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Theresa May announced on Friday that she will quit as the leader of the ruling Conservative Party and Prime Minister on June 7.

The U.S. and China have been in a tit-for-tat tariff escalation for a year.

Hussein, an Egyptian national, was arrested in December 2016 when he was on a holiday in Egypt.

Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $69.77 per barrel at 1016 GMT, down $1.22 from their last close.

A malaria-free certification proves a nation has interrupted ”indigenous transmission of the disease for at least three consecutive years.”

Government jets mounted retaliatory strikes at the rebel city of Maaret al-Nouman in Idlib province, killing no fewer than nine people and injuring 20 others.

A new Brexit document prepared by the prime minister includes a provision for another referendum on whether to leave or remain in Europe.

A relaxed-looking Mr Widodo pledged on Tuesday to be a leader for all Indonesians.

The trucks will travel on major interstates and pass through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Kenya’s agriculture minister said the introduction of hybrid seeds would address rice productivity gap in Kenya and Africa at large.

Two bodies have been recovered, while no fewer than 15 passengers are still missing.

In 2007, Mr Zuma was charged with 16 counts of racketeering, corruption, money laundering and fraud.

The request was made the same day as British police dragged Mr Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London after Ecuador withdrew his political asylum.

Saudi Arabia, the Arab world’s largest economy, already had a 100 per cent tax on cigarettes and tobacco products.

“This amount shall go a long way to stabilise the exchange rates and prices of goods and services in the economy.’’

Tensions have escalated in recent days, with growing concerns about a potential U.S.-Iran conflict.

The embassy advises U.S. citizens to avoid areas where large demonstrations may occur in Jakarta, other cities.

Although the official insists he did not break any law, he admits to the “extremely embarrassing, drunken affair”.

A Gambian delegation were in Nigeria to understudy the workings of the TSA.

Mrs May’s Brexit deal has been rejected three times by parliament.

Mr Hawke’s death comes ahead of a Saturday general election. His opposition Labour Party, is narrowly ahead in the polls.

In 2018 over 87,000 people were infected by the virus, which caused 114 deaths.