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Detainee on hunger strike details force-feeding by US immigration enforcement 03 Feb 2019 - 07:41 pm
A US Border Patrol officer stands near prototypes of border wall proposed by US President Donald Trump on November 1, 2017 in San Diego. AFP/Frederic J Brown
Virginia governor says he wasn't in racist photo, won't resign 03 Feb 2019 - 06:18 pm
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam speaks with reporters at a press conference at the Governor's mansion on February 2, 2019 in Richmond, Virginia.  Alex Edelman/Getty Images/AFP
Venezuela's Maduro outlines US plot to exploit resources 03 Feb 2019 - 06:17 pm
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offers a press conference in Caracas on January 25, 2019. AFP/ Yuri Cortez
Venezuela crisis resonates loudly in battleground Florida 03 Feb 2019 - 05:29 pm
A man salutes as a motorcade with US President Donald Trump travels from Mar-a-Lago to the Trump International Golf Club February 3, 2019 in West Palm Beach, Florida. AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Gov. Northam says he wasn't in racist photo, won't resign 03 Feb 2019 - 10:00 am
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, accompanied by his wife Pamela Northam announces he will not resign during a news conference Richmond, Virginia, U.S. February 2, 2019. REUTERS/ Jay Paul
Venezuelans rally for and against embattled Maduro on revolution anniversary 03 Feb 2019 - 09:17 am
Opposition leader Juan Guaido (L) gestures next to his wife Fabiana Rosales as he delivers a speech before thousands of supporters, in Caracas on February 2, 2019. AFP / Juan Barreto
Change expected in El Salvador presidential poll 03 Feb 2019 - 08:26 am
FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Nayib Bukele of the Great National Alliance (GANA) greets supporters during a campaign rally in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo
Dropping weapons treaty would let US update its nuclear arsenal 03 Feb 2019 - 08:06 am
The 103-foot Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) site, which was decommissioned in 1982, is pictured at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona, U.S., February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Nicole Neri
At least 12 dead as arctic freeze spreads into US Northeast 31 Jan 2019 - 09:46 pm
Woman clears a car in the snow during a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S., January 31, 2019. (REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario)
Bernie Sanders proposes estate tax of up to 77% for billionaires 31 Jan 2019 - 09:08 pm
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol on January 30, 2019 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
Deep freeze expected to ease, but disruptions persist 31 Jan 2019 - 12:53 pm
A runner passes through heavy frost in Nokomis Lake, south west Minneapolis, as temperatures in the area dipped below freezing overnight in Minnesota on January 29, 2019. AFP / Kerem Yucel
Venezuela's Maduro says Trump out to kill him, Russia seeks talks 30 Jan 2019 - 03:20 pm
This handout picture released by the Venezuelan presidency shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) and Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino (L) taking part in a ceremony during military exercises at the Libertador Air Base in Maracay, Aragua state, Ve
Beyond liberal base, some Democrats pitch to party moderates 30 Jan 2019 - 08:34 am
Former Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) speaks at the United States Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Woman with baby dies after falling down NYC subway stairs 30 Jan 2019 - 12:21 am
The lack of elevators makes it difficult for people in wheelchairs to use New York's subway system, and disability-rights activists have staged frequent protests over the issue. Photo courtesy: Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York or CIDNY @C
Spy chiefs break with Trump on many threats to the US 29 Jan 2019 - 10:59 pm
FBI director Christopher Wray, CIA director Gina Haspel National Intelligence  director Daniel Coats, Defense Intelligence Agency director General Robert Ashley arrive to testify on Worldwide Threats during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearin
More than 40 dead, 850 detained in Venezuela violence, UN says 29 Jan 2019 - 01:46 pm
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Record-breaking cold clobbers two-thirds of the US 29 Jan 2019 - 12:14 pm
A man feeds a seagulls on the Coney Island Boardwalk on a cold winter day in New York on January 22, 2019. AFP / Angela Weiss
'Goooal!': Brazil mother narrates games for blind son 29 Jan 2019 - 09:06 am
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