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New Mexico couple in family found dead was getting divorce 27 Dec 2019 - 07:41 pm
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Mexico president urges Bolivia to respect right of asylum 27 Dec 2019 - 07:41 pm
Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech before relatives of 43 missing students at the National Palace in Mexico City on December 3, 2018. AFP / Ronaldo Schemidt
Montenegro's parliament approves religion law despite protests 27 Dec 2019 - 06:18 pm
Serbian Orthodox Church clergy and believers stand in front of police near the parliament, ahead of the vote on a controversial law on religious freedom in Podgorica on December 26, 2019. AFP / Savo Prelevic
China launches Long March rocket as space race heats up 27 Dec 2019 - 06:18 pm
The Long March-5 Y3 rocket, China's largest carrier rocket, is transported to the launching site at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan province, China December 21, 2019.  China Daily via Reuters
Hawaii tour copter with 7 aboard is missing, search underway 27 Dec 2019 - 06:18 pm
File photo: A tourist swims with a sandbar shark on a cageless shark dive tour in Haleiwa. Hawaii, February 16, 2015. Reuters / Hugh Gentry
3 die, 1 badly hurt in Southern California apartment fire 27 Dec 2019 - 06:18 pm
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New York City ups policing in Jewish areas after spate of attacks 27 Dec 2019 - 06:18 pm
File photo: NYPD officers stand guard around United Nations headquarters, September 24, 2019. Reuters / Eduardo Munoz
Over 230,000 people flee Idlib in two-week Russian-backed offensive: UN 27 Dec 2019 - 06:17 pm
Trucks carry belongings of people fleeing from Maarat al-Numan, in northern Idlib, Syria December 24, 2019. Reuters/Mahmoud Hassano
Alabama police officer shot in head now speaking, walking 27 Dec 2019 - 06:17 pm
Samuel Yoh (Photo courtesy: dothanfirst.com)
Hundreds of Indonesians hold solidarity rally for Uighurs 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm
Indonesian hardline Muslim group members take part in an anti-China rally in front of the Chinese colsulate in Surabaya, East Java, on December 27, 2019, to condemn China's government for rounding up an estimated one million Uighurs and other mostly Musli
India clamps down on marches, internet after deadly protests 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm
A policewoman tries to detain a demonstrator during a protest against a new citizenship law, in New Delhi, India, December 27, 2019. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Venezuela's poorest struggle to take care of their dead 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm
Venezuelan migrants sleep at a park in Bucaramanga, Colombia, on December 17, 2019.  AFP / Juan Barreto
12 killed, 49 hurt after plane crashes in Kazakhstan 27 Dec 2019 - 11:39 am
This handout picture taken on December 27, 2019 and released by Kazakhstan's emergencies committee shows resquers working at the site of a passenger plane crash outside Almaty. ( AFP / Kazakhstan's emergencies committee)
Norwegian, 71, told to leave India after joining citizenship law protest 27 Dec 2019 - 11:39 am
Demonstrators prepare placards before attending a protest march against a new citizenship law, in Kochi, India, December 23, 2019. (REUTERS/Sivaram V)
Sizzling temperatures hit Australia as wildfires persist 27 Dec 2019 - 11:22 am
Firetrucks are seen stationed on a road as a bushfire burns in Bargo, southwest of Sydney on December 21, 2019. (AFP / PETER PARKS)
Flushed with fear: South Africa's sewage system collapse a 'time bomb' 26 Dec 2019 - 10:08 pm
Mike Gaade from water rights organisation SAVE, points to water in the distance from his home in Lochvaal, South Africa, 29 November 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/ Kim Harrisberg
Oxygen bar to fake rain: 10 ways India tried to beat its 'airpocalypse' 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm
Indian policemen stand as traffic passes through the Civil Lines area of Allahabad on December 14, 2016. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
Tears flow as politicians fail to dispel 'climate darkness' 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets Swedish climate change teen activist Greta Thunberg before a climate strike march in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 27, 2019. Reuters / Andrej Ivanov