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US: Iowa caucus errors reports ahead of final results 06 Feb 2020 - 06:17 pm
An exterior view of the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters is seen February 4, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
Romania's president asks outgoing PM Orban to form government 06 Feb 2020 - 06:17 pm
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Courts are the next front in Trump's battle over presidential powers 06 Feb 2020 - 02:06 pm
File photo: US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 30, 2020. Reuters/Leah Millis/File Photo
Viral hysteria: Hong Kong panic sparks run on toilet paper 06 Feb 2020 - 12:36 pm
A shopper wearing a protective facemask sorts items in her trolley as she stands next to bare supermarket shelves, usually stocked with toilet paper and kitchen rolls, in Hong Kong on February 6, 2020. AFP / Philip Fong
Come to Rio, get robbed: Brazil tourism body shares awkward Instagram post 06 Feb 2020 - 12:08 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 30, 2009, an aerial view of the Sugar Loaf Montain in Rio de Janeiro. AFP / VANDERLEI ALMEIDA
Travel bans upend Chinese lives 06 Feb 2020 - 11:40 am
People wearing face masks take selfies at Jingshan Park, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
China's France envoy slams 'shameful' Hong Kong medical strike 06 Feb 2020 - 11:27 am
Local medical workers hold a strike near Queen Mary Hospital as they demand the city close its border with China to reduce the coronavirus spreading, in Hong Kong on February 3, 2020.
Modi's party seeks to unseat 'common man' in Delhi election 06 Feb 2020 - 11:06 am
In this photo taken on February 3, 2020, Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man party) leader Arvind Kejriwal (C) waves to his supporters during a rally for the upcoming Delhi state elections in New Delhi. AFP / Sajjad Hussain
China air force to appear at Singapore show despite virus 06 Feb 2020 - 10:50 am
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More virus cases on cruise ship off Japan; China death toll exceeds 500 06 Feb 2020 - 10:43 am
Passengers with face masks and bathrobes look out from a cabin of the World Dream cruise ship, after it had been denied entry in Taiwan amid concerns of coronavirus infection on board, at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong, China February 6, 2020. R
High speed train derails near Milan in Italy; two dead 06 Feb 2020 - 10:37 am
Police are seen at the scene where a high-speed train travelling from Milan to Bologna derailed, in Lodi, Italy February 6, 2020. Polizia di Stato
Australia receives a bittersweet bushfire reprieve with floods, cyclone 06 Feb 2020 - 09:44 am
 Signage is seen on the bushfire affected Bruthen-Buchan Road near Buchan, Victoria, australia, January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Plane skids off runway in Istanbul, killing three and injuring 179 06 Feb 2020 - 09:27 am
Rescuers work to extract passengers from the crash of a Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 airplane, after it skidded off the runway upon landing at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul on February 5, 2020. / AFP / Yasin AKGUL
In political triumph, Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges 06 Feb 2020 - 12:48 am
US President Donald Trump speaks at the Oval Office of the White House, October 2, 2019. Reuters /  Kevin Lamarque
Second avalanche in eastern Turkey kills 38, most of them rescuers 05 Feb 2020 - 11:41 pm
Search and rescue works continue at site after a second avalanche buries search team during search and rescue efforts in Bahcesaray district of Turkey's eastern Van province on February 05, 2020. (Özkan Bilgin/ Anadolu Agency)
One dead, 157 injured in Istanbul plane skidding off runway 05 Feb 2020 - 11:32 pm
First responders work near the Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-86J plane's broken-up fuselage, after it overran the runway during landing and crashed, at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport, Turkey February 5, 2020. Reuters/Murad Sezer
#MeToo Nigeria style: women opt for martial arts over marches 05 Feb 2020 - 09:16 pm
Adeola Olamide, a 35-year-old mother of three, joins her first self defense class, after being the victim of several assaults in Lagos, Nigeria January 25, 2020. Reuters/Seun Sanni
Cheap as bread, girls sell sex to survive crisis in Africa 05 Feb 2020 - 09:16 pm
A pedestrian walks by the community centre at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in the South African landmark township of Soweto on April 24, 2014. AFP / Mujahid Safodien