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Britain's May should set resignation date next week: Senior lawmaker 11 May 2019 - 11:18 am
File photo of Theresa May.
Mueller won't testify next week, talks ongoing: House Democrat 11 May 2019 - 09:58 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 12, 2013, then Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.  AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / ALEX WON
Venezuela braces for unrest as Maduro clamps down 11 May 2019 - 09:50 am
The entrance of 'El Helicoide', a detention centre of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), where National Assembly vice president Edgar Zambrano is under arrest, is pictured in Caracas, Venezuela May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Trump orders tariff hike on remaining Chinese imports 11 May 2019 - 09:01 am
A photo illustration shows a label inside an item of clothing reading
Indonesian police hunt inmates after mass prison break 11 May 2019 - 08:41 am
An armed plainclothes policeman (L) secures the area around Siak prison in Siak Sri Indrapura in Riau province on May 11, 2019 after rioting and a fire broke out at the detention centre leading to a prison break. AFP / WAHYUDI
Hong Kong extradition row sparks parliament scuffles 11 May 2019 - 08:32 am
Pro-democracy lawmakers clash with pro-Beijing lawmakers during a meeting for control of a meeting room to consider the controversial extradition bill, in Hong Kong, China May 11, 2019. REUTERS/James Pomfret
Mexican official resigns as HIV drug shortage sparks outcry 10 May 2019 - 11:12 pm
Carlos Magis confirmed to the Thomson Reuters Foundation via text message local media reports that he had quit his job as director of comprehensive care at the national HIV/AIDS agency, Censida, but declined to give further details.Photo: Linkedin.com
Nurse's rape and murder sparks protest in Bangladesh 10 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
Students of Ibn Sina Nursing Institute stage a human chain in Kalyanpur yesterday, protesting the rape and killing of Shahinoor Akhter Tania. Photo courtesy: The Daily Star
Gangs to gardens: Kenyan youth shun crime to create green spaces 10 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
Members of Komb Green Solutions pose for a picture in Korogocho, Kenya on March 27, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Thomas Bwire
Conflicts uproot a record 41 mln in their own countries 10 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
Internally displaced Syrians wait near the Bab al-Salam crossing, opposite the Turkey's Kilis province, on the outskirts of the northern Syrian border town of Azaz in this Reuters file photo
Tripoli urges Trump to stop Haftar's backers meddling in Libya 10 May 2019 - 08:47 pm
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj speaks during a press conference on July 17, 2016 in Tunis (AFP)
Social networks under intense surveillance in Pakistan 10 May 2019 - 08:28 pm
In this file photo taken on May 9, 2014 Pakistani vendors use computers to upload music and video files onto their client's mobile phones at a market in Faisalabad. AFP / Farooq Naeem
Three migrants drown off Tunisian coast, dozens missing 10 May 2019 - 08:28 pm
Migrants are seen onboard a Libyan Coast Guard vessel following a rescue operation in central Mediterranean Sea, January 31, 2018. Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis
Hungary stems migrant flow, but issue remains big in EU vote 10 May 2019 - 10:27 am
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (C) and Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel speak during an Informal Summit of Heads of State or Government of the EU countries in Sibiu, central Romania on May 9, 2019. AFP / POOL / OLIVIER HOSLET
Venezuela: Guaido call for new protests on Saturday 10 May 2019 - 09:51 am
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country's rightful interim ruler, gestures during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Indian politicians don't walk the talk on women 10 May 2019 - 12:09 am
A worker displays T-shirts with images of Mamata Banerjee Narendra ModiM Rahul Gandhi and logo of CPI-M for sale inside a shop in Kolkata, India, March 26, 2019. Reuters / Rupak De Chowdhuri
Displaced by fighting then by mudslides, Colombians struggle to rebuild 10 May 2019 - 12:09 am
Landslide survivor Eugenia Torres and her friends stand behind a home in a flood prone area in Mocoa, Colombia, March 28, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Anastasia Moloney
Lebanon students get classes in surviving war and disasters 10 May 2019 - 12:09 am
Volunteers conduct a first-aid check on a student during a safety drill at ATakmiliyat Al Kobba 2nd School in Tripoli, Lebanon, March 28, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Heba Kenso

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