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The incident took place when the Australia's Defence Force joint task group consisting of five ships was travelling through the area on the way to Hawaii for joint military war games with the US and Japan in the Philippine Sea.
Trump claimed that his administration is looking at researches to determine whether or not children transmit the deadly coronavirus as easily as adults.
Pompeo told a private meeting of MPs that the WHO had become a 'political' body, alleging that its decisions were influenced by a deal struck between chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and China that helped him become its head.
Japan holds subdued celebrations on Thursday evening to mark one year until the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to raise concerns whether the quadrennial Games will go ahead next year.
Being 17 or 18 years old at the time of the murders, Bruno has been charged with youth sentencing guidelines, while the prosecutors are calling for atleast a three-year prison sentence.
Ventura had resigned from his post after police had questioned him on sexual assualt charges. Ventura is set to appear in court in November.
In the latest figures, the US has reported more than 63,000 new cases in the last 24 hours.
The US move came after the Justice Department said that hackers working with the Chinese government targeted firms developing vaccines for the coronavirus and stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of intellectual property and trade secrets from companies across the world.
Earlier, Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah told parliament that licenses were needed 'regardless of whether they are mainstream media agencies or personal media that broadcast films on social media or traditional channels.'
This is the second hostage situation in Ukraine within the past three days.