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Ruiz or Ruiz? Name game complicates race for US congress seat 08 Sep 2019 - 10:45 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 21, 2018 Representative Raul Ruiz (D-CA) talks about the Trump tax cuts during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center June 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Chip SOMODEVI
Trump just can't let go on 'Sharpie-gate' 08 Sep 2019 - 10:29 am
US President Donald Trump holds a chart showing the original projected track of Hurricane Dorian that appears to have been extended with a black line to include parts of the Florida panhandle and of the state of Alabama during a status report meeting on t
Hong Kong's grandpa protesters speak softly but carry a stick 08 Sep 2019 - 09:33 am
This picture taken on September 7, 2019 shows
Central Beijing locked down for overnight army parade rehearsal 08 Sep 2019 - 09:04 am
Paramilitary police march past trucks with propaganda slogans on Beijing's Changan Avenue, the city's main east-west boulevarde, during an overnight rehearsal of a military parade to mark Communist China's 70th anniversary, in Beijing on September 7, 2019
Japan ex-empress undergoes breast cancer surgery 08 Sep 2019 - 09:02 am
Japan's former empress Michiko (R) enters Tokyo University hospital on September 7, 2019. Japan OUT / AFP / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / JAPAN POOL VIA JIJI PRESS
Hong Kong protesters call on Trump to "liberate" the city 08 Sep 2019 - 08:53 am
A protester is seen wearing a cap that reads,
Amid fears of higher Dorian death toll, islanders vie to leave 08 Sep 2019 - 08:33 am
Residents work to salvage belongings near their homes in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco, Bahamas, September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Can DR Congo leaders keep their pledge of free school? 08 Sep 2019 - 08:12 am
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Ukraine's Sentsov calls for release of other prisoners 07 Sep 2019 - 06:20 pm
Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov disembarks from a plane on September 7, 2019 at Boryspil international airport in Kiev after a long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev,  AFP / Anatolii STEPANOV
Iran says boat seized in Strait of Hormuz, Filipinos arrested 07 Sep 2019 - 05:21 pm
The British-flagged tanker Stena Impero remains anchored off the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas after the Revolutionary Guards impounded it on July 19 for breaking
Merkel says Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap a 'sign of hope' 07 Sep 2019 - 04:29 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for pictures on a bridge crossing the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Rinke
'Hour of darkness' for Bahamas; 43 dead, with toll to rise 07 Sep 2019 - 03:56 pm
A soldier stands guard at Marsh Harbour Government Port during an evacuation operation after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello
To set up 'safe zone,' US wades into muddled Syria politics 07 Sep 2019 - 03:14 pm
A convoy of Turkish military vehicles passing through the village of Kafr Halab on the western edge of Aleppo province. / AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
Taliban kidnap six Afghan journalists 07 Sep 2019 - 03:05 pm
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Hong Kong averts airport protest with security blitz 07 Sep 2019 - 02:40 pm
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Antitrust probe of Facebook may be first step against Big Tech 07 Sep 2019 - 02:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Pakistan denies use of airspace to Indian president 07 Sep 2019 - 02:11 pm
Pakistani soldiers pay tribute at a war monument to celebrate Defence Day, which marks the anniversary of the country's second war with India between August and September 1965 with both sides claiming victory after it ended in a stalemate, near Wagah bord
UN says floods, heavy rainfall in Sudan kill 78 people 07 Sep 2019 - 02:01 pm
Buildings are seen aftermath of the flash floods in White Nile State, Khartoum, Sudan on September 05, 2019.  Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu