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Ringing in Brexit? Plans to celebrate UK exit divide country 26 Jan 2020 - 07:24 pm
Westminster protester and anti-Brexit activist Steve Bray takes part in a protest outside the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium January 23, 2020. Reuters/Yves Herman
Clinton takes aim at Trump as she brings her life story to Sundance 26 Jan 2020 - 07:24 pm
Hillary Clinton signs copies of ‘The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories for Courage and Resilience’ at Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City on October 3, 2019. AFP / Angela Weiss
As election season starts in earnest, all eyes turn to Iowa 26 Jan 2020 - 07:24 pm
A volunteer points to canvassing materials at the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign field office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on January 25, 2020. AFP / Stephen Maturen
Dutch premier issues historic apology at Holocaust memorial 26 Jan 2020 - 07:24 pm
Prime Minister Mark Rutte and mayor Femke Halsema attend a silent march to the
Iraq protesters keep up rallies despite pressure from riot police 26 Jan 2020 - 06:46 pm
An injured Iraqi protester gestures the
Lessons learned from 2016, but US faces new election threats 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss transition plans in the White House Oval Office in Washington, November 10, 2016. Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
Trump lawyers offer surprisingly un-Trumpy defense to impeachment 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone arrives for the Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 21, 2020. AFP / Saul Loeb
Uzbekistan’s MPs to garner support for Mirziyoyev's reelection 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaks during a news conference in Kremlin, Russia, April 5, 2017. Reuters / Pavel Golovkin
Burundi ruling party picks Ndayishimiye to contest presidential vote 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
In this file photo taken on May 22, 2018 The secretary general of the Burundi's ruling party CNDD-FDD Evariste Ndayishimiye speaks to media in Bujumbra. AFP
Trump says lead impeachment Democrat Schiff has not paid 'price, yet' 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
Adam Schiff
Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: Protesters rally outside the US Supreme Court while it  it weighs the legality of Trumps’ latest travel ban targeting people from Muslim-majority countries. Reuters / Yuri Gripas
Palestinians threaten to quit Oslo Accords over Trump peace plan 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
Saeb Erekat
Iraqi protesters defy top cleric and return to the streets 26 Jan 2020 - 04:49 pm
Iraqi demonstrators wave the national flag during an anti-government rally in the southern city of Basra on January 26, 2020. AFP / Hussein FALEH
Syrian troops reach outskirts of key rebel-held town 26 Jan 2020 - 04:44 pm
Damaged buildings that were hit during recent airstrikes by pro-regime forces in the jihadist-held city of Maaret al-Numan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province are pictured on January 25, 2020. AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
China bans wild animal trade until viral outbreak eases 26 Jan 2020 - 04:16 pm
Security personnel wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in Wuhan, stands at a subway station in Beijing on January 26, 2020. AFP / NOEL CELIS
Hong Kong protesters torch planned quarantine building 26 Jan 2020 - 03:46 pm
Residents set up barricades near the vacant Fai Ming Estate to protest against plans for the estate to be used as a quarantine camp for patients and frontline medical staff of a coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, in the Fanling
Local heroes: Wuhan motorists defy virus threat to help neighbours 26 Jan 2020 - 02:40 pm
Cars are seen on a road on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 25, 2020, during a deadly virus outbreak which began in the city. AFP / Hector Retamal
Paris cancels Lunar New Year parade over coronavirus 26 Jan 2020 - 01:42 pm
File Photo: Folk artists perform a dragon dance during celebrations on the eight day of Chinese Lunar New Year of the Pig, in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China February 12. REUTERS/Stringer