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With less than two weeks to go until the day Britain risks crashing out of the European Union, MPs will hold a series of votes to try and find a majority-backed plan to end the current crisis.

Sunday's incident follows a deadly blast on March 21 at a chemical park in the city of Yancheng, also in Jiangsu province, that killed 78 people and focused attention on safety at small chemical firms.

The lawsuit was by the family of United Nations worker, who was killed in the crash, alleges that Boeing had defectively designed the automated flight control system.

The new threat to shut one of the world's busiest borders, separating two countries with massive economic and cultural links, shows Donald Trump is doubling down on his bid to make immigration a keystone of the gathering 2020 reelection campaign.

Jacinda Ardern’s remarks came a day after the social media giant said it will crack down on white nationalistic messages and white separatism on its platforms, including Instagram.

The United States circulated a resolution — drafted with British and French support — to the 15-member council that would designate Azhar, subjecting him to an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze, diplomats said.

One person was detained by law enforcement in connection with the shooting, Seattle police said in a Twitter message, but details of the gun violence remained sketchy.

India shot down one of its satellites in space on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile to demonstrate this complex capability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced.

Xu Zhangrun, 56, was suspended this month after he wrote several articles criticising China over political and social issues, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported, quoting his colleague Guo Yuhua.

The victim's father has approached authorities to register a case against the suspects.

From his home in Israel, Geller - who is also a British citizen and a former resident of May's Maidenhead constituency - wrote an open letter to the prime minister urging her to block Britain's exit from the European Union.

The rapprochement between Rome and Beijing has angered Washington and alarmed some European Union allies, who fear it could see China gain access to sensitive technologies and critical transport hubs.

The decision to accept Ezzati's resignation comes at time of growing criticism over the Church's response to a decades-long sexual abuse crisis that has gravely damaged its standing around the globe.

While the European Union offered Prime Minister Theresa May, and her vision for Brexit, a final lifeline this week, it did so with caveats and, crucially, harder deadlines than before.

Sayoc sent 16 rudimentary bombs — none of which detonated — to targets including Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Joe Biden, several members of Congress, former President Barack Obama and actor Robert De Niro.

Around the time of the explosion, China's earthquake administration reported a 2.2-magnitude tremor in Lianyungang, a city near the Yancheng blast.