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Joe Biden nears final decision on running mate 01 Aug 2020 - 09:13 am
FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about his plans to combat racial inequality at a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Pompeo says US has expanded scope of Iran metals sanctions 31 Jul 2020 - 11:52 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the State Department's 2021 budget, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 30, 2020. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via Reuters
Quake rattles Los Angeles, no immediate reports of damage 30 Jul 2020 - 11:22 pm
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Obama condemns Trump's use of federal agents against protesters 30 Jul 2020 - 10:15 pm
Former US President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral of late Representative and Civil Rights leader John Lewis(D-GA) at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia on July 30, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Alyssa Pointer
'Isaias' unleashes flooding, landslides in north Caribbean 30 Jul 2020 - 09:24 pm
Fire and rescue members cut the branches of a tree that fell under the heavy rain caused by the Isaias Storm in Santo Domingo, on July 30, 2020. / AFP / afp / Erika SANTELICES
More than 1 million Chileans seek to withdraw pensions amid pandemic 30 Jul 2020 - 09:06 pm
Workers from an AFP (Pension Fund Administrators) branch office, wearing face shields, help their customers to update their personal information to withdraw 10% of their pension savings, to help ease the economic pain wrought by the coronavirus disease (C
Chinese backed hackers targeted COVID-19 vaccine firm Moderna 30 Jul 2020 - 08:46 pm
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NYU launches coronavirus safety training for Uber, Lyft drivers as many return to work 30 Jul 2020 - 07:40 pm
Ride-hail driver Michele Dottin participates in the development of a COVID-19 driver safety training with NYU School of Global Public Health Professor Jack Caravanos (not pictured) in New York City, U.S., July 28, 2020. Picture taken July 28, 2020. Courte
Brazil first lady, another Cabinet minister infected 30 Jul 2020 - 07:17 pm
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and the first lady Michelle Bolsonaro attend the launch of the Rural Women's Rights program at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on July 29, 2020. This is the first public appearance of Bolsonaro in an official event after he
Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis 30 Jul 2020 - 06:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain speaks during the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., June 17, 2011. REUTERS/Sean Gardner/File Photo
Trump suggests delaying November US presidential election 30 Jul 2020 - 04:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump speaks about sending federal law enforcement agents to several U.S. cities to assist local police in combating what the Justice Department has described as a
Trump touts US energy might in Texas, raises money for campaign 30 Jul 2020 - 12:34 am
U.S. President Donald Trump is applauded as he displays a presidential permit for energy development that he signed during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, U.S., July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Facebook, Google absorb U.S. lawmakers' jabs in rare Big Tech hearing 29 Jul 2020 - 11:17 pm
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 07, 2020 shows (L-R) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Paris on May 23, 2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai Berlin on January 22, 2019, Apple CEO Tim Cook on October 28, 2019 in New York and Amazon Founder and
Mask-shunning Republican Congressman Gohmert positive for COVID-19 -report 29 Jul 2020 - 07:35 pm
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) studies notes as Attorney General William Barr testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Congressional Auditorium at the US Capitol Visitors Center July 28, 2020 in Washington, DC.  AFP / POOL / Matt McClain
Maine restricts swimming after woman killed by great white shark 29 Jul 2020 - 07:25 pm
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Trump defends use of virus aid bill to fund new FBI office near his hotel 29 Jul 2020 - 07:18 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the news media before departing on Marine One for travel to Midland, Texas from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US records 10,000 coronavirus deaths in 11 days as fatalities surpass 150,000 29 Jul 2020 - 05:32 pm
A nurse cares for a coronavirus (COVID-19) patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at El Centro Regional Medical Center in hard-hit Imperial County on July 28, 2020 in El Centro, California.
Trump administration to reject new applications for 'Dreamer' immigrant program 28 Jul 2020 - 11:58 pm
(FILES) In this file photo immigration rights activists hold a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, November 12, 2019, as the Court hears arguments about ending the Obama-era DACA  program./ AFP / SAUL LOEB