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US Senate adjourns, depriving Donald Trump of recess appointments, any legislative victory

US Senate adjourned leaving Donald Trump deprived of legislative victory heading into summer break, also blocking him from making recess appointments.

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni set to be new prime minister, form next govt

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was chosen on Sunday to be the country's next premier and pledged to get straight to work on forming a new coalition with the same Democrat Party-led majority.

Trans-Pacific Partnership can be ratified in US, says Barack Obama

President Barack Obama said on Monday that he remained confident the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal would be ratified in the United States.

New York primaries: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump garner crucial wins on home turf

Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to victory with ease in Tuesday's New York primary, with Trump bouncing back from a difficult stretch in the Republican contest and Clinton pushing closer to locking up the Democratic nomination

First lady Melania Trump? Donald Trump's wife is no arm candy; she has a mind of her own

If the prospect of Melania Trump as the US first lady evokes no clear image, that's no accident. Donald Trump's wife has said little in the campaign about the type of first lady she'd like to be.

Thai protesters find new govt targets, maintain pressure to cancel elections

The marches appeared to be a way to maintain momentum amid a decline in the number of protesters who have blocked key intersections in Bangkok for four days now in an attempt to shut down the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Thai PM survives no-confidence vote, but fails to pacify protesters

Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra easily won a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday but failed to pacify anti-government protesters who rejected calls for talks and massed by the thousands in the capital.