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Fidel Castro burial ceremony under way in Cuba 04 Dec 2016 - 03:35 pm
The urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro leaves Revolution Square in Santiago, Cuba on December 4, 2016 on its way to the cemetery.  AFP / PEDRO PARDO
Putin confident Trump will make responsible decisions 04 Dec 2016 - 02:43 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (2ndR) attends a show during the opening ceremony of the 5th edition of the Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum, at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on December 2, 2016. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Mikhail KLIMENT
Trump threats may not stop US offshoring of jobs 04 Dec 2016 - 12:43 pm
US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters.
Cubans hold one more massive rally for Castro 04 Dec 2016 - 11:59 am
University students react while watching the television transmission of the event being held in Santiago de Cuba in honor of former President Fidel Castro, in Havana, Cuba, December 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE
Up to 40 feared dead in blaze at California party 04 Dec 2016 - 11:52 am
Firefighters work to clear the debris from a doorway following an overnight fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighbourhood on Saturday in Oakland, California. (AFP photo).
In Canada, Syrian refugees cope with day-to-day life 04 Dec 2016 - 11:49 am
(Clockwise from top) Fahed, Jouli, Sparta and Adeeb Fattouh pose in the living room of their apartment in Laval, Canada, on November 30, 2016. AFP / Catherine Legault
Mocked for his tweets, Trump fires back -- on Twitter 04 Dec 2016 - 10:21 am
Actor Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on SNL. File photo / Reuters
Trump attends 'Villains and Heroes' party at major donor's home 04 Dec 2016 - 08:29 am
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs up to the media as he arrives at a costume party at the home of hedge fund billionaire and campaign donor Robert Mercer in Head of the Harbor, New York, U.S., December 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich
Pentagon arms buyer "hopeful" that Lockheed F-35 block buy will proceed 04 Dec 2016 - 08:24 am
File picture of a US Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter jet. Reuters
How top US colleges hooked up with controversial Chinese companies 03 Dec 2016 - 08:24 pm
A logo is seen outside New Oriental Education & Technology Group headquarters in Beijing, China, November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Castro’s last goal? A soccer field for neighborhood kids 03 Dec 2016 - 07:16 pm
In this TV grab from a Cuban State Council video released December 2, 2016, the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro is seen with Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona and his daughters in Havana on December 29, 2002. The former president died on Nov
Nine dead, 15 missing after fire at California rave party 03 Dec 2016 - 07:09 pm
Firefighters tackle the flames at the Ghost Ship nightclub (Picture: Darin Marshall/Facebook)
Porous Texas border fence foreshadows challenges for Trump’s wall 03 Dec 2016 - 06:50 pm
Ernest Villarreal points to where the U.S. border fence passes through the backyard of his family's home in Brownsville, Texas, U.S. on November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Jon Herskovitz
Yellowstone plans to thin bison herd by 900 animals 03 Dec 2016 - 04:53 pm
A bison walks in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, U.S. on August 10, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
First plane arrives with bodies of Brazil footballers killed in crash 03 Dec 2016 - 02:38 pm
Brazilian President Michel Temer arrives in Chapeco, Brazil December 3, 2016 to pay tribute to the victims of the plane crash in Colombia. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
US ready to offer Kabul more support under Trump 03 Dec 2016 - 01:14 pm
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Toll rises to 13 in southeast US wildfires 03 Dec 2016 - 11:51 am
Burned buildings and cars aftermath of wildfire is seen in this image released in social media by Tennessee Highway Patrol in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, U.S. on November 29, 2016. / Reuters.
Obama bars China's Fujian from buying Aixtron's U.S. business 03 Dec 2016 - 11:39 am
The headquarters of German chip equipment maker Aixtron SE is pictured through a security fence in Herzogenrath near the western German city of Aachen, October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay.