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From travel to IPOs, how shutdown is upsetting US economy 16 Jan 2019 - 01:37 pm
A protestor holds a sign during a rally outside a closed federal building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Russia’s Lavrov mocks suggestion that Trump worked for the Kremlin 16 Jan 2019 - 01:25 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives his annual press conference in Moscow on January 16, 2019. / AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
California storms to dump up to 7 feet of snow, force evacuations 16 Jan 2019 - 01:15 pm
A woman covers her head with plastic as rain falls in Hollywood, California January 14, 2019. AFP / Robyn Beck
China brushes off international concern over death sentence for Canadian 16 Jan 2019 - 12:48 pm
Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg appears in court for a retrial of his drug smuggling case in Dalian, Liaoning province, China, January 14, 2019, in this handout picture received by Reuters January 15, 2019. Intermediate People's Court of Dalian/Handout
Russia says it caught former U.S. marine accused of spying red-handed 16 Jan 2019 - 12:26 pm
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UK's May might have to find Brexit alternative - Commons leader 16 Jan 2019 - 11:43 am
Britain's Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom (R) leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on January 15, 2019. AFP / Adrian DENNIS
Time for playing games on Brexit over: German foreign minister 16 Jan 2019 - 11:00 am
FILE PHOTO: Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas looks on during a 'Global Ireland' news conference in Dublin, Ireland January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Uneasy calm in Zimbabwe amid stay-at-home fuel price protest 16 Jan 2019 - 10:54 am
Anti-riot police stands on a truckload engaging in running battles with protestors in Emakhandeni township, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on January 15, 2019. AFP / ZINYANGE AUNTONY
Kenya militant attack over, all "terrorists" killed: President 16 Jan 2019 - 10:39 am
DusitD2 hotel complex is seen after security forces had killed all four militants who stormed the upscale hotel in Nairobi, Kenya January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Graphic NYT photo on Kenyan terror attack draws online anger 16 Jan 2019 - 09:21 am
Kenyan policemen walk from the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Anti-Trump Senator Gillibrand launches presidential bid 16 Jan 2019 - 08:51 am
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) makes an appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert in New York, NY, U.S., January 15, 2019. Courtesy Scott Kowalchyk/CBS/Handout via REUTERS
Workers in Kenya capital still trapped after militant attack 16 Jan 2019 - 08:46 am
People are evacuated by a member of security forces at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound, in Nairobi, Kenya January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Corbyn: Serial rebel with designs on Downing Street 16 Jan 2019 - 08:30 am
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in London on January 14, 2019. AFP / Tolga Akmen
British PM faces confidence vote after Brexit humiliation 16 Jan 2019 - 08:20 am
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May making a statement in the House of Commons in London on January 15, 2019 directly after MPs rejected the government's Brexit deal. AFP PHOTO /MARK DUFFY / UK Par
Shutdown bites economy, US Coast Guard, as talks to end impasse stall 16 Jan 2019 - 07:51 am
The US Capitol is seen On the 25th day of the partial government shutdown at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C., United States on January 15, 2019. ( Yasin Öztürk - Anadolu Agency )
'Humiliated': British press says May 'crushed' by defeat 16 Jan 2019 - 01:16 am
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (C) making a statement in the House of Commons in London on January 15, 2019 directly after MPs rejected the government's Brexit deal. AFP/ Jessica Taylor / UK P
Death toll rises to 14 in Nairobi hotel compound attack claimed by Somali group 16 Jan 2019 - 01:16 am
A security officer holds a gun in the building attached to the DusitD2 compound in Nairobi, on January 15, 2019, after a blast followed by a gun battle rocked the upmarket hotel complex.  AFP / Kabir Dhanji
What next for Brexit? Three main scenarios 15 Jan 2019 - 11:34 pm
EU supporters have been calling for another vote ever since the Leave campaign won by 52 to 48 percent in the 2016 referendum, and demands have stepped up in recent months.