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EU member states on Wednesday backed a plan to postpone Brexit beyond October 31, after British prime minister Boris Johnson was compelled to send an extension request under a law passed by rebel MPs.

While each protest has had its own trigger, many of the underlying frustrations are similar. In at least four countries hit by recent violent protests, the main reason for the uprising is economic.

Officials on Kos said that 31 people were rescued following the collision, in an effort assisted by private boats and the European Union border protection agency Frontex.

After losing her job over a viral photograph in which she was seen flipping off Trump's convoy, Julia Briskman was told to run for country supervisor on a Democratic ticket.

Trudeau would now require at least 13 legislators from his left-leaning rival parties to reach the 'magic number' of 170 to form a Liberal Party-led minority government in the 338-seat House of Commons.

The Wise Honest — the first North Korean vessel to be seized by the US for sanctions violation — was caught carrying a $3 million shipment of coal in Indonesian waters last year and later handed over to the US.

With US and China engulfed in a tariff battle and Britain's divorce from the EU still not settled and a deadline fast approaching, growth in international commerce has come to a standstill.

The statement comes after UK Parliament voted on Saturday to postpone a vote on Johnson's Brexit deal.

During his career, Mark Hurd ran both Oracle and computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard. Hurd joined Oracle as co-president in 2010 a month after leaving HP.

The special court for cyber crime sentenced Sajid Ali, an active member of the Shia sect, after he was charged for posting sacrilegious, blasphemous and derogatory material on Facebook in 2017.

South Korea's foreign ministry condemned the students in a statement, saying "any harm or attack on foreign diplomatic missions cannot be justified under any circumstances".

Of the 39 voting members of the FATF, at least four are seen as Pakistani allies. China, perhaps Pakistan’s strongest ally, is currently the chair of the FATF.

The inauguration of Widodo, who won a second term with 55.5 per cent of the vote in the April 17 election, will be attended by Southeast Asian leaders and Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said Brussels had come to an agreement with Britain on a Brexit withdrawal agreement to be presented to EU leaders.

The crash came 10 days after Duterte -- the oldest person to be elected Philippine president -- disclosed he is suffering from myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that could potentially have serious complications.

The pair first met as leaders of their respective countries at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November 2015, one month after the Canadian won his first general election.