White House defends Trump comment to let Iran 'take out' LA and San Diego

Gavin Newsom called the remarks "deranged", but the White House said Trump was warning of the risk of a nuclear Iran.

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'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel

Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.

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Tear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests grow across France

Crowds of mainly teenagers called for more resources for schools and an end to what they called police repression.

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Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain

US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.

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Christa Pike's prognosis still unclear after failed execution, lawyer says

Pike's lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.

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US Marine arrested over murder of woman in Okinawa, Japan

Japan's government lodged a formal protest with the US, demanding that military officials take action.

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Why pastors may not be seen - or heard - preaching on Ghana's buses for much longer

Ghana is a predominantly Christian country where preaching on public transport is widespread.

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