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US President Trump bantered easily with Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, joking that the neighboring leader had "agreed to cut all tariffs and all trade barriers."

The new cases eerily echo the odd noises and subsequent illnesses suffered by 24 US diplomats evacuated from Cuba since 2016, deepening a baffling medical enigma.

Education minister and government spokeswoman Isabel Celaa said that banks would be "instructed to allow the government of Catalonia to make payments" without the supervision of Spain's finance ministry.

The federal ban that puts marijuana on the same level as LSD and heroin has created a conflict with more than two dozen states that have legalised pot in some form, creating a two-tiered enforcement system where cannabis can be both legal and not.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has set out seven principles for the tech giant’s application of artificial intelligence, or advanced computing that can simulate intelligent human behaviour.

Singapore has designated a special event area of the Sentosa island tourist resort for Tuesday's historic summit, which is expected to be covered by over 2,500 journalists from across the world.

The decision came after a meeting of Islamic clerics this week declared a fatwa, or ruling, against suicide bombings, one of which, claimed by Islamic State, killed 14 people at the entrance to the clerics' peace tent in Kabul, the capital.

The exercise at the sprawling Ching Chuan Kang force base near the central city of Taichung was part of an annual five-day live-firing exercise featuring joint operations of the air force, navy and ground forces.

Safaa Boular, now 18, had started chatting online to fighter Naweed Husain when she was 16. She had decided to join him in Syria so they could marry, then carry out a suicide attack there while holding hands.

They also discovered that Hansen was in deep financial trouble from 2013 to 2016, with debts of several hundred thousand dollars.

"We are actively preparing for the June 12th summit between the president and the North Korean leader," spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in announcing the timing of the meeting.

A jury at the Old Bailey found her guilty of two offences of preparation of terrorism acts, the BBC reported. She was also found guilty over an earlier attempt to travel to Syria for terrorism.

The political bureau could be in a position to resist policy decisions by the leadership or try to profit from future South Korean economic aid, it said.

On Tiananmen Square, security was tight as is usual for the anniversary, with no signs of any protests or other memorial events.

The Sunday Times said government officials have modeled three potential scenarios for a "no deal" Brexit: mild, severe and "Armageddon."

"Visa cardholders can now use their Visa cards as we are currently operating at close to normal levels," the company said in a statement.