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The man, Wei Wei, had committed the murders in mid-2003 with two accomplices who were also Chinese nationals.

Typhoon Phanfone, with winds of 195 kilometres an hour, tore roofs off houses and toppled electric posts as it cut across the Philippines. It also hit top holiday destinations that are famed for their white-sand beaches.

Monsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn't likely to begin until 2021 and described his 'heartache' that Notre Dame couldn't hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.

Besides sending a stern message for China, Dalai Lama harped on the importance of living life peacefully. Peace lies in compassion and warm-heartedness and being a social animal, all human beings have compassion by birth, he said.

Maryam Nawaz, the 46-year-old daughter of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was placed on the no-fly list in August 2018. She wanted to travel London to see her ailing father.

The 'little town' in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is planning festivities in and around the Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born.

A spokesman for the Japanese minister of foreign affairs said Abe "urged China to continue its self-restraint" over Hong Kong and expressed "hope for an early resolution of the situation".

Video footage of the scene showed a sea of cars that had collided with one another or the interstate barricade, some with their doors, trunks and bumpers mangled.

The famous clock-cum-bell on the banks of the river Thames, housed within the Elizabeth Tower of the Houses of Parliament complex, has not been ringing out its regular bongs during an ongoing renovation programme.

Impeachment will reverberate as well in Senate races, where the GOP will be fighting to retain its 53-47 majority. That chamber is expected to begin its trial next month on whether to oust Trump from office and seems certain to acquit him.

The statement was issued after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told media that Pakistan was forced by Saudi Arabia to stay away from the gathering.

Caitlan Coleman testified that during five years of captivity, Joshua Boyle had become physically abusive, biting, choking, punching, slapping and spanking her, as well as casually threatening to kill her in front of their children.

The thieves drained the water from two tanks on a property west of Sydney.

The heatwave is another alarm bell about global warming in Australia, where this year's early and intense start to regular summer bushfires has heaped pressure on the Australian government to do more to tackle climate change.

Although the country is deeply religious and conservative, same-sex marriage is legal and gay couples have the right to adopt children -- whether or not they are the biological children of one of the partners.

Several participants in the talks from almost 200 countries raised concerns that the current texts drafted overnight would backtrack the 2015 Paris agreement.