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Looking on the bright side of life could help you live longer, a new study suggests. According to scientists from the Boston University School of Medicine in the US, people with greater optimism are more likely to live to the age of 85 or older. The new study, published in …

US President Donald Trump has stated that serving in his current position as head of state will cost him up to $5 billion as a result of forgone business opportunities. “It will cost me anywhere from $3 to $5 billion to be president,” Trump said during his closing press conference …

US space agency NASA is investigating what may be the first crime committed in outer space, The New York Times reported Saturday. Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wife’s private financial records while on a sixth-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), …

US President Donald Trump says that the United States will have a major trade agreement with Brexit Britain. Trump made the remarks in a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday a few hours after the premier had asked the US president to lower trade barriers. In a …

A US military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen’s Dhamar governorate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, Reuters reported two US officials as saying on Wednesday. The officials confirmed that the drone was shot down late on Tuesday. A Houthi military spokesman had earlier been quoted by the rebels’ …

Donald Trump has promoted a claim that Jewish people in Israel love him like he is the “king” of the country and “the second coming of God”. “President Trump is the greatest President for Jews and for Israel in the history of the world, not just America, he is the …

The US Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, has confirmed a ban on Chinese technology giant Huawei will not come into force for another 90 days. The US blacklisted the company in May because of national security concerns. Huawei was then granted a temporary permit in order to ease the transition, which …

Workers ordered not to criticize the president. Workers at a Royal Dutch Shell plant in Pennsylvania were forced to choose between attending a speech by Donald Trump or earning less than their coworkers who did. Attendance was optional, but contract workers who chose not to stand in the crowd would …

5 questions about Donald Trump’s interest in buying Greenland, answered. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in recent weeks in buying Greenland. That is not a sentence from an Onion article, although you could be forgiven if you made that mistake. This President, the most unorthodox resident of …

Authorities in Gibraltar have released the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1, after receiving assurances that its cargo is not destined for Syria. The US had formally requested them to detain the vessel for a further period. Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo agreed to lift the detention on the ship, however, …

Many African Americans have difficulty accumulating savings in part because they lack access to mainstream financial services like banking, a new study on the contributing factors to the U.S. racial wealth gap by McKinsey & Co found on Tuesday. Many minorities in the United States depend on more expensive financial …

US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said the United States “enthusiastically” supports a no-deal Brexit. The European Union’s French chief negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier had warned Britain if it wanted to avoid a no-deal Brexit then London needed to stick to the divorce agreement signed with Brussels. “If …

Huawei has rolled out its long-rumored Hongmeng operating system (OS), known as the harmony. The company says it can switch to the new system at any time, including on phones, if it is unable to use Android. The Chinese tech giant officially unveiled the new platform on Friday. The operating …

Donald Trump is to visit the sites of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas amid warnings he will not be welcome. The attacks in El Paso, where Hispanic people appear to have been targeted, and Dayton left 31 people dead. Before leaving for Ohio, he said he was concerned about …

Donald Trump signed the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund on Monday at the White House Rose Garden while reminding first responders that he was also in New York City at the time of the historic terror attacks. “I was down there also,” the president said to an audience of 60 …

British lawmakers on Thursday backed proposals to make it harder for the next prime minister to force through a no-deal Brexit by suspending parliament, showing again their determination to stop a divorce from the European Union without agreement. Boris Johnson, the clear frontrunner to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May next …

A senior Iraqi parliamentarian warns that the US embassy in Baghdad is involved in “suspicious activities,” saying agents of the Israeli spy agency Mossad and the Daesh terrorist group have been spotted regularly visiting the diplomatic mission. “The US embassy in Baghdad has turned into a center for Israel’s Mossad …

US President Donald Trump’s plans to host a military parade on US Independence Day this week have left critics seeing red, rather than red, white and blue. At his “Salute to America” on Thursday, Trump will address the nation from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC amid a parade of …

Eighteen soldiers were killed when “terrorists” struck an army camp in western Niger, the government said Tuesday, adding the US and France had provided air support to help repel the assault. The attack took place on Monday afternoon at a camp at Inmates on the border with Mali, the defense …

A baby girl found inside a plastic bag in the US has families across the world “waiting in line” to adopt the “miracle” child, an official says. The baby, nicknamed India, was found on 6 June in Georgia after residents heard her crying and called the police. Police shared heart-rending …