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Last year, Donald Trump sent Vice President Mike Pence. Both now are busy campaigning back home, and analysts say their absence will leave room for China to further raise its profile and clout in the region.

Hardcore protesters hurled bricks and petrol bombs and vandalised multiple subway stations and businesses perceived to be pro-China -- including the office of China's state-run Xinhua news agency, which had its windows smashed.

President Donald Trump, whose impeachment in the US has moved a stage closer following a key vote in Congress, waded into the British election campaign on Thursday to criticise Johnson's divorce terms with the European bloc.

South Korea's military said Thursday that the North had launched two short-range projectiles from South Pyongan province. They each flew approximately 370 kilometres.

The partial trade deal, known as phase one, had been due for signing on the sidelines of the regional APEC summit which Chile cancelled on Wednesday due to violent unrest in the capital Santiago.

Officers used stun guns to free the boy from the dog, which was later euthanized.

The remark came after Rules Committee Chairman introduced a resolution providing a path forward as the House of Representatives prepares to begin the public-facing phase of its impeachment inquiry into the conduct of Trump.

The developments Tuesday were likely to further widen divisions in Hong Kong, which has been wracked by more than four months of unrest driven in part by demands for political reform.

Supporting Biden, Indian-Americans and members of other Asian-American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) community on October 26 launched 'AAPIs for Biden' in Las Vegas.

Los Angeles Lakers basketball great LeBron James, 'Terminator' star Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor Clark Gregg and 'Sons of Anarchy' creator Kurt Sutter were forced to flee their homes after the latest wildfire outbreak.

General Mark Milley said the dog had performed a 'tremendous service' during the special forces weekend assault in Syria that led to the death of the leader of the Islamic State group.

Imperiled by an impeachment inquiry, Trump reveled in the win Sunday, with solemnity for the mission in Syria and praise for the brave Americans and allies who carried it out.

President of the European Council Donald Tusk said on Twitter: 'The EU27 has agreed that it will accept the UK's request for a Brexit flextension until 31 January 2020.'

Trump said as US troops and their dogs closed in, the Islamic State chief went 'whimpering and crying and screaming all the way' to his death.

In a year when young people worldwide have followed the example of activist Greta Thunberg in flagging environmental concerns, these Indonesian students are using plastic items to make the puppet characters that bring alive traditional tales.

A strong turnout at the three-day Future Investment Initiative (FII), nicknamed 'Davos in the desert', would further rehabilitate de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's image, a year on from the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.