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Some 46,000 General Motors auto workers strike in US 16 Sep 2019 - 02:32 pm
Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) who are employed at the General Motors Co. Flint Assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, walk in front of the plant as they go on strike early on September 16, 2019. AFP / JEFF KOWALSKY
East Libyan forces carry out air strikes on city of Sirte 16 Sep 2019 - 02:12 pm
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Subterranean blaze: Indonesia struggles to douse undergound fires 16 Sep 2019 - 10:31 am
Indonesian firefighters spray water to extinguish a fire in Kampar on September 16, 2019. AFP / ADEK BERRY
Buzz off! Angry bees delay Air India flight 16 Sep 2019 - 10:15 am
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Australia, Fiji attempt to bury climate hatchet 16 Sep 2019 - 10:06 am
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) invites his Fijian counterpart Frank Bainimarama to sign a visitors book at Parliament House in Canberra on September 16, 2019.  / AFP / POOL / MICK TSIKAS
Attack kills 5 in Mexican president's home state before independence salute 16 Sep 2019 - 09:45 am
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Almost 80,000 homes still without power a week after Japan typhoon 16 Sep 2019 - 09:31 am
File photo of not working traffic signals are seen in a blackout caused by Typhoon Faxai in Kisarazu, Chiba prefecture, Japan September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Screams in the night in Indian Kashmir 16 Sep 2019 - 09:11 am
In this photograph taken on September 12, 2019, Abid Khan, 26, sits during an interview with AFP at Haripora village in Shopian district, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. - AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
Johnson the Brexit 'Hulk' finally meets EU's Juncker 16 Sep 2019 - 08:54 am
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts during the Convention of the North at the Magna Centre in Rotherham, Britain September 13, 2019. Christopher Furlong/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
War at the dinner table: Hong Kong families divided over protests 16 Sep 2019 - 08:26 am
This picture taken on September 8, 2019 shows recent Hong Kong protester
Indian rescuers search for 39 missing after boat accident 16 Sep 2019 - 08:22 am
Relatives mourn the victims who died or disappeared in a boat accident at the Godavari river near Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh state, at Kadipikonka village in Warangal district of Telengana state on September 15, 2019. AFP / STR
Former UK leader Cameron blasts Boris Johnson, Michael Gove 15 Sep 2019 - 10:49 pm
David Cameron and Boris Johnson leave St Paul's Cathedral in central London after attending a memorial service in memory of the 52 victims of the 7/7 London attacks on July 07, 2015. AFP / Jack Taylor
Trump rebuffs Kavanaugh impeachment calls after new sexual misconduct report 15 Sep 2019 - 10:48 pm
US President Donald Trump participates in the swearing-in ceremony of Brett Kavanaugh as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court at the White House on October 08, 2018. AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Artist hopes gold toilet taken by 'Robin Hood' types 15 Sep 2019 - 10:48 pm
A fully functioning solid gold toilet, made by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, in this file photo taken on September 15, 2016. AFP / William Edwards
Ilhan Omar says confident Trump will be impeached 15 Sep 2019 - 10:15 pm
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Pakistan summons Afghan, Indian diplomats after soldiers, civilian killed 15 Sep 2019 - 07:41 pm
A Kashmiri man rides a bicycle past concertina wire during restrictions, following scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar September 15, 2019. Reuters/ Francis Mascarenhas
Egypt's el-Sissi dismisses corruption allegations 15 Sep 2019 - 07:26 pm
El-Sissi, who became president in 2014, said the military has overseen road projects costing 175 billion pounds, or just over $1 billion, and that his government has carried out projects worth more than $245 billion. He said he would inaugurate 14 new cit
Snowden says he hopes France will grant him asylum 15 Sep 2019 - 06:50 pm
Edward Snowden speaks via video link during a news conference in New York City, September 14, 2016. Reuters/Brendan McDermid