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US says 'no basis' to ground Boeing 737 MAX jets after crash 13 Mar 2019 - 09:50 am
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, on a flight from Miami to New York City, comes in for landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York, U.S., March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Brazil arrests two former policemen over Rio councilwoman's murder 12 Mar 2019 - 02:28 pm
A police car arrives at a condominium where a suspect in the murder of activist and councilwoman Marielle Franco was arrested, the same condominium where Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has a residence, in Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, B
US regulators order improvements to Boeing jet after latest crash 12 Mar 2019 - 08:51 am
A Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane test its engines outside of the company's factory on March 11, 2019 in Renton, Washington. Boeing's stock dropped today after an Ethiopian Airlines flight was the second deadly crash in six months involving the Boeing 737 Max 8
US says to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela 12 Mar 2019 - 08:11 am
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference to talk about the dire economic and political situation in Venezuela at the Harry S. Truman State Department headquarters March 11, 2019 in Washington, DC.  Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
New York Attorney General investigates Trump projects, NYT says 12 Mar 2019 - 08:04 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Huntington Tri-State Airport in Huntington, West Virginia, U.S., November 2, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Raid on Brazilian cult exposes workers in slavery-like conditions 11 Mar 2019 - 09:15 pm
ARCHIVE PHOTO: People worship during the
Hopes raised for Salvadoran women behind bars for abortion crimes 11 Mar 2019 - 09:15 pm
Activists take part in a demonstration during a nationwide feminist strike on International Women's Day in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 8, 2019. Reuters/Jose Cabezas
Trump says 'Tim Apple' gaffe was on purpose 11 Mar 2019 - 07:20 pm
US President Donald Trump reaches out to Apple CEO Tim Cook as they participate in an American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting in the White House State Dining Room, March 6, 2019. Reuters/Leah Millis
Trump says call time on daylight savings 11 Mar 2019 - 07:20 pm
Commuters walk through the morning bright sunlight coming from the 60 feet (18m) high windows in Grand Central Terminal in New York City on March 11, 2019 the first morning after Daylight Savings Time took effect March 10, 2019. AFP / Timothy A Clary
Democrats pick Milwaukee for 2020 convention over Miami, Houston 11 Mar 2019 - 06:13 pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), one of several Democrats running for the party's nomination in the 2020 presidential race, speaks during a campaign event, March 8, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City.  Drew Angerer/AFP
Electric power returns to part, but not all, of Venezuela 10 Mar 2019 - 06:05 pm
Car lights are seen on one of the main roads of the city during the second day of a blackout in Caracas, Venezuela March 9, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
Mexico club attack leaves at least 15 dead 10 Mar 2019 - 10:04 am
Journalists work outside the nightclub where at least 15 men were killed in an attack in Salamanca, Guanajuato state, Mexico, on March 9, 2019. AFP / STR
Venezuela's Guaido calls for massive protest as blackout drags on 10 Mar 2019 - 08:05 am
People stand outside a house during a blackout in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, March 9, 2019. REUTERS/William Urdaneta
Flights resume at New Jersey's Newark airport after fire report shuts runways 09 Mar 2019 - 06:21 pm
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Biden eyes fundraising challenge amid new sense of urgency 09 Mar 2019 - 02:51 pm
FILE PHOTO:  AFP / Mandel NGAN
Ailing Paul Manafort, 69, gets almost 4 years in prison 08 Mar 2019 - 02:03 pm
File photo of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
Battling political crisis, Trudeau denies wrongdoing 07 Mar 2019 - 11:29 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (AFP/Sean Kilpatrick)
Trudeau says he takes lessons from Cabinet scandal 07 Mar 2019 - 04:31 pm
FILE PHOTOS: Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, Liberal MP and former Canadian justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould (L) and Gerald Butts, who quit last month as Trudeau's chief aide, are seen in this combination photo from recent file photos in Toron