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California police seek motive behind shooting at Asian dance hall 23 Jan 2023 - 05:19 pm
Members of law enforcement investigate the scene of a deadly shooting on January 22, 2023 in Monterey Park, California. 10 people were killed and 10 more were injured at a dance studio in Monterey Park near a Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday night. Eric Thayer/Getty Images/AFP
Musk to return to stand in fraud trial over 2018 Tesla tweet 23 Jan 2023 - 02:23 pm
Elon Musk's photo is seen through a Twitter logo in this illustration taken October 28, 2022. File Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic
California Lunar New Year mass shooter dead, motive unclear: police 23 Jan 2023 - 10:23 am
A law enforcement official looks into the window of a van with a body in the driver's seat in Torrance, California, on January 22, 2023. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
Biden to name Jeff Zients as next chief of staff 22 Jan 2023 - 11:47 pm
File Photo: White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients delivers remarks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, April 13, 2021. (REUTERS/Tom Brenner)
Canada to pay Indigenous abuse survivors more than $2bn 22 Jan 2023 - 08:32 pm
In this file photo taken on June 08, 2022, Teepee's stand outside the University nuhelt'ine tahiyots'i nistameyimakanak Blue Quills, the former residential school turned First Nation University, in St Paul, Alberta. (Photo by Cole Burston / AFP)
Bipartisan US lawmakers preparing plan to avert debt-ceiling crisis 22 Jan 2023 - 08:26 pm
A general view of the US Capitol after United States on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US on August 6, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Ten dead in mass shooting in Asian city in California 22 Jan 2023 - 03:28 pm
Police respond to a shooting with multiple casualties in the Monterey Park area of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Allison Dinner
Multiple casualties at California shooting: report 22 Jan 2023 - 01:10 pm
Screenshot from a video shows emergency responders at the shooting scene, following a shooting at Monterey Park, California, U.S. January 22, 2023. TNLA/Handout via REUTERS
Police attend shooting in Los Angeles area, multiple casualties - LA Times 22 Jan 2023 - 12:03 pm
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Six more classified docs found in Justice Dept search of Biden home 22 Jan 2023 - 08:15 am
(Files) In this file photo taken on January 13, 2023, US President Joe Biden (R) listens to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
White House chief of staff Klain expected to leave in weeks -sources 21 Jan 2023 - 11:50 pm
US President Joe Biden shakes hands White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain as Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm looks on as he arrives for a meeting with cabinet officials, governors, and private sector partners to discuss preparedness of Western states to heat, drought and wildfires this season, at the White House in Washington, US on June 30, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
US military says Somalia strike killed 30 al Shabaab fighters 21 Jan 2023 - 10:09 pm
Somali security officers drive past a section of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia on August 20, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for Africa and US 21 Jan 2023 - 09:59 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gives a speech after she visited the House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) at Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal on January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda Dione
Failure to cut debt burden of some countries could hamper growth, spark conflict - Yellen 21 Jan 2023 - 09:52 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stands at the 'Door of No Return' as she visits the House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) at Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal on January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda Dione/File Photo
Arizona dismantles shipping container wall on US-Mexico border 21 Jan 2023 - 09:41 pm
Workers watch as one of a long row of shipping containers stacked to create a wall between the United States and Mexico is lifted onto a flatbed truck for removal in the Coronado National Forest near Hereford, Arizona, on January 20, 2023. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP)
Brazil's Lula replaces army commander 21 Jan 2023 - 09:34 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, speaks after signing a bill recognising community health agents and agents fighting endemic diseases as health professionals, with regulated professions, at an event at the Palacio do Planalto, in Brasilia, on January 20, 2023. (Photo by DOUGLAS MAGNO / AFP)
Peru closes famed tourist site Machu Picchu due to protests 21 Jan 2023 - 08:03 pm
Tourists queue to signup a petition to the railroad company to be evacuated on a
Buzz Aldrin, second man on the Moon, marries on 93rd birthday 21 Jan 2023 - 03:25 pm
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