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World News: US President-elect Donald Trump chose Exxon Mobil's CEO Rex Tillerson to head the State Department, rejecting concerns over the close relations of the businessman with Russia. Trump's decision cap a long process that has often played in public cracks and exposed within its transition team. He also puts Trump in place for a potential fight with Congress on Tillerson's confirmation, which has connections with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Behind slightly behind in the polls against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump claimed that he does well in a number of battleground states. 

Obama has promised to speak if Trump threatens the core values ​​of the US and reassured Americans "we will be fine" in a political swansong.

Trump announced plans to withdraw the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, which analysts believe could have profound effects on the automotive industry.

US President Obama & German Chancellor Angela Merkel may have made a tough start, but his imminent departure sparked a wave of nostalgia and trepidation in Berlin.

James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said he had a very high level of confidence that Russia has pirated the Democratic Party and campaign staff e-mail