Protesters in Mexico show solidarity with Women's March and other top stories.

• Protesters in Mexico show solidarity with Women's March

  Organized by a coalition of women's groups in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington, US and Mexican citizens came together to form a human wall along the capital's central thoroughfare, Paseo de la Reforma, shutting the city's main artery for around an hour and tapping into the tradition of Mexican independence and civil protest. The demonstration spilled out from the sidewalk in front of the US embassy, where protesters stood behind tall metal barricades several dozen feet away from t..

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• Ex-intel chief: Trump's relationship with intel community 'dismaying'

  

  President Trump’s tense relationship with leading U.S. intelligence officials is “dismaying” and hurts the individuals who staff the country’s vast intelligence networks, a former Director of National Intelligence said in an interview aired Sunday.John Negroponte, who was the first person to serve in the DNI role when it was created under President George W. Bush, urged the newly-inaugurated president to extend an olive branch to the intelligence community, suggesting that he does not yet unders..

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• Powerful Quake Hits Off Papua New Guinea

  

  UPDATE: 3:05 a.m. EST —  The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), in its final alert, rescinded the tsunami threats following a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea at 4:30 a.m. UTC Sunday (11:30 p.m. EST). “The tsunami threat from this earthquake has now passed,” PTWC said. However, it advised people to remain observant and exercise caution near the sea.“This will be the final statement issued for this event unless new information is received or the situation..

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• 32 killed, 50 injured as train derails in southern India

  

  An overnight passenger train derailed in southern India, killing at least 32 people and injuring 50 in the latest accident to hit the country's massive, disaster-prone rail network. Seven coaches of the Hirakand Express were thrown off the tracks around midnight Saturday, some landing on a goods train that was on a parallel track, said Divisional Railway manager Chandralekha Mukherji.  Rescue workers were trying to cut open the mangled coaches Sunday morning near the Kuneru railway station in ..

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• Protesters across globe rally for women's rights

  

  The Women's March drew members of Congress, world-famous actresses and countless citizens like Joanne Gascoyne of Albany, New York a 78-year-old retired teacher who traveled to New York City with her daughter and two granddaughters."I feel people are afraid to vote for a woman for president," Gascoyne said. "I'm really here for women and to inspire my granddaughters to carry on."The protesters came out for a range of reasons, including immigration, health care and a general antipathy to Trump. B..

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• Theresa May 'won't be afraid' to challenge Donald Trump

  

  Media captionThe PM says she wants to build on the special relationship but will say if she finds things "unacceptable". Theresa May says she "won't be afraid" to tell Donald Trump if he says or does anything she feels is "unacceptable". The two will hold talks in the White House on Friday on issues such as trade and security, with the prime minister being the first foreign leader to meet the US president since he took office.The "special relationship" between the two countries will enable..

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