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New York City police were questioning a person of interest in the spate of subway stabbing attacks that left two people dead, authorities said on Sunday.

Manish Kumar, was arrested by FBI agents on August 24, 2019, as he deplaned in New York City from a flight from India and ordered detention in federal custody.

A two-thirds majority was needed in the 100-member Senate to convict Trump of the charge of inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters but only 57 senators voted "guilty."

Myanmar's army is hunting for seven wellknown supporters of protests against this month's coup and they face charges over comments on social media that threaten national stability, the army said on Saturday.

Italys Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli beat Britains INEOS Team UK in both races Saturday on the first day of the Americas Cup challenger series final in Auckland, taking a 20 lead in the bestof13 series.

The number of teenage girls saying they felt pressured into sexual activity has almost doubled in seven years in Spain to more than one in 10 of respondents, a study by the Equality Ministry showed on Friday.

The United Nations human rights investigator for Myanmar urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to consider imposing sanctions and arms embargoes as a U.N. rights body adopted a resolution calling for Aung San Suu Kyi's release.

Venezuela's deteriorated health system and collapsed economy will make the country one of the toughest places in the region to conduct a coronavirus vaccination campaign, an effort that already trails most of South America, experts said.

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Ivory Coast police have arrested three suspected child traffickers in the western town of Soubre, the centre of its cocoagrowing region, a police official said on Friday.

The Lincoln Project, one of the bestknown and bestfunded organizations in the socalled Never Trump movement, announced plans late Thursday to launch an external investigation to review the tenure of a cofounder accused of sexual harassment.

The managers used their final day of arguments in the Senate impeachment trial to show how the insurrectionists who carried out the attack on the Capitol last month said they did it at Trump's direction.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed diplomatic efforts to end the war in Yemen and bolstering Saudi Arabia's defences in a call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said.

Biden said he has approved a new executive order enabling US to immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests, as well as close family members.

Making sure a mask fits snugly on the face and use of two masks is likely to significantly reduce a person's exposure to the coronavirus, laboratory experiments described by U.S. health officials on Wednesday showed.

The European Union will ask Britain if it can take an extra two months to ratify the Brexit trade agreement by extending until April 30 provisional application of the deal.