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MPs want British vaping rules relaxed to help smokers quit
Vaping rules should be relaxed to allow the promotion of e-cigarettes as tools to help tobacco smokers quit, British lawmakers said on Friday.
U.S. states demand better access to secrets about election cyber threats
U.S. state election officials are demanding better access to sometimes classified federal government information about hacking threats to voting systems.
Emma Thompson, 59, wants more film roles for older women
Oscar-winning British actress Emma Thompson, now starring at age 59 as a family court judge in the dramatic movie "The Children Act," said on Thursday that older women still need more opportunity on the big screen.
Jury ends first day of deliberations in ex-Trump aide Manafort's trial
A jury in Virginia completed its first day of deliberations on Thursday in the bank and tax fraud trial of Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, after asking the judge for the definition of "reasonable doubt."
Bolton to discuss arms control, Iran, Syria in talks with Russian counterpart
U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton will discuss arms control treaties and Iran's role in Syria during a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, in Geneva next week, an administration officia...
Vatican voices 'shame and sorrow' over Pennsylvania clergy sex abuse
The Vatican expressed "shame and sorrow" on Thursday over revelations that Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused about 1,000 people over seven decades, as U.S. bishops vowed to involve non-clerical experts in abuse investigations.
Jury deliberates in ex-Trump campaign aide Manafort's trial
A jury began deliberations in Virginia on Thursday in the trial of Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, who faces bank and tax fraud charges that could put him behind bars for years.
Vatican expresses 'shame and sorrow' over U.S. grand jury report on abuse
The Vatican, in its first response to a damning report by a U.S. grand jury on sexual abuse of children by priests in Pennsylvania, on Thursday expressed "shame and sorrow".
Trump's military parade could cost more than $90 million
A military parade requested by U.S. President Donald Trump could cost more than $90 million, a U.S. official said, citing provisional planning figures, nearly three times an earlier White House estimate.
Murders, killings by cops rise in Rio de Janeiro, six months into intervention
Six months after Brazil sent in federal forces to take control of security in Rio de Janeiro state, both murders and the number of people killed in police confrontations have risen, official data shows, raising questions about the strategy.
U.S., ACLU agree on plan to reunite separated immigrant families
The U.S. government has largely reached an agreement with immigrant rights advocates on a revised plan for reuniting hundreds more families separated by border officials after they crossed into the United States from Mexico.
Turkey will emerge stronger from lira crisis despite row with U.S.: minister
Finance Minister Berat Albayrak assured international investors on Thursday that Turkey would emerge stronger from its currency crisis, insisting its banks were healthy and signaling it could ride out a dispute with the United States.
U.S. Secretary of State names special representative for Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo named Brian Hook, the top diplomat's senior policy adviser, the special representative for Iran on Thursday. Hook will lead the Iran Action Group, which was also announced on Thursday and will coordinate the S...
Facing far-right protest, Merkel pledges action over failed asylum seekers
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday her government would step up efforts to deport rejected asylum seekers faster, after hundreds of far-right protesters called on her to resign over her migration policy.
U.S. will prosecute makers of 'undetectable' plastic guns: Sessions
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned on Thursday that anyone who uses a 3-D printer to make an "undetectable" gun will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, a day after his department asked a court not to block the public from downloa...
Trump pushes U.S. lawsuit against drug companies over opioids
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday again pressed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to sue drug companies over the nation's ongoing opioids crisis.
Scarlett Johansson leaps to top of Forbes' highest-paid actresses
Scarlett Johansson's role as Marvel superhero Black Widow catapulted her to the top of Forbes' annual list of the world's highest-paid actresses on Thursday, landing her ahead of Angelina Jolie.
Newspapers across U.S. rebuke Trump for attacks on press
Hundreds of U.S. newspapers on Thursday launched a coordinated defense of press freedom and a rebuke of President Donald Trump for denouncing some media organizations as enemies of the American people.
Citigroup settles U.S. charges of bad controls that led it to lose millions: SEC
Citigroup has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle charges related to bad loans made by its Mexican subsidiary, Banamex, between 2008 and 2014, and to trader mismarking and unauthorized proprietary trading by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. from 2013...
'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin, 76, dies at home in Detroit
Aretha Franklin, the preacher's daughter whose powerful voice made her the long-reigning "Queen of Soul" with such hit songs as "Respect" and "Chain of Fools," died on Thursday at the age of 76, officials said.