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Merkel's conservatives widen lead to 7 points 5 months before German vote 30 Apr 2017 - 08:54 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference after the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Urban farming flourishes in New York 30 Apr 2017 - 08:27 am
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Australia probes 'jihadi child threat' video 30 Apr 2017 - 08:10 am
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Memories of colonial abuse and lost prosperity haunt DR Congo town 30 Apr 2017 - 07:53 am
Congolese artist Cedrick Tamasala, vice president of the (CAPTC) Congolese Plantation Workers Art League, displays his first artwork made during a workshop in 2015 at the Kibangu Camp in Lusanga on April 21, 2017. AFP / Junior D. KANNAH
Trump celebrates first 100 days as president, blasts media 30 Apr 2017 - 07:40 am
US President Donald Trump appears on stage at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Thousands of revellers celebrate Dutch king's 50th birthday 29 Apr 2017 - 10:27 pm
Hundreds of people pose for a picture with Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander (centre) after a dinner with 150 fifty-year-old Dutch people who were invited on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the King at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, late on Frid
Working relationship with Trump good: Merkel 29 Apr 2017 - 10:27 pm
Donald Trump (left) and Angela Merkel.
UKIP leader Nuttall to stand in pro-Brexit stronghold in UK election 29 Apr 2017 - 10:20 pm
Paul Nuttall will stand in the Conservative-held seat, and will test the extent to which the country’s most eurosceptic areas trust British Prime Minister Theresa May’s party with the Brexit process.
Merkel says she has a `preference' for Macron in French election 29 Apr 2017 - 10:20 pm
Emmanuel Macron
Orban scolded by EU over law targeting Soros's university 29 Apr 2017 - 10:20 pm
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at a special EU leaders' meeting of the European Council to adopt the guidelines for the Brexit talks, in Brussels on April 29, 201. AFP / Olivier Hoslet
First lady dedicates 'healing' garden at children's hospital 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
US First Lady Melania Trump takes part in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Children's National Health System in Washington, DC, yesterday. Trump spoke at the opening of the Bunny Mellon Healing Garden for patients and famlies, an outdoor location to safel
Le Pen has potential prime minister, no rush on Euro exit 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
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EU leaders close ranks over Brexit 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre) speaks with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (left) while French President Francois Hollande looks on during a special EU leaders' meeting at the main headquarters of European Council and the Council of the EU,
EU suspects Brexit mind games in UK veto on budget 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May at an election campaign rally near Aberdeen in Scotland, yesterday.
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California enacts $52bn fuel tax hike for road and bridge repairs 29 Apr 2017 - 09:57 pm
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Violence mars Brazil’s anti-austerity strike 29 Apr 2017 - 09:57 pm
Protesters burn items looted from offices during the nationwide strike called by unions opposing austerity reforms in Rio de Janeiro
Venezuela begins process to leave OAS; protests rage 29 Apr 2017 - 09:50 pm
Carmen Velasquez (left), Interim Ambassador of Venezuela at the Organisation of American States, submits a letter to OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro, formally starting the process to quit the 34-member-countries regional body.