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The elections take place a day after after Moscow and Kiev carried out a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners, a deal hailed as a first step towards ending five years of conflict after Moscow's annexation of Crimea.

Jack Ma plans to put his vast fortune — among China's biggest at $41 billion — into initiatives serving his first love, education, following the footsteps of a fellow tech innovator he admires: Bill Gates.

The enormous Avenue of Eternal Peace, which leads to Tiananmen Square, was closed to traffic for about a dozen kilometres to allow troops to parade around Tiananmen Square, the symbolic heart of Chinese power.

The trilateral forum will help improve the environment of peace and security in Afghanistan by opening the doors of economic activity and trade, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told the media at the airbase.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said travelers to areas of risk should protect themselves by preventing mosquito bites.

A delegation of Shri Hinglaj Mata temple on Tuesday met Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan to discuss the facilities available at the temple.

As day broke, the Category 3 hurricane was 80 miles (130 kilometers) southeast of Charleston, moving north along the coast with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

A vaccine called Dengvaxia was previously discovered to combat dengue. As per report by ScienceMag.org, around 1 million children in the Philippines had received this vaccine against dengue.

There has been no let-up in violence in Afghanistan even though Taliban and US officials have been making progress in negotiations aimed at securing a deal on a US troop withdrawal in exchange for Taliban security guarantees.

The UN said 70,000 people on Grand Bahama and Abaco island — virtually the entire population — were in 'immediate need' of aid while the government confirmed the grim new victim count, which was expected to rise further.

If it is passed in full, it will force Boris Johnson to ask for the EU for extension to the October 31 Brexit deadline if a so-called divorce pact is not in place by mid-October.

US and Europe have been caught up in a series of feuds over trade, Brexit, ties with Iran and climate change that Europe blames on the go-it-alone diplomacy of President Donald Trump.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Sruthi Boppana said that Maniam spotted a couple in an inebriated situation sleeping on a bench at a public bus stop on April 20 last year. He carried the woman to another spot and sexually assaulted her.

Reflecting the helplessness, a new television ad shows residents of all 34 provinces holding up pieces of paper that simply say 'Peace'.

Bernie Sanders told a gathering of Muslims that he was 'deeply concerned' about the situation in Kashmir and asked the US government to 'speak out boldly in support of a UN-backed peaceful resolution to resolve the issue'.

The Chinese nationals were working in different capacities at the atomic energy plant near the coastal beach area of Hawkes Bay in Karachi.