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In race for White House, Cruz scoops up 14 more delegates 17 Apr 2016 - 12:36 pm

US Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz plays a game of foosball before a campaign event in Syracuse, New York April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo...

Italians go to polls for drilling referendum Renzi did not want 17 Apr 2016 - 10:11 am

A demonstrator shows a banner to support the yes-vote on the next April 17 referendum on oil drilling in Italian waters, in downtown...

Powerful earthquake kills 77 in Ecuador 17 Apr 2016 - 09:49 am

People stand next to the debris of a building after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast, in Manta,Ecuador, April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Paul...

Hollywood mogul blasts Obama, Google over piracy 17 Apr 2016 - 09:32 am

Producer Avi Lerner attends A Gala To Honor Avi Lerner And Millennium Films in Beverly Hills, California, on April 16, 2016. AFP /...

Brazil impeachment pits hardscrabble duo against backroom foes 17 Apr 2016 - 08:37 am

Two children wearing Brazilian flags in front of a barricade near the Esplanada dos ministerios 'Eixo Monumental' (Monumental Axis) in Brazil. EPA/FERNANDO BIZERRA...

Dozens killed in Ecuador earthquake 17 Apr 2016 - 08:34 am

People stand next to the debris of a building after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the country's northwest Pacific coast causing "considerable...

Pope: Sanders encounter sign of good manners, 'nothing more' 17 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and wife Jane, waves after speaking with media and supporters during his visit to the Vatican ,...

Raul Castro rejects privatization, 'shock therapy' for Cuba 17 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Handout picture of Cuban official website www.cubadebate.cu, showing President Raul Castro giving a speech during the opening of VII Congress of Cuban Communist...

Tens of thousands in London march against PM, austerity 17 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Demonstrators hold placards during an anti-austerity protest in London, Britain April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall London: Tens of thousands of people marched through...

British police arrest teenage terror suspect at Manchester airport 16 Apr 2016 - 04:56 pm

London police AFP Photo Leon Neal British police arrested an 18-year-old man at Manchester airport on Saturday on suspicion of terrorism offences related...

Brazil president lashes out at 'corrupt' critics 16 Apr 2016 - 04:31 pm

Activists supporting the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff take part in a protest in an area separated by a fence from the Congress,...

Pope brings 12 Syrian Muslim refugees to Italy 16 Apr 2016 - 03:33 pm

A group of Syrian refugees arrive to board a plane with Pope Francis on April 16, 2016 at the airport of Mytilene, in...

Bernie Sanders meets privately with Pope Francis: reports 16 Apr 2016 - 02:25 pm

US Democrats presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (C) leaves the Vatican after the conference commemorating the 25th anniversary of 'Centesimus Annus', a high-level teaching...

London mayor accuses Barack Obama of hypocrisy 16 Apr 2016 - 01:53 pm

London Mayor and Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Boris Johnson (2R) poses for "selfie" photographs after addressing campaigners at a rally...

Brussels airport 'back to full capacity in June' 16 Apr 2016 - 01:34 pm

An empty tarmac is pictured at the Brussels Airport as air traffic controllers go on strike in Zaventem, Belgium, April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Eric...

Powerful tornado kills 4, injures hundreds in Uruguay 16 Apr 2016 - 01:28 pm

Montevideo: A powerful tornado ripped through the southwestern city of Dolores in Uruguay, killing at least four people and leaving hundreds injured, government...

Death toll rises to 5 in Tenerife building collapse 16 Apr 2016 - 12:45 pm

Firefighters and rescue workers search for survivors after a building collapsed in Los Cristianos, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, April 15, 2016....