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With an aim to boost India's economic engagements and to invite more investments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a four-nation tour from May 29, starting with Germany. In reference to Germany as the host of the G20 summit in Hamburg in July, the PM offered India's full support for a successful outcome. Humanitarian forces must unite to combat the menace: Modi.

He said any use of chemical weapons in Syria - where Russian Federation is propping up the government of President Bashar Assad - is a "red line" for France and would be met by "reprisals" and an "immediate riposte" from France. "Our absolute priority is the fight against terrorism and the eradication of terrorist groups and Daesh in particular", he said, using an alternate name for the Islamic State group.

President Trump is reportedly considering a major shakeup to his White House staff and bringing back top campaign strategists over his frustrations by what he sees as his team's inability to contain the crisis involving alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Speaking in Brussels last week, Mr. Trump also told North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members to spend more money on defense and did not re-state his administration's commitment to NATO's mutual security guarantees. Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum, also a frequent Trump critic, was more blunt . "Those of you who have reported on the chancellor for a long time will know how important German-American relations are to her", he told the news conference.

Even as the Post , followed by the New York Times and most of the print and broadcast media, sought to portray this proposal as an extraordinary and sinister breach of diplomatic and political norms, the newspaper acknowledged: "The State Department, the White House National Security Council and U.S.

Tropical Storm Risk has increased its forecast for 2017 Atlantic Tropical Storm & Hurricane Season activity, joining others in predicting a more active year. "A secondary area of concern may be from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on south,"he continued". Forecasters expect warmer-than-average waters across the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, also the wind shear to weaker-than-average and a weak or nonexistent El Nino, said Ben Friedman, acting NOAA administrator.

Tedros will succeed Margaret Chan , who on Monday, addressed the World Health Assembly for the final time after serving two consecutive five-year terms. He replaces Margaret Chan , who will step down from her 10-year post at the end of June. Nabarro had 52 votes and Nishtar 38. He trained 40,000 female health workers, hired outbreak investigators, improved the national laboratory, organized an ambulance system and multiplied medical school graduates tenfold.

Another World War II veteran, Glen Moorehead, 90, served two years in the U.S. Navy. To Marianna Wohlgemuth, a former co-chair of the Albertson VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Memorial Day is a chance to teach children not just about the valor of the country's soldiers, but also the human cost of war.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said his country will join the USA in taking concrete action against Pyongyang, stressing that they "will not tolerate North Korea's continued provocations that ignore repeated warnings by the worldwide community".

That means state lawmakers won't meet again until 2019, unless Abbott calls a special session, which lasts 30 days and can cover any issue the governor chooses. The House maintains that it did get its work done on time. "You're not going to have a doctor in the state of Texas", said Sen. After months of avoiding a vote on the divisive issue, the House on Sunday amended Senate Bill 2078 with language that would've required school districts to provide single-occupancy bathrooms, lockers ...

The Red Cross is providing financial and technical support, said a statement by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. State television broadcast calls for public assistance to clean drinking wells contaminated by the monsoon floods, the worst in 14 years after record rainfall in the island's southwest.