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'Abnormal is the new normal': May breaks another global heat record 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on May 20, 2016 shows Children as they bathe in water in a decorative shallow pool adorning the gardens...

Nearly a year on, Mexico City Uber regulation stuck in neutral 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on April 26, 2016 shows taxi drivers blocking the oldest Hungarian bridge, the Lanchid (Chain Bridge), with their cabs...

Jo Cox, a rising star in British politics 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

An undated handout picture taken from the website of Labour MP Jo Cox on June 16, 2016 shows Labour MP Jo Cox posing...

Sun-powered phone charger gives migrants in Greece free electricity 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Children stand around a solar powered charging station for mobile devices designed by a group of university students, at the municipality-run camp of...

Third Brazil minister named in Petrobras scandal resigns: officials 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Laid-off outsourced workers arrive to the Petrobras headquarter during a protest against recent layoffs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 24, 2015. Reuters ...

Russia has fulfilled all IAAF criteria on doping: sports minister 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Federal scientific centre of physical culture and sports which houses a laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency in Moscow, Russia on November...

Obama says massacres to continue unless country acts to control gun violence 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden place flowers at a makeshift memorial for shooting victims of the massacre at...

UK's pro-EU vote camp says suspends campaigning after MP shot 16 Jun 2016 - 04:58 pm

Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage waves a launch for an EU referendum poster from a bus at Parliament...

US jobless claims move higher 16 Jun 2016 - 04:45 pm

Washington: New claims for US unemployment insurance rose modestly last week but remained at low levels as the labor market remains firm. The...

Merkel warns Brexit would deprive UK of EU gains 16 Jun 2016 - 04:09 pm

German chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a press conference with Slovak Prime ministeron June 16, 2016 in Berlin. Germany OUT / AFP /...

Zimbabwe doctors say insurers owe $220 mln, will now take cash only 16 Jun 2016 - 02:24 pm

HARARE: Doctors in Zimbabwe will no longer accept patients with medical insurance from July 1 due to insurers owing them $220 million, the...

Tusk says 'difficult to be optimistic' on Brexit given polls 16 Jun 2016 - 01:57 pm

Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila (R) welcomes visiting EU Council President Donald Tusk at the PM's official residence Kesaranta in Helsinki, Finland, June...

Orlando gunman writes ominous Facebook post before attack 16 Jun 2016 - 01:12 pm

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials collect evidence from the Pulse gay night club, the site of a mass shooting days earlier, in...

Niger says 34 migrants found dead in Sahara 16 Jun 2016 - 01:02 pm

NIAMEY, Niger: Twenty children were among 34 migrants found dead in the Sahara desert, the Niger government said late Wednesday. It is thought...

Russian far-right figure among fans expelled from France: sources 16 Jun 2016 - 12:36 pm

A teargas grenade explodes near an England fan ahead of England's EURO 2016 match in Marseille, France, June 10, 2016. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier Marseille: ...

Spain PM protests Cameron 'Brexit' visit to Gibraltar 16 Jun 2016 - 12:07 pm

MADRID: Spanish Premier Mariano Rajoy says he hopes Britain stays in the EU but is unhappy with British Prime Minister David Cameron's brief...

Three Russian fans to face trial over Euro 2016 violence: official 16 Jun 2016 - 11:55 am

Marseille: Three of the 43 Russian supporters detained in France over the violence around the England-Russia Euro 2016 match will be tried Thursday,...