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Mothers of Colombia's disappeared seek justice at war tribunal 18 Oct 2019 - 08:28 pm
Beatriz Mendez (L), whose 19-year-old son and a nephew disappeared during Colombia’s conflict, at a war tribunal for a hearing on extra-judicial killings. Bogota, Colombia. October 17. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anastasia Moloney
Democrats Warren and Sanders want wealth tax; economists explain how it works 18 Oct 2019 - 06:55 pm
Eight 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are seen in a combination from file photos (L-R top row): U.S. Senators Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and Bernie Sanders. (L-R bottom row): Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Former Texas congressman Beto
Can Pete Buttigieg, cool and cerebral, second that emotion? 18 Oct 2019 - 04:39 pm
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg leans in to a selfie taken by former Vice President Joe Biden with the crowd at the end of the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, October 15, 20
Justin Trudeau: Liberal star dimmed by scandals 18 Oct 2019 - 09:59 am
In this file photo taken on October 7, 2019 Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau listens to questions during a press conference after the Federal Leaders Debate at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. / AFP / Dave
Trump says 'great news out of Turkey' after Pence talks on Syria 17 Oct 2019 - 08:47 pm
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence meets with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
US House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings of Maryland dies 17 Oct 2019 - 01:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) calls for order during a hearing called
US cop pulls man from car seconds before train hits it 17 Oct 2019 - 12:37 pm
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Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, a Democrat and Chair of House Oversight and Reform Committee, has died - CNN 17 Oct 2019 - 12:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) addresses a National Press Club luncheon on his
Trump Twitter photo attack backfires as Pelosi owns it 17 Oct 2019 - 10:36 am
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Won't suspend Trump's account, Twitter tells Kamala Harris 17 Oct 2019 - 09:46 am
Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate in Westerville, Ohio, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Lawyers linked to Panama Papers seek to stop Netflix movie 16 Oct 2019 - 10:51 pm
File photo: An activist performs as a client of an offshore company during a protest of Oxfam and Transparency International in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on April 12, 2016. AFP / John Thys
Future cool: Minnesota city ponders new boom as a climate migrant destination 16 Oct 2019 - 08:28 pm
Pedestrians cross a street in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., on Aug. 24, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Sebastien Malo
Another man is arrested in probe of Giuliani associates 16 Oct 2019 - 07:14 pm
US businessman David Correia appears to pose with President Donald Trump in an undated screen capture from Correia's social media account made by investigators and provided to Reuters after Correia's arrest on federal campaign finance violation charges in
US Secretary of State's ex-aide to testify in Trump impeachment inquiry 16 Oct 2019 - 03:23 pm
People walk past the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
Crews work into the night, fire engulfs NuStar ethanol storage tanks near San Francisco 16 Oct 2019 - 08:48 am
Smoke billows from fire burning in two tanks at a NuStar oil storage facility in Contra Costa County, California, U.S. October 15, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Courtesy of Napa County Sheriff's Office/Social Media via REUT
6 questions looming over the crowded 2020 Democratic debate 15 Oct 2019 - 04:12 pm
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US migrant policy sends thousands of children, including babies, back to Mexico 14 Oct 2019 - 10:11 pm
El Salvadoran asylum seeker Wendy, carries her eight-month-old daughter Pamela, in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge where they have been living for about a month after they were sent back under the
What's behind Haiti's deadly protests, and possible outcomes 14 Oct 2019 - 08:21 pm
A protester runs for cover as police fire tear gas during a protest on the street to demand the resignation of the Haitian president in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on October 13, 2019. AFP / Chandan Khanna

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This picture shows a wind turbine that generates electricity created by Kamal Al-Dabary in Khan Yunis on November 3, 2026. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP) Gaza turns rubble into power with homemade wind turbines
Palestinian men play football at a field against the backdrop of destroyed buildings in Nuseirat on November 2, 2026. (Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP) Israeli occupation murders 74,618 Palestinians since beginning of genocide on Gaza
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A representational picture shared by Thailand Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment on its Facebook account Prehistoric 'giant rat' found in Thailand from fossil teeth
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