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Renovation work was going on the triple-storey marriage hall building in the Chaksawari area of Mirpur district when it collapsed on Friday, trapping dozens of workers.

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that Beijing felt the US was reviving a "Cold War mentality" in its policy toward China, according to the report.

Tony Finau figured he was on the right track when he shot 59 at Victory Ranch last week in Utah.

A man who disarmed four officers at gunpoint in southwestern Germany before fleeing into the Black Forest was arrested on Friday after a five-day manhunt that involved more than 2,500 police in total.

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ENIX ? Arizona renters dreading the expiration of a coronavirus-related moratorium on evictions will get a reprieve.

The Quinnipiac University Poll released on Wednesday showed that 67 percent of registered voters surveyed do not trust information Trump provides on the pandemic, while 30 per cent do, reports The Hill news website.

The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, and seeks unspecified damages.

Carey Dunne, general counsel for District Attorney Cyrus Vance, spoke at a hearing in federal court in Manhattan to discuss Trump's renewed legal challenge to block or narrow Vance's ability to see his tax returns.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington will ban visas to some employees of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which it is seeking to isolate.

Those early volunteers developed neutralising antibodies in their bloodstream at levels comparable to those found in people who survived Covid-19.

The US said China has no lawful territorial or maritime claim to James Shoal, an entirely submerged feature only 50 nautical miles from Malaysia and some 1,000 nautical miles from China's coast.

China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters upgraded the emergency response for flood control from level III to level II on Sunday, as incessant downpours continued across vast stretches of the country.

The partnership, detailed in an 18-page proposed agreement obtained by The New York Times, would vastly expand Chinese presence in banking, telecommunications, ports, railways and dozens of other projects.

Mahinda Deshapriya, Chairman of the National Election Commission, said that the health guidelines for conducting the elections were announced on June 2 but they have not been legalised through a gazette notification.

Tropical Storm Fay was expected to sweep across the heavily populated northeastern United States on Friday, bringing moderate to heavy rains and the potential for some flooding, the National Weather Service said.