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Chinese Premier Xi's resolve to deepen ties Saudi Arabia's chief strategic rival Iran and the criticism it faces over the treatment of Muslim Minority groups in the country may hold centre stage during the Crown Prince's visit.

Family lawyer of the late rapper, Melissa Nold, said that the rapper was shot in the face, throat, chest, right ear, arms and shoulders by six police officers.

Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats and lost his bid for the party's presidential nomination in the 2016 White House race, made the announcement in an interview with Vermont Public Radio.

Wallace Smith Broecker brought "global warming" into common use with a 1975 article that correctly predicted that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere would lead to pronounced warming.

Saudi Arabia has in recent months helped keep Pakistan's economy afloat by propping up rapidly dwindling foreign reserves with a $6 billion loan, giving it breathing room as it negotiates a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.

Stephen Barclay said legislation passed last year means Britain will leave the EU on March 29 with or without a deal takes precedence over a motion passed by parliament last month ruling out a no-deal Brexit.

The victim's family described the shooting as an "execution" and a clear case of racial profiling.

Opportunity landed on Mars in 2004 and covered 45 kilometers on the planet, securing its place in history after lasting well beyond its expected 90-day mission.

Mike Pompeo is seeking to highlight the US role in the fall of communism three decades ago at a time when Putin finds a widening audience in the former Eastern bloc.

The novelist's life changed forever on February 14, 1989, when Iran's spiritual leader ordered Rushdie's execution after branding his novel "The Satanic Verses" blasphemous. Like a kind of reverse Valentine, Tehran renewed the fatwa year after year.

With Venezuela's economy in meltdown, an estimated 300,000 fortune hunters have descended on this mineral-rich jungle area to earn a living pulling gold-flecked earth from makeshift mines.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will make a statement to parliament on February 13 updating lawmakers on her progress so far in seeking changes to her deal.

The 28-year-old rapper called Cadet, whose real name is Blaine Johnson, was being driven to a gig at Keele University in Staffordshire.

Air New Zealand apologised to passengers and said a special service would fly them to Shanghai at 11 p.m. on Sunday (1000 GMT).

The United States has threatened to more than double existing tariffs on Chinese goods at the start of March if there is no agreement on measures to reform China's trade practices, which Washington says are deeply unfair.

Grown across tropical Southeast Asia, the durian is hailed as the "king of fruits" by fans, who liken its creamy texture and intense aroma to blue cheese.