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Trump impeachment acquittal on track ahead of Senate vote 05 Feb 2020 - 06:13 pm
President Donald Trump waves after delivering his State of the Union address in the chamber of the US House of Representatives at the US Capitol Building on February 4, 2020. AFP / Olivier Douliery
Cold, disease threaten more than half a million Syrians fleeing Idlib fighting 05 Feb 2020 - 06:13 pm
Syrians fleeing with their belongings pass through the town of Batabo in the Aleppo province, on February 5, 2020, on their way northwards toward the Turkish border amid an ongoing regime offensive. AFP / Aaref Watad
Italy, Turkey screen all arriving passengers for coronavirus 05 Feb 2020 - 05:41 pm
Italian citizens repatriated from the coronavirus hot-zone of Wuhan are transfered by bus after landing at the Mario De Bernardi military airport in Pratica di Mare, south of Rome, on February 3, 2020 prior to be placed in quarantine at the nearby Cecchig
Chinese GP in doubt as Shanghai suspends all sporting events 05 Feb 2020 - 04:33 pm
A lone motorcycle rider is seen on an empty street in Hangzhou, some 175 kilometres (110 miles) southwest of Shanghai on February 5, 2020, near the Alibaba headquarters.  AFP / NOEL CELIS
Two Malaysians brought home from Wuhan test positive for virus 05 Feb 2020 - 01:30 pm
 Evacuated Malaysian nationals from Wuhan, China are directed onto a bus by health officials in protective suits after arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, February 4, 2020. MalaysiaÕs Ministry of Health/Muzzafar Kasim/Hando
Indonesia’s ‘Scariest Market’ takes Bat off menu over virus fear 05 Feb 2020 - 11:09 am
Indonesian citizens wait to be evacuated, ahead of departure to Indonesia at Tianhe International Airport, in Wuhan, Hubei, China February 1, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken by February 1, 2020. Antara Foto/ via REUTERS
Hundreds evacuate homes in New Zealand to escape flooding 05 Feb 2020 - 10:22 am
This handout picture taken on February 3, 2020 and released by the New Zealand Transport Agency shows a main highway evastated by the flood after severe flooding near Mataura in New Zealand's South Island. AFP PHOTO
China is trying to patent Gilead’s experimental Coronavirus drug 05 Feb 2020 - 09:21 am
Lab technicians register samples from potential victims of the novel coronavirus at the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Thailand at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok on February 5, 2020. / AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Malaysia's former first lady goes on trial for corruption 05 Feb 2020 - 08:52 am
Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak, arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Trump's State of Union speech exposes bitter US divides 05 Feb 2020 - 08:24 am
House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rips up pages of the State of the Union speech after U.S. President Donald Trump finishes his State of the Union speech in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. Mark
Buttigieg has narrow Iowa lead on Sanders, Biden lags in Democratic race 05 Feb 2020 - 08:20 am
Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg, speaks during a campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Salvadorans killed after U.S. deportation highlights dangers to migrants: report 05 Feb 2020 - 08:16 am
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5% tax on remittances from India, foreign tour packages 05 Feb 2020 - 12:20 am
India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds budget papers during a photo opportunity as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
At least 4 killed in avalanche in eastern Turkey 04 Feb 2020 - 11:33 pm
Search and rescue works continue at site to find a construction equipment and a van, which have been buried under avalanche with passengers, at Van-Bahcesaray highway in Van, Turkey on February 4, 2020. (Özkan Bilgin / Anadolu Agency)
Iowa reports no caucus winner after ‘inconsistencies’ bedevil count 04 Feb 2020 - 10:39 pm
View of the banquet hall the day following 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar's Iowa Caucus Rally in Des Moines, Iowa, US, February 4, 2020. Reuters/Brenna Norman
Wishful thinking: Chief justice no savior for liberals at Trump trial 04 Feb 2020 - 10:39 pm
In this file photo taken on November 30, 2018 Chief Justice John Roberts poses for the official group photo at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. AFP / Mandel Ngan
No takers for Indonesia's 'pluck a tyre off the croc' contest 04 Feb 2020 - 08:55 pm
This photo taken on February 2, 2020 shows a crocodile, with a motorbike tyre around its neck, by the riverbanks in Palu, Central Sulawesi province. AFP / Nanang
Reform of customary laws urged to protect India's indigenous land 04 Feb 2020 - 08:55 pm
A group of Garo tribal men beat drums to establish a new world record of drum assembles at Shillong, the capital of India's northeastern state of Meghalaya, October 28, 2006. Reuters/Utpal Baruah