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Christine Lagarde only last week left her post as IMF chief after eight years, the first woman to serve in that role, and she is going to be the first woman to serve as president of the European Central Bank.

Benjamin Netanyahu, who is fighting for his political life after close elections, was "a bit Machiavellian" and would share "misinformation" with the United States, according to Trump's former top diplomat.

The new video, released by broadcaster Global News and confirmed by his campaign as being Trudeau "in the early 1990s", depicts him in ripped jeans and a t-shirt, his arms up and dark makeup on his face.

Researchers have found that a distant, ancient asteroid collision generated enough dust to cause an ice age long ago on Earth. The study lends new insight in fighting climate change.

Georgia is one of 27 US states with so-called 'stand your ground' laws, which establish a right to use lethal force to defend oneself or others against a perceived threat.

British Airways flew into turbulence last week as pilots staged a costly and historic two-day strike, tarnishing its global reputation according to aviation analysts.

Video circulated on social media showed men with rifles confronting a woman. A shot is heard and she collapses, dropping something from her hand. One of the men then kicks the item out of reach.

Already, intelligence officials are hinting, in background conversations, that the evidence implicating Iran is just too delicate to make public.

The October 2018 crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX in Indonesia killed 189 people, while 157 died in the accident in Ethiopia five months later.

UN chief Guterres said that inaction by some key countries, including the US, could be at least partly offset by action at the sub-national level, for example in the carbon neutral pledges made by the states of California and New York.

District education officials in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Haripur, another city in the conservative province, had announced that girls must cover themselves fully "to protect them from any unethical accident".

In July, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a USD 6 billion loan to Pakistan with a string of conditions to be fulfilled and the progress review every quarter.

A visibly angry Xavier Bettel pointed in bitter amusement at the empty podium in front of the British flag beside him as he warned that Britain had failed to come up with any credible way to revive the Brexit withdrawal deal.

Zika is primarily transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito from the Aedes genus, mainly Aedes aegypti, in tropical and subtropical regions.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said not many countries want Zakir Naik and the preacher could also be troublesome for India.

Carrie Lam said the first session of a dialogue would be held next week, adding added the sessions would be as open as possible, with members of the public able to sign up to attend.