News brief: Big stories of the day

Canada on Thursday defended itsarrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huaweion a US extradition request as markets wobbled on fears of fresh friction between Washington and Beijing.

The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre museum and scores of shops on the Champs-Elysees are set to close asauthorities warned Thursday of fresh violencethis weekend during protests which have ballooned into the biggest crisis of Emmanuel Macron's presidency.

Telangana andRajasthan are undergoing elections today to elect theirlegislative assembly members. While the polling in Telangana started at 7 am, voting in Rajasthan began at 8 am.

Japan plans to ban government purchases of equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp, news agency Reuters reported on Friday citinga person with direct knowledge on the matter.

President Donald Trump will nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as US ambassador to the United Nations, a source familiar with his decision said on Thursday, tapping someone with no prior policy or political experience to deal with some of the world's thorniest issues.