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Brazil's Lula gets presidential nomination -- even behind bars 04 Aug 2018 - 07:21 pm
A supporter of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes a selfie in a camp near the Federal Police in Curitiba, Brazil August 2, 2018. The banner reads:
Pompeo "optimistic" about ending N.Korea's nuclear programme 04 Aug 2018 - 10:05 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (R) smile as Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (behind) looks on, as they arrive for a group photo at the ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat during the 51st Assoc
Ex-Guatemala president, arrested over graft, leaves detention 04 Aug 2018 - 09:55 am
File photo of former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom looks on during a court hearing after being detained as part of a local corruption investigation, in Guatemala City, Guatemala February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria.
Trump team wants to roll back Obama-era mileage standards 02 Aug 2018 - 07:27 pm
Peninsula
Mexico airliner crashes and burns, but all aboard survive 02 Aug 2018 - 10:40 am
Rescue personnel work at the site where an Aeromexico-operated Embraer passenger jet crashed in Mexico's northern state of Durango, July 31, 2018, in this picture obtained from social media. (Proteccion Civil Durango/via REUTERS )
Frozen in time, Havana looks to put a modern stamp on its 500-year history 02 Aug 2018 - 09:12 am
File photo of old American cars driving along Havana's Malecon on July 12, 2018.  / AFP / YAMIL LAGE
Facebook page's removal angers Washington protest organizers 01 Aug 2018 - 10:40 pm
Representative image: Demonstrators protest against US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington on January 20, 2107 (AFP / Jewel Samad)
Trump tells attorney general to end Russia probe 01 Aug 2018 - 10:40 pm
Robert Mueller
Canada to soften carbon tax as firms fret about US competition 01 Aug 2018 - 08:55 pm
The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - which came to power in 2015 vowing to tackle climate change - had initially proposed a levy on 30 percent of industries' emissions in any of Canada's 10 provinces that did not introduce a carbon pr
Hillary Clinton to bring female voting rights story to television 01 Aug 2018 - 08:54 pm
Hillary Clinton arrives to speak during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee AIPAC 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Center in Washington DC, March 21, 2016 (AFP / Saul Loeb)
U.S. says remains returned by North Korea likely American 01 Aug 2018 - 12:53 pm
A U.S. airwoman salutes during a repatriation ceremony for remains transferred by North Korea, at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea August 1, 2018. (Jung Yeon-je/ REUTERS)
Trump predicts Iran talks 'pretty soon' 01 Aug 2018 - 09:28 am
President Donald Trump speaks during his Make America Great Again Rally at the Florida State Fair Grounds Expo Hall on July 31, 2018 in Tampa, Florida.(Joe Raedle/Getty/AFP)
After delays, former Iraqi translator became US citizen 31 Jul 2018 - 08:27 pm
US Army in Iraq (Reuters file photo/  Thaier Al-Sudani)
Mad splasher fired after backlash over dousing Canadian pedestrians 31 Jul 2018 - 07:55 pm
The 45-second video was viewed almost 900,000 times on YouTube as of Monday. (YouTube grab / dashcam 07 27 18)
Pompeo to urge Asians to enforce UN sanctions on North Korea 31 Jul 2018 - 07:09 pm
Pompeo will be in Singapore Friday and Saturday, attending an annual meeting of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Trump says Koch brothers are 'a total joke' in GOP 31 Jul 2018 - 02:49 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of Robert Wilkie (R) as Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, July 30, 2018. (AFP / SAUL LOEB)
Nicaragua's Ortega defends parapolice violence as US steps up warning 31 Jul 2018 - 07:09 am
Nicaraguan refugees fleeing their country due to unrest display signs with the names of Nicaraguans who died during clashes with riot police in La Merced park in San Jose, Costa Rica, July 29,2018. Reuters/Juan Carlos Ulate
Northern California wildfire 9th most destructive in history 31 Jul 2018 - 06:22 am
A Los Angeles city firefighter walks through a charred field as he looks for hot spots after the Carr Fire burned through the area on July 29, 2018 in Redding, California.  Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP