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There were no casualties from the drone smashing down at the site, where capacity was reduced.

The police said their objective was to identify and intercept wanted individuals by scanning faces in large crowds and comparing them with thousands of suspects already in the police database.

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Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was remanded in custody on Friday night, was severely dehydrated and required close monitoring, the deputy director-general of Colombo National Hospital told AFP.

"We can be nice to people, we can be nice to other countries, or we can be very tough to other countries ... I mean (U.S. President Donald) Trump has proved this point quite comprehensively," Farage said.

Opposition parties in Sri Lanka yesterday accused the government of jailing the country’s former president over fears he could return to power.

US President Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia if there is no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine in two weeks, showing frustration at Moscow a week after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

The head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and two other senior officers are being removed, officials said Friday -- the latest in a series of military firings this year.

President Nicolas Maduro on Friday hit out at the US deployment of three warships off the coast of Venezuela as part of efforts to curb drug trafficking, calling the operation an “illegal” attempt at regime change.

Not long after US surgeon Mohammed Adeel Khaleel arrived at a Gaza City hospital in early August, a 17-year-old was brought in with gunshot wounds to both legs and one hand, sustained when he went to collect food at an aid site.

The bus had traveled to Niagara Falls, on the border with Canada, for the day and was heading home when the accident took place on a highway near Pembroke.

President Donald Trump on Friday tapped close political aide Sergio Gor as US ambassador to India, sending one of his feared enforcers at a delicate time in ties with New Delhi.

However, disputes between banks and fintechs have fueled doubts about the future of open banking.

Malaysian and US investigators say at least $4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB in a globe-spanning scheme between 2009 and 2014.

Last year, authorities denied Associated Press photojournalist Louise Delmotte's visa extension application without any stated reason, media reports said.

China and Vietnam are among the major sources of US furniture imports.

China, the world’s dominant rare earth supplier, issued on Friday measures to regulate the mining, smelting and separation of thecritical minerals key to energy transition, further tightening its grip over supply.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said he would fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t resign, intensifying his effort to gain influence over the US central bank.

Iran will meet next week with Britain, France and Germany on its nuclear programme, the parties said yesterday, as the European powers warned Tehran to engage swiftly to avoid snapback sanctions.