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Taiwanese chip giant pledges another $100bn to expand US production -- The company, TSMC, says it will create "high-tech, high-paying jobs", and raises its total commitment to the US to $265bn.

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Americans' views on proposal to make daylight saving time permanent -- The US House of Representatives has voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act.

1 hour ago

Trump says ICE should not give up traffic stops in wake of fatal shootings -- The US president's intervention comes after a change of course by the agency following deaths in Maine and Texas.

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'SQZ A55' - US pensioner shocked by her racy new car licence plate -- Nancy Dello Stritto, 76, says the plate has caused quite a stir in her retirement community.

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Trump sanctions on ICC violate free speech, says lawsuit -- Two groups argue the president's order is being used to illegally suppress pro-Palestinian advocacy.

13 hours ago

Orange haze from Canada wildfires seen in Ontario and northern US -- There are currently 838 wildfires actively burning across the country, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.

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Watch: Blanche grilled over handling of Epstein files and relationship with Trump -- The BBC's Tom Bateman was at the hearing as Todd Blanche made his case to be permanently appointed to lead the US Justice Department.

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Watch: Is Trump facing a popular backlash on immigration? -- The BBC's Sarah Smith looks at how the deaths of two men by ICE agents are impacting the US president's popularity.

15 hours ago

Watch: TikTok legend Gangster Granny on her love for Messi -- Online sensation 'Ganster Granny' has been courting the affection of the Argentine football star.

15 hours ago

Meet 'Gus', the world's most expensive Tyrannosaurus rex -- The sale price of the 67 million-year-old fossil exceeded the previous record set by a stegosaurus in 2024.

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'I changed 10 times in 10 years': Why Gen Z see job-hopping as the future -- The lily-padding trend sees young people repeatedly move jobs to try to advance in the workplace.

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What to know about 'explosive diarrhoea' parasite outbreak in US -- The source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak, which has spread across at least 34 states, is unclear.

1 day ago

Trump retreat over Hormuz tolls suggests he is struggling to end Iran war -- The abrupt about-face from the US president was the latest twist in a conflict that has now lasted more than four months.

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Hours each day in an iron lung kept her breathing, her will to live kept her alive -- The sister of the last known polio patient in the US to use the life-saving machine speaks to the BBC about her sister's life.

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Gas prices drive down US inflation - but will it last? -- While the US inflation rate fell in June, concerns remain over price rises increasing again due to the renewed conflict in the Middle East.

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US Coast Guard suspends search for three missing people after boat sinks near Alcatraz -- One person is known to have died in Tuesday afternoon's disaster, and 20 were rescued.

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More than 800 Canadian wildfires burning as air quality alerts extend to US -- The air quality in large parts of Michigan, Minneapolis and Minnesota is deemed "hazardous" by authorities.

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Moment US Navy jet stuns packed Florida beach with low flypast -- A US Navy Blue Angels jet sent some beach items up in the air as it flew at a low altitude over a crowd in Pensacola Beach, Florida.

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US military to start screening for testosterone deficiency, Hegseth says -- Hegseth says he is authorising hormone screening to ensure US troops "operate at your absolute best".

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Blanche apologises on Capitol Hill for Epstein files 'mistakes' -- Blanche faces a bipartisan grilling as he seeks to assume the role of US attorney general permanently.

12 hours ago

A Cold War bunker gets a luxury makeover as 'doomsday' condos -- A former Canadian government nuclear bomb shelter in rural Nova Scotia may soon be home to the country's first large-scale luxury survival shelter.

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