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Canada looks to reunite Syrian family after fire claims seven kids 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with members of the Nova Scotia Muslim community while in attendance for a vigil in support of a Syrian refugee family who lost seven children killed in a house fire in the community of Spryfield earlier in th
Pompeo: Diplomat dad means US-born IS woman not citizen 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo listens during the news conference in Reykjavik, Iceland February 15, 2019. Reuters/Geirix
Venezuela's Maduro to close borders with Brazil 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
A group of vehicles supposedly carrying Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country's rightful interim ruler, leave his house in Caracas, Venezuela February 21, 2019. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Democrats prepare resolution against Trump's declaration 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
Nancy Pelosi attends VH1 Trailblazer Honors at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre on February 20, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Amy Sussman/Getty Images/AFP
Eleven Venezuela diplomats in US defect since last month -opposition 21 Feb 2019 - 08:15 pm
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Oakland teachers go on strike, demand pay raises 21 Feb 2019 - 08:15 pm
Oakland Unified School District students and teachers carry signs as they picket outside of Oakland Technical High School on February 21, 2019 in Oakland, California. Nearly 3,000 teachers in Oakland have gone on strike and are demanding a 12 percent retr
Snow in Vegas! Desert city gets first white stuff in decade 21 Feb 2019 - 08:05 pm
Visitors take photos at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign as it snows during a winter storm on February 20, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP
Manafort sentencing set for March 8 21 Feb 2019 - 08:05 pm
Paul Manafort arrives for arraignment on a third superseding indictment against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller at US District Court in Washington, June 15, 2018. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
US Justice Department preparing to receive Mueller report: CNN 21 Feb 2019 - 11:55 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 15, 2019 William Barr, nominee to be US Attorney General, takes the oath before testifying during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. AFP / SAUL LOEB
Number of US hate groups hits all-time high, watchdog says 20 Feb 2019 - 07:19 pm
White supremacists clash with counter protesters during a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, US, August 12, 2017. Reuters/Joshua Roberts
Canada PM meets legislators for first time since ethics allegations 20 Feb 2019 - 07:08 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the interim House of Commons in the West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 19, 2019. Reuters/Chris Wattie
Brazil's Bolsonaro aims to save $270 bln on pensions in a decade 20 Feb 2019 - 07:07 pm
Opposition members of the Brazilian congress stage a protest at the National Congress in Brasilia while Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro arrives to hand over a draft of a pension reform bill on February 20, 2019.  AFP / Sergio Lima
Pilot killed as Indian military jets collide in air show rehearsal 20 Feb 2019 - 12:21 am
Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel gather around the wreckage of one Surya Kiran 'Hawk' aircraft after two of them collided in mid-air and crashed during India's biennial international Air Show rehearsal at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bangalore on Fe
Sanders announcement revives criticism from Clinton backers 19 Feb 2019 - 09:56 pm
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks after the Senate voted to withdraw support for Saudi Arabia war in Yemen in the Senate TV studio at in Washington on December 13, 2018. AFP/Mandel Ngan
Supreme Court rules out death penalty for Texas inmate 19 Feb 2019 - 09:56 pm
A flag is seen outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, June 25, 2018. Reuters/Toya Sarno Jordan
Judge OKs suit aimed at halting Obama library in Chicago 19 Feb 2019 - 09:56 pm
Barack Obama reacts to a question while delivering remarks on the economy in the White House press briefing room in Washington, April 5, 2016. Reuters/Gary Cameron
Ford pulls out of South America truck business, closes Brazil plant 19 Feb 2019 - 09:56 pm
A picture shows on February 18, 2019, the logo of US auto-maker Ford on a car in Blanquefort, southwestern France.  AFP / Georges Gobet
Chilean nuns find 'relief' in Pope's recognition of Church abuse 19 Feb 2019 - 09:56 pm
The former nuns, Marcela Quitral, Yolanda Tondreaux and Eliana Macias, from the Sisters of the Good Samaritan order, attend an interview with Reuters in Talca, Chile February 15, 2019. Reuters/Matias Medel