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Irish leader said on the day Britain leaves the EU that, 'A failure to secure a trade deal would be a major threat, and an existential threat to our economy in 2021, so we do need that deal.'

The clarification was issued after news reports claimed the prime minister's gross salary would be increased from Rs 2,01,574 to around Rs 8,00,000.

The man lay straight on his back in front of a closed furniture store in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. Medical staff in blue overalls gently shrouded his body with a blue blanket.

Officials said an uncontrolled fire in the ACT's south, on the doorstep of Canberra, had grown to 185 sq km, almost 8% of the territory's land mass.

Samples from a Chinese couple were sent for testing after three doctors and a nurse boarded the Costa Crociere ship in the port of Civitavecchia to tend to a woman running a fever, the local health authorities said.

The cash giveaway immediately drew harsh criticism from Democrats, who said paying off potential voters was a desperate tactic.

Japan now has confirmed 11 cases of the virus, including a tour bus driver who was infected after coming into contact with Chinese visitors.

The British Broadcasting Corporation, which has an £80 million ($104 million) savings target, said it was spending too much on "traditional linear broadcasting and not enough on digital".

The plane is making a refueling stop in Alaska before flying on to Southern California, the US Embassy in China said.

Prime Minister Khan has already directed a high level meeting of stakeholders to make plans to deal with any emergency.

Kobe Bryant was a fan of Coelho's and called 'The Alchemist' his favorite book. He recommended it to everyone from former teammate Kyrie Irving to Rob Pelinka, his former agent who now runs the Lakers' basketball operations.

Prosecutors have said DNA evidence recovered from the girl’s pajama pants was linked to Maraj. The girl’s younger brother also testified at the trial that he witnessed one assault.

The White House meeting with Netanyahu and, separately, with his arch rival Benny Gantz, thrusts Trump right into Israel's tense election scheduled in just over a month.

Members of the Guru Ravidas Temple held the protest outside the office of Pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice.

In June 1944, as it became clear that Germany was losing the war, Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler ordered some camps be evacuated before they were reached by Allied troops, and that their prisoners be transferred to other locations.

The interim pact was only supposed to last five years while a permanent agreement was finalized but it has tacitly been rolled over for more than two decades.