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The volcano eruption spewed a plume of ash thousands of feet into the air off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, with the site deemed too dangerous hours later for police and rescuers to search for the missing.

Finland's ruling Social Democratic Party council voted 32-29 late Sunday to name Sanna Marin over rival Antti Lindtman to take over the government's top post from incumbent Antti Rinne.

The protests escalated in June over a now-shelved extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland China for trial, but have now evolved into broader calls for democracy, among other demands.

The US President earlier questioned why the World Bank continued to loan money to China, which has plenty of it already.

Amna Nawaz, 40, will co-moderate the sixth Democratic primary debate on December 19 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California along with PBS managing editor Judy Woodruff.

25-year-old Namrita Chandni was found dead on a cot by her friends on September 16 with a rope tied to her neck following which the Sindh government ordered a judicial inquiry.

The attack came as Washington considers deploying between 5,000 and 7,000 fresh troops to the Middle East to counter its arch-foe Iran, a US official said.

While the Kremlin may share that objective, there are fears in Ukraine that Zelenskiy, a political novice, could give up too much.

Hunter Biden has not been accused of any wrongdoing but questions have been raised about the propriety of him taking the position while his father was vice president and dealing with Ukraine issues.

Democratic speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday she had asked for articles of impeachment to be drawn up against the 45th president by the House Judiciary Committee.

Personal injury lawyer Annie McAdams is waging a legal assault against Facebook and other tech companies, accusing them of facilitating the sex trafficking of minors.

The issue is particularly stark in Xinjiang, a region where the authorities have locked up more than 1 million Uighurs and other members of predominantly Muslim minority groups in internment camps in the name of quelling terrorism.

On Tuesday, Elon Musk apologized for the 'pedo guy' tweet, saying he was responding to an 'unprovoked' insult by the diver, Vernon Unsworth, now suing him for defamation.

Pakistan was placed on the Grey List by the Paris-based watchdog in June last year and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019, or face the risk of being placed on the Black List with Iran and North Korea.

Misty Hong, a student in Palo Alto, California, filed the suit against the Chinese-based app in California federal court last week for harvesting large amounts of user data and storing it in China.

The report also debunked conspiracy theory that it was Ukraine, not Russia, that interfered in the 2016 election. The White House, however, dismissed the report and slammed the House Democrats.