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Singapore, one of the world's most digitally advanced countries, has been the target of multiple high-profile hacks in recent times, including the theft last year of 1.5 million citizens' health records.

President Rodrigo Duterte threatened last month to forcibly ship the containers of garbage back to Canada if Canadian officials don't take back the waste. Officials later set a May 15 deadline for the same.

The Trump administration recently launched a crackdown on the foreigners who stayed in the US even after the expiry of their visas.

A daily newspaper reported on the rescue of four adults and five children who tried to cross the Rio Grande in inflatable children's pools near Eagle Pass, Texas.

International Day of Families, observed on May 15 every year, celebrates the relationships within a family which is the fundamental pillar of support for an individual.

The Republican-controlled Alabama Senate also defeated a Democratic amendment that would have allowed legal abortions for women and girls impregnated by rape and incest.

Zia, 73, was sent to jail in February last year by a local court on charges of embezzling foreign donations meant for an orphanage, named after her slain husband and president Ziaur Rehman, during her premiership between 2001 and 2006.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scrapped a planned visit to Moscow and headed to Brussels as Britain warned of the danger of conflict erupting 'by accident' in the Gulf.

The two aircraft - one with 11 passengers and crew, the other with five people aboard - went down over water about 25 to 30 miles (40-48 km) northeast of Ketchikan.

Donald Trump, who recently had a lengthy conversation with Vladimir Putin over phone, is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart in Japan next month on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit.

Unlike our planet, the Moon doesn't have tectonic plates. Instead, its tectonic activity occurs as it slowly loses heat from when it was formed 4.5 billion years ago.

White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow told US media Sunday that Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could meet next month on the sidelines of the G20 summit to hash out their differences on trade, although no new talks are scheduled.

The trade war between the world's top two economies escalated on Friday, with the United States hiking tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’ remarks come as the court battle over Donald Trump's financial records ramps up.

The White House, however, said no new summit is scheduled between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping as the world's top two economies ended two days of negotiations in Washington with no deal.

Khilan Chandaria, a 33-year-old phone shop owner from north-west London, has not been arrested or charged in connection with his wife's death but is not being permitted to return to his home in the UK.