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Kanye heads to West Wing, lunch with Trump 09 Oct 2018 - 03:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and musician Kanye West at Trump Tower in New York City on Dec 13, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
UN calls for probe into death of Venezuela opposition member 09 Oct 2018 - 03:01 pm
Opponents of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro demonstrate in front of the building of the intelligence service, SEBIN, where the opposition councilor Fernando Alban committed suicide, in Caracas on October 8, 2018. AFP / Juan BARRETO
Hurricane Michael takes aim at Florida after fatal flooding in Central America 09 Oct 2018 - 10:27 am
People line up for gasoline as Hurricane Michael bears down on the northern Gulf coast of Florida on October 8, 2018 outside Tallahassee, Florida.  Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images/AFP
Silver lining? Canadian finds million-dollar ticket in old coat 08 Oct 2018 - 06:25 pm
Montreal Lotto 6/49 winner Gregorio De Santis attributes his good fortune to his sister, who suggested he go through his closets to donate clothes. (Loto-Quèbec)
UN report on Global Warming carries life-or-death warning 08 Oct 2018 - 10:55 am
This file photograph shows smoke rising from the
Divided Brazil barrels towards uncertain presidential run-off 08 Oct 2018 - 09:32 am
Supporters of Brazilian presidential candidate for the Workers' Party Fernando Haddad, celebrate the result after the vote count at a bar in Sao Salvador square, Laranjeiras neighborhood, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 07, 2018.
Voting begins in divisive Brazil presidential election 07 Oct 2018 - 02:16 pm
Brazilians stand in line outside a polling station to cast their votes in the presidential election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
Kavanaugh sworn into Supreme Court after divisive fight 07 Oct 2018 - 10:23 am
Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts as Kavanaugh's wife Ashley holds the family bible and his daughters Liza and Margaret look on in a handout photo provided by the U.S. Supreme
At least 11 dead in Haiti earthquake: govt spokesman 07 Oct 2018 - 08:47 am
Peninsula
US Senate poised to confirm Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh 06 Oct 2018 - 09:28 am
FILE PHOTO: US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh arrives for his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert/File Photo
White US cop convicted of murder for shooting dead black teen 05 Oct 2018 - 10:27 pm
Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times in 2014, in an encounter captured on police video that outraged many in the Midwestern city, and led to months of protests and political upheaval.
Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh clears crucial Senate hurdle 05 Oct 2018 - 07:16 pm
Protesters unfurl a sign as they occupy the Senate Hart building during a rally against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on October 4, 2018.  AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
United States takes note as DC area churches create affordable housing 04 Oct 2018 - 10:01 pm
Arlington Presbyterian Church elder Susan Etherton points to the church’s future site as construction proceeds 19 March 2018 on a new affordable housing development in Arlington, Virginia. Handout photo by Susan Etherton
Peru annuls ex-leader Fujimori's pardon and orders his capture 03 Oct 2018 - 09:28 pm
Alberto Fujimori
Officials warn Arizona dam could fail and flood village 03 Oct 2018 - 09:28 pm
Water levels were within a foot (0.3 meters) of topping Menagers Dam, which could give way and flood Ali Chuk, the National Weather Service said. (Photo courtesy: tucson.com)
US mosque faces restrictions on daily prayers 03 Oct 2018 - 09:27 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Muslims perform tarawih prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at a mosque in Singapore, May 26, 2017. Reuters/Edgar Su
Desperate border crossings, as Venezuela runs short of HIV drugs 03 Oct 2018 - 05:34 pm
But like the rest of the country's public health system, its treatment programme has fallen apart amid an economic meltdown that has triggered the biggest exodus of people in modern Latin American history.Eric Gaillard/Reuters
US high court mulls death penalty for killer who forgot crime 02 Oct 2018 - 09:58 pm
Vernon Madison, one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates, is pictured in this handout photo. Courtesy Alabama Department of Corrections/Handout via Reuters