World welcomes 2016

From Sydney to New York, the world ushered in 2016 with fireworks and festivities held under strict security after the Paris attacks and San Bernadino heightened terror fears.

Floods swamp Missouri, Illinois; nine million people in risk areas 31 Dec 2015

Towns in Tennessee and southern Illinois prepared on Thursday to cope with potential flooding after rain-swollen rivers washed out hundreds of structures in Missouri, Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma and forced thousands to flee their homes. | Video

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Cosby faces big financial threat from civil lawsuits: legal experts

NEW YORK Civil lawsuits accusing Bill Cosby of sex abuse and defamation could do major damage to the entertainer's wealth, regardless of how a criminal prosecution plays out, lawyers who have handled similar cases said on Thursday.

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Rouhani expands Iran's missile program despite U.S. sanctions threat

DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani ordered his defense minister on Thursday to expand Iran's missile program, in defiance of a U.S. threat to impose sanctions over a ballistic missile test Iran carried out in October.

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Microsoft failed to warn victims of Chinese email hack: former employees

SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular – but it decided not to tell the victims, allowing the hackers to continue their campaign, according to former employees of the company.

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North Korea's Kim blames South for mistrust in New Year speech

SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blamed South Korea on Friday for increased mistrust in a New Year speech after a year of heightened tension between the rival countries.

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Robert Redford death reports are 'sick hoax,' publicist says

NEW YORK Robert Redford is alive and well, his publicist said on Thursday, calling reports on Twitter that the "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" actor had died "a sick hoax." | Video

2015: The year in review

Shi'ite fighters fire a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province, Iraq, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Hussaini

Pictures of the year

The year's most powerful images from Reuters photographers.  Full Coverage | Video: The year in 60 seconds 

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Using The Force? No, it's an Apple Watch flying this drone

A Taiwanese technology research team has found a way to pilot drones and manipulate light using gestures from an Apple Watch. Joel Flynn reports.

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