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Hundreds of thousands stranded as British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses 23 Sep 2019 - 09:08 am
FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian walks past a Thomas Cook shop in central London, November 26, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo
Canada's Trudeau pushes on with campaign after severe blow from blackface photos 23 Sep 2019 - 08:40 am
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves to supporters after speaking at an election campaign stop in Brampton, Ontario, Canada September 22, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osori/File Photo
Bridging the gap: Yangon's boom falls short across river 23 Sep 2019 - 12:21 am
People from Dala township arriving by boat in Yangon after crossing the Yangon River. AFP / Sai Aung Main
Africa to seek declaration of global climate emergency at UN summit 22 Sep 2019 - 10:13 pm
Traditional Samburu tribes-people shelter in the shade of an acacia at Merille livestock market, some 411km north of Nairobi, in Marsabit county on April 30, 2019. AFP/Tony Karumba
Egypt warns media to take care in coverage amid protests 22 Sep 2019 - 07:58 pm
Media members are seen in front of pharaonic mummy of Sennedjem after it was removed from coffin at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo, September 21, 2019. Reuters/Amr Abdallah
Elizabeth Warren overtakes Biden to lead in latest Iowa poll 22 Sep 2019 - 07:58 pm
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In gun buyback talk, how do you round up so many weapons? 22 Sep 2019 - 07:58 pm
A Chesterfield County police officer sort through thousands of guns found in a home and garage in Pageland, South Carolina, November 10, 2015. Reuters
India seizes one tonne of ketamine on boat, arrests six Myanmar crew 22 Sep 2019 - 07:58 pm
Indian Coast Guard with Myanmarese ship's crew after seizing 1160 kg of Ketamine drug from their boat near Car Nicobar islands on September 19, 2019. AFP / Indian Ministry of Defence handout
Hands off our cultural heritage, say world's indigenous people 22 Sep 2019 - 07:58 pm
Ecuadorean indigenous people share a traditional lunch in Quimsacocha, Azuay province, Ecuador, on September 2, 2019. AFP/Rodrigo Buendia
Gulf Coast seafood biz slammed by freshwater from floods 22 Sep 2019 - 07:58 pm
A restaurant employee chucks an oyster at Seaworthy, a seafood restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana that recycles shells as part of a community project to build breakwaters, Nov 16, 2018. TRF/Sebastien Malo
Israeli Arab parties back Gantz for PM in break with precedent 22 Sep 2019 - 06:05 pm
Arab Joint List alliance Supporters hold campaign stickers in the northern Israeli Arab town of Sakhnin on September 17, 2019. AFP / Ahmad Gharabli
UK Labour seeks Brexit plan to reverse poll slump 22 Sep 2019 - 06:05 pm
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's moment of truth at the annual party conference comes with Britain facing the grim prospect of ending its 46-year involvement in the European Union
Ex-cop's murder trial for shooting neighbor set to start 22 Sep 2019 - 06:05 pm
A scene of wreath walks at the Greenville Avenue Church of Christ for the funeral service for Botham Shem Jean on September 13, 2018 in Richardson, Texas. Stewart F House / Getty Images / AFP
Five-year period ending 2019 set to be hottest on record: UN 22 Sep 2019 - 05:15 pm
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Two flights diverted from Dubai due to suspected drones 22 Sep 2019 - 04:35 pm
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Hong Kong protesters trample Chinese flag, set fires 22 Sep 2019 - 02:28 pm
A barricade on fire set by anti-government protesters is pictured during a demonstration in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China September 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Sri Lanka orders fresh probe into Easter suicide bombings 22 Sep 2019 - 11:51 am
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena delivers a speech during the opening of the Lotus Tower in Colombo on September 16, 2019.  AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
4 Chinese tourists killed in Utah bus accident identified 22 Sep 2019 - 11:10 am
A view shows a bus carrying Chinese-speaking tourists after it crashed off a road near Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, U.S., September 20, 2019. Utah Highway Patrol/Handout via REUTERS