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President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S400 missile defense systems from Russia, a move that could deepen a rift with NATO ally Washington and trigger new U.S. sanctions.

Billionaire Walter Scott, the past top executive of Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. construction firm who helped oversee Warren Buffetts conglomerate and donated to various causes, particularly construction projects around Omaha, has died. He was 90.

Britain’s decision to issue temporary visas for 5,000 foreign truck drivers is a shortterm fix that will not solve an acute labour shortage that risks major disruption for retailers in the runup to Christmas, business leaders have warned.

Amistad Spanish for friendship binds the sister cities of Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acua, Mexico.

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said on Saturday he would be in Sardinia on Oct. 4 to attend a court hearing on his European arrest warrant after being kept in police custody in Italy for less then 24 hours.

She said North Korea is willing to hold “constructive” talks with South Korea to discuss how to improve and repair strained ties.

The first recommendation is based on new evidence from three trials that have not yet been peer reviewed.

Australia is grappling with a third wave of infections from the highly infectious Delta variant that has led to lockdowns in its two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.

The US government, including the CIA and Pentagon, has ramped up staff to investigate and provide treatment for the cases.

Australia coach Dave Rennie says the formula his team used to beat South Africa twice in consecutive Rugby Championship matches should work again on Saturday in the first of two against Argentina.

The father and stepmother of an 8yearold Minnesota girl whose emaciated body was found in the family's apartment last year after she was beaten and starved to death were both sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison.

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained Thursday in Sardinia, Italy, his lawyer said.

A major U.S. port was the target last month of suspected nationstate hackers, according to officials.

Sources said that Amon talked about the incredible opportunities in India, adding that India was a big market.

Three people have been indicted in a multistate conspiracy involving the forced labor of Mexican agricultural immigrants, federal authorities announced Wednesday.

With Indonesia poised to assume the presidency of the G20 next year, the leader of the world's fourthlargest country laid out its priorities to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.