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Kentucky school shooting kills 2, wounds 13, teen arrested 24 Jan 2018 - 10:14 am
Police investigators are seen at the scene of a shooting at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, U.S., January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Harrison McClary
Brazil braces for ruling that could bar Lula from 2018 race 24 Jan 2018 - 09:01 am
Supporters of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attend a rally in support of his candidacy for the 2018 presidential race, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
US Democrats withdraw offer to fund Trump's border wall 24 Jan 2018 - 08:07 am
WASHINGTON: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (2nd R) and Senate Minority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) (R) during a media briefing after a weekly Senate Democratic Policy Luncheon January 23, 2018 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.
US hits Spanish olives with additional import duties 23 Jan 2018 - 11:09 pm
Marinated green olives (Wikimedia Commons)
Magnitude 8.2 quake off Alaska prompts tsunami warning 23 Jan 2018 - 01:15 pm
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US federal employees to return after lawmakers end government shutdown 23 Jan 2018 - 09:25 am
Members of the House of Representatives leave after a vote on Capitol Hill after the House and Senate moved to end a government shutdown, on January 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Ecuador president calls Julian Assange a 'problem' 22 Jan 2018 - 08:37 am
File picture of Ecuador President Lenin Moreno. Reuters
With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally 21 Jan 2018 - 09:35 pm
A woman holds the photograph of a relative lost in fight between drug gangs during a serach at Escobedo on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, August 12, 2016. (Reuters)
US lawmakers in bid to end shutdown stalemate 21 Jan 2018 - 09:37 am
US President Donald Trump, shown in this January 11, 2018 file photo, blames Democrats for the budget standoff and resulting government shutdown. AFP/File / SAUL LOEB
Tens of thousands take to US streets for Women's March 20 Jan 2018 - 08:47 pm
Thousands hold signs and rally while attending the Women's March on January 20, 2018 in New York, United States. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
Trump's dealmaker image tarnished by U.S. government shutdown 20 Jan 2018 - 09:51 am
A general view of The White House is seen in Washington, United States on January 19, 2018. (Yasin Öztürk - Anadolu Agency)
US government shutdown begins as spending bill fails in Senate 20 Jan 2018 - 09:00 am
Capitol Police officer stands shortly after beginning the Government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
US begins government shutdown as deadline passes 20 Jan 2018 - 08:54 am
The Ohio Clock strikes 12 o'clock midnight as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tries to broker a deal with Democrats on the continuing resolution in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 19 January 2018. EPA/SHAWN THEW
Venezuela's prescription for drug shortage: herbs 20 Jan 2018 - 08:38 am
(FILE PHOTO) A woman holds a sign during an anti-government demonstration protesting the shortage of medicines in Caracas, Venezuela on November 20, 2017. AFP
Haiti's killer cholera epidemic could end this year: UN 20 Jan 2018 - 08:34 am
A child at the health center in Grand Dessalines receives oral re-hydration salts being administered by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the French NGO Acted during the cholera outbreak in Haiti, Grand Dessalines, Haiti, 25 October 2010. Ma
Trump can travel to Davos even if gov't shuts down: official 20 Jan 2018 - 08:16 am
US President Donald J. Trump addresses March for Life Participants and Pro-Life Leaders via teleconference from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 19 January 2018.  EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Brasilia closes Latin America’s largest rubbish dump 20 Jan 2018 - 07:59 am
A man runs at 'Lixao da Estrutural', Latin America's largest rubbish dump, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Pentagon strategy drops climate change as a security threat 19 Jan 2018 - 08:25 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives for a meeting at the Pentagon, accompanied by U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Vice President Mike Pence in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 18, 2018. Reuters/Carlos Barria