22 January 2015

eBay to slash 2,400 jobs in bid to 'compete and win' E-commerce giant eBay will slash 2,400 jobs in the current quarter as it restructures and prepares to spin off its PayPal finance unit.

22 January 2015

Russia pursuing 'occupation plan' in Ukraine: US envoy Russia's latest actions in Ukraine are clear evidence that President Vladimir Putin is pursuing an "occupation plan" of Moscow's neighbor.

22 January 2015

Kerry heads for London talks on combating jihadists US Secretary of State John Kerry headed for London late to co-host talks on the fight against Islamic militants.

22 January 2015

American couple living in yurt An American couple Grace Brogan and John Kamman are living in a yurt that they bought for $5000.

22 January 2015

Linkin Park cancels tour after injury Linkin Park has canceled nearly a month of concerts around North America after the arena-packing hard rockers' lead vocalist Chester Bennington injured his leg.

22 January 2015

Paris attacks 'despite mass surveillance': Snowden French intelligence did not prevent the Paris attacks despite benefitting from "most intrusive" surveillance laws because suspects are "buried under data".

22 January 2015

Kerry says freedom of press 'under siege' Press freedom is increasingly "under siege," US Secretary of State John Kerry warned as he paid tribute to the slain journalists of the Charlie Hebdo.

21 January 2015

Google aboard as Musk's SpaceX gets $1 bn in funding The private space exploration firm SpaceX said it had secured a $1 billion investment that could help founder Elon Musk's plan to build a satellite Internet network.

21 January 2015

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