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Lebanese leading Sunni politician Saad alHariri nominated the country's ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib to be the next prime minister in formal consultations on Monday, major Lebanese broadcasters reported.

The successor to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is resigning because of poor health, faces a daunting list of economic, diplomatic and security issues.

Defying claims, the police officials said that the youth was not tortured and he had developed COVID like symptoms before dying.

The new Redmi 9 from Xiaomi is the latest budget offering from the company that competes against the Realme C12 and Samsung Galaxy M01s.

A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:

George Floyd. Sacagawea. The guy who invented air conditioning.

India, the world’s second-most populous country, has been posting the highest single-day caseload in the world every day since Aug. 7, exceeding the tallies of both the United States and Brazil.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told U.S. President Donald Trump that the strengthening of their two nations' alliance would be maintained even after Abe's departure from office, a Japanese government spokesman said on Monday.

Schools and businesses reopened in Auckland on Monday after the lifting of a lockdown in New Zealand's largest city to contain the resurgence of the coronavirus, but face masks were made mandatory on public transport across the country.

Chinas manufacturing activity held steady in August as domestic demand helped to offset weaker orders from exports markets that are struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, a survey showed Monday.

Mainland Chinese investors are scouring Hong Kong's commercial property market for bargains after prices plunged 30%, signalling a new wave of demand following antigovernment protests last year that kept a lid on investment activity.

The company claimed that the NEPLTA is adamant on its demand and the first round of talks has failed, while the agitators alleged that the PSU has not taken any initiative to address their issues.

The vessels have been deployed all along the Indian Ocean, especially the Malacca Straits which is China's preferred route to move towards other countries.

A Florida suspect was shot dead by police after he opened fire on officers serving a warrant for his arrest, officials said.

"Today morning, the IAF launched a Mi17V5 helicopter to rescue 02 youth and an elderly man from their inundated houses near Mowad village in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh situated along the banks of the overflowing Wainganga river," the IAF said in a tweet.

The European Union's mission in Kosovo on Sunday called on ethnic Albanians in the country to give blood samples to help identify the remains of people missing for more than two decades since they were taken away by Serb police and paramilitary forces.