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During the meeting on the sidelines of the 11th BRICS Summit on Wednesday, prime minister Modi said there was a 'new direction and new energy' in bilateral ties after the two leaders' second informal summit in Chennai.

Trump skipped Wednesday's televised hearing, preferring instead to keep working, according to the White House spokesperson.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that the name Arrokoth meant 'sky' in the language of the Native American Powhatan people.

In recent days, security forces have sought to crack down on rallies, but protesters have kept up the movement with sit-ins across the capital and Shiite-majority south.

The Rajapaksas, best known for the brutal defeat of separatist Tamil rebels and then drawing Sri Lanka into China's orbit when the West and India shunned it, are back at the centre of the nation's deeply divisive politics and it is stoking fear.

The online survey of 6,068 adults in 12 countries by the Harris Poll for Mondelez showed that 80% of consumers were looking for healthy, balanced snacks, although the same percentage was also still keen on indulgence.

Marlboro was founded as a women’s cigarette brand before it was repositioned as a masculine product with a rugged cowboy feel and personality.

Blaming Kurdish YPG militia, the Turkish defence ministry said that the bombing took place southeast of the Syrian town of Tel Abyad which Turkey captured in a military offensive that began one month ago.

Australian state of New South Wales is struggling to deal with unprecedented bushfire season this year, which till now has killed three people, displaced thousands and destroyed over 150 homes.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. But the area borders southwestern Baluchistan province, which has been the scene of a low-level insurgency by Baluch separatist groups.

The election turmoil has rattled Evo Morales, a survivor of Latin America's leftist 'pink tide' two decades ago, while shaking faith in the stability of Bolivia's democracy.

The Cabinet voted on Sunday for hard-line politician Naftali Bennett to become defence minister until a permanent government takes hold.

Malmo, Sweden's third-largest city, has seen several explosions and shootings in the past few years in cases linked mainly to organized crime and feuding gangs.

According to a report, David Heinemeier Hansson, in a series of twitter posts starting on Thursday, railed against the Apple Card for giving him 20 times the credit limit that his wife got.

The announcement by President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday would mean Iran's proven crude oil reserves would be boosted by a third. Right now, Iran says it has some 150 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves.

Trump has been a frequent critic of alliance members, notably Germany, complaining that many have not met their goal of devoting two percent of economic output to defense spending.