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Dorian's death toll expected to soar in Bahamas: 'There must be hundreds' 06 Sep 2019 - 09:23 pm
 The corpse of a man is seen at the Mudd neighborhood, devastated after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, September 6, 2019. Reuters/Marco Bello
Kenya evicts forest dwellers to save country's 'water tower' 06 Sep 2019 - 08:48 pm
Sengwer community protest over their eviction from their Embobut Forest ancestral lands by the government for forest conservation in western Kenya, April 19, 2016. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Katy Migiro
As Amazon leaders meet, scientists warn of fiery future for fragile forest 06 Sep 2019 - 08:47 pm
Birds are seen on a tree partially submerged in water during sunset at the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve in Amazonas State, Brazil on June 27, 2018. AFP/Mauro Pimentel
Judges reject challenge to UK parliament suspension 06 Sep 2019 - 12:33 pm
Business owner and anti-Brexit activist Gina Miller (C) arrives at the High Court, London on September 6, 2019, to receive the verdict of an urgent judicial review brought by herself and former prime minister John Major, challenging the suspension of the
Bahamas warns of severe Dorian death toll, as storm heads to US 06 Sep 2019 - 12:25 pm
TOPSHOT - An aerial view of floods and damages from Hurricane Dorian on Freeport, Grand Bahama on September 5, 2019. / AFP / Adam DelGiudice
Merkel in Beijing says Hong Kong freedoms must be 'guaranteed' 06 Sep 2019 - 12:12 pm
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) inspect an honour guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 6, 2019. / AFP / POOL / Roman PILIPEY
H&M stops buying leather from Brazil over Amazon fires 06 Sep 2019 - 11:57 am
File photo of the logo of H&M is seen in a display window of a store in Zurich, Switzerland January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Zimbabwe ex-president Mugabe dies aged 95 06 Sep 2019 - 08:59 am
Zimbabwe's then President Robert Mugabe (L) addresses party members and supporters gathered at headquarters to show support to Grace Mugabe (R) becoming the party's next Vice President after the dismissal of Emerson Mnangagwa November 8 2017. AFP / Jekesa
HK leader says bill withdrawal own decision, not Beijing's 05 Sep 2019 - 11:39 pm
Medical students hold hands and participate in a human chain during a protest against the police brutality at the Faculty of Medicine in The University of Hong Kong, China, September 5, 2019. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
One dead in Tokyo train-truck collision 05 Sep 2019 - 11:39 pm
A train is seen derailed after a collision with a truck at a crossing in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture on September 5, 2019. AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Most Germans expect Merkel coalition to last to 2021, poll shows 05 Sep 2019 - 10:39 pm
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer greets delegates while she stands next to Angela Merkel after she has been elected as new CDU party leader in Hamburg on December 7, 2018. Abdülhamid Ho?ba?/ Anadolu Agency
How Italy's 'Captain' Salvini steered his ship onto the rocks 05 Sep 2019 - 10:38 pm
Matteo Salvini
UK PM Johnson's suspension of parliament is an abuse of power, court hears 05 Sep 2019 - 07:29 pm
Johnson announced at the end of August that he would suspend parliament from mid-September to mid-October, just before Britain is due to exit the EU on Oct. 31, so the government could announce a new legislative programme.
South Africa tries to contain 'Afrophobia' fallout as riots upstage summit 05 Sep 2019 - 07:29 pm
A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest against xenophobia outside of the main gate of the South African High Commission which was shut down to avert reprisal attacks in Abuja, on September 5, 2019.  AFP / Kola Sulaimon
Putin slams Italy's arrest of Russian executive at US request 05 Sep 2019 - 07:29 pm
Vladimir Putin
EU fears UK is rowing back on Irish border and 'level playing field' 05 Sep 2019 - 07:07 pm
European Union flags are seen in front of the Berlaymont Building in Brussels, Belgium on March 2, 2017. Dursun Aydemir / Anadolu Agency
Trump's Mideast peace envoy set to leave the White House 05 Sep 2019 - 06:41 pm
Jason Greenblatt, Trump's special representative for international negotiations, will depart the administration in the coming weeks, the White House said Thursday.
Italy's new government takes office, but how long will it last? 05 Sep 2019 - 06:41 pm
President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stand with newly sworn-in female cabinet ministers at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy, September 5, 2019. Francesco Ammendola/Presidential Palace/via Reuters