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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
Amazon's indigenous people 'never so threatened': pope 19 Jan 2018 - 08:01 pm
Pope Francis is greeted by members of an indigenous group from the Amazon region during a meeting at the Coliseo Regional Madre de Dios in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, January 19, 2018. Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi
Trump administration’s infrastructure plan taking shape 18 Jan 2018 - 02:07 pm
US President Donald J. Trump participates in a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in honour of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 17 January 2018. EPA/SHAWN THEW
Snowstorm, deep freeze leaves 4 dead in US South 18 Jan 2018 - 08:40 am
A snow plow moves along Wade Avenue as snow falls on January 17, 2018 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Lance King/Getty Images/AFP
Tillerson says US has no intention to build border force in Syria 18 Jan 2018 - 08:28 am
File photo of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at a news conference during the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ben Nelms/File Photo

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