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US farmers caught in trade war with China 08 Jul 2018 - 10:28 am
Farmer Terry Davidson walks through his soy fields July 6, 2018, in Harvard, Illinois, the same day China imposed retaliatory tariffs aimed at the US soybean market. AFP / Derek R. Henkle
Nicaragua's Ortega rules out early elections 08 Jul 2018 - 10:08 am
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega waves to supporters during celebrations to mark the 39th anniversary of the
Trump administration takes another swipe at 'Obamacare' 08 Jul 2018 - 08:29 am
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump hands Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R) an executive order that directs agencies to ease the burden of Obamacare, after signing it in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, U.S. January 20, 2017. Also pictured is White Ho
EPA's new boss unlikely to change Trump environmental policy 07 Jul 2018 - 10:24 am
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler is seen in this image released from Washington, DC, U.S., July 5, 2018. Courtesy Eric Vance/USEPA/Handout via REUTERS
Pompeo in Pyongyang to seek concrete nuclear commitments 07 Jul 2018 - 10:17 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and Kim Yong Chol (L), a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, arrive for a lunch at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang on July 7, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Andrew Harnik
Records broken as heat wave bakes Southern California 07 Jul 2018 - 09:47 am
Children cool off on a hot summer day at a water park in Alhambra, California on July 3, 2018 as southern California braces for a coming heatwave with temperatures expected to hit triple digits. / AFP / Frederic J. BROWN
Both sides seek to 'clarify' as Pompeo holds more North Korea talks 07 Jul 2018 - 09:06 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and Kim Yong Chol (L), a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, arrive for a lunch at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang on July 7, 2018. AFP / POOL / Andrew Harnik
Haiti tense after unpopular fuel price hike 07 Jul 2018 - 09:00 am
Barricades placed by demonstrators are seen on the streets of Petion Ville, in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on June 6, 2018, to protest against the increase in fuel prices. AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL
US orders non-emergency personnel to leave crisis-hit Nicaragua 07 Jul 2018 - 08:36 am
A protester stands at a barricade on the Pan-American highway during a protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Jinotepe, Nicaragua July 5, 2018.REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
Statue of Liberty climber unrepentant; Trump calls her clown 06 Jul 2018 - 08:55 pm
Outside court, the naturalized U.S. citizen from Congo said she climbed the landmark as a spur-of-the-moment protest over the Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policies that resulted in the separation of immigrant children from parents acc
Pruitt's political future uncertain back home in Oklahoma 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm
Scott Pruitt
New EPA boss Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, same as old boss Scott Pruitt in policy 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm
Andrew Wheeler
Feds say ex-firm of Stormy Daniels' lawyer owes unpaid taxes 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm
Stephanie Clifford also known as Stormy Daniels speaks outside US Federal Court with her lawyer Michael Avenatti in Lower Manhattan on April 16, 2018. (AFP / Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
In embattled Venezuela, beauty offers ladder out of poverty 06 Jul 2018 - 04:59 pm
A man gets a haircut after paying for it with two packages of corn flour in Caracas, Venezuela June 29, 2018. Reuters/Marco Bello
New leader at EPA is former coal lobbyist, Senate staffer 05 Jul 2018 - 11:35 pm
Andrew Wheeler
US using DNA tests to reunite children with migrant parents 05 Jul 2018 - 11:35 pm
In this file photo taken on June 15, 2018 Mothers and children wait to be assisted by volunteers in a humanitarian center in the border town of McAllen, Texas. AFP / Leila Macor
Statue of Liberty climber pleads not guilty after immigration protest 05 Jul 2018 - 11:13 pm
Patricia Okoumou walks out of federal court from her arraignment, a day after authorities say she scaled the stone pedestal of the Statue of Liberty to protest U.S. immigration policy, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., July 5, 2018. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
Former Fox News executive to join White House 05 Jul 2018 - 10:57 pm
Bill Shine departs after meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., November 21, 2016. Reuters/Lucas Jackson

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File photo Syria 'shakes off dark stain' with removal from US terror list: President
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Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on August 24, 2026. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) Two Palestinians, including a child, martyred in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Asia

Houses lie partially submerged in muddy water along a riverside after flash floods at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. (Photo by Prabin RANABHAT / AFP) VIDEO: Hundreds missing after Nepal-Tibet flood kills 98
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Participants pull Hirosaki Castle using ropes to its original position following repair works in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture on August 26, 2026. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) With ropes and chants, thousands move Japanese castle
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