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After an aerial tour of the damage and a briefing by local officials, Biden plans to announce the appointment of a chief federal response coordinator to oversee the recovery effort.

Forecasters said Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, bringing floods, mudslides, high winds, power outages and the potential for isolated tornadoes.

"The people of Guatemala have spoken forcefully," Arevalo told the media in his first comments after winning by a wide margin. "Enough with so much corruption."

India’s lower external debt and relatively strong fiscal situation may also come as a shield against the crisis playing out in China.

Meanwhile, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Nepal’s Vice President, Ramsahaya Prasad in Kunming on the sidelines of the China-South Asia Expo.

Passenger buses are frequently crammed to capacity and seatbelts are not commonly worn, meaning high death tolls from single-vehicle accidents are common.

The launch of Luna-25 on August 11 was the first such Russian mission in almost 50 years and marked the beginning of Moscow's new lunar project.

Kelowna, a city of 150,000, was choked with thick smoke as it became the latest population centre hit by one of the many wildfires scorching Canada this summer.

Today, BRICS is a formidable group – it accounts for 41% of the world’s population, 31.5% of global gross domestic product and 16% of global trade.

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The review will include a broad range of factors, emerging economic trends and the impacts of climate change, Wickremesinghe said, addressing a Naval gathering in the southern district of Galle.

As Putin met with his generals, Kyiv said it had shot down more than a dozen Russian drones in an overnight attack.

Taiwan deployed aircraft and vessels and activated land-based missile systems in response to the drills and was closely monitoring the situation, the ministry said.

Officers laid road spikes at the closed checkpoints and will proceed to erect fences with barbed wire in the area on Friday, spokeswoman of the border guard service Lina Laurinaityte-Grigiene said.

Varoon currently works as a counsel at Elias Law Group where he advises federal and nonfederal candidates, party committees, and PACs on ballot access and campaign finance issues.

Khan, 70, was sentenced to three years in jail by a sessions court on August 5 for hiding proceeds from the sale of state gifts (Toshakhana).

Emergency responders were constructing firebreaks, installing sprinkler lines and water cannons, and laying fire retardant in an effort to prevent the blaze from reaching the city.