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Follow UsThe White House pushed back forcefully on Wednesday against suggestions that a plea deal struck by President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen implicated Trump in a crime.
The United Nations warned on Thursday of what it described as a lost generation of Muslim Rohingya children, with half a million in refugee camps in Bangladesh facing dangers including disease and floods and those still in Myanmar lacking access to proper education.
Islamic State(IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an audio recorded message on the group's media outlet called on followers to use bombs, knives or cars to carry out attacks.
Days after Forbes magazine named Scarlett Johansson as the highest paid actress in the world, it has now come up with its highest paid actor in the world 2018 list. George Clooney, with an estimated earning of $239 million between June 2017-June 2018 has clinched the top spot in this year's list.
Fearful Hawaii residents stocked up on water and gasoline on Wednesday as Hurricane Lane bore down on the US islands with high winds, lashing rains and the potential to trigger "life-threatening" flooding and landslides.