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Georgieva will face a host of challenges as the head of the IMF including a global economic slowdown triggered by escalating trade tensions between the United States and China.

Tensions have spiked between longtime foes, Tehran and Washington, since last year when Trump exited the nuclear pact and imposed sanctions on the Islamic republic that were lifted under the agreement.

Trump slammed the World Trade Organization (WTO) for allowing China to get preferential treatment despite the size of its economy, saying the institution is in need of major reform and that the US will demand those changes.

Police also fired teargas at rock-throwing protesters in Makassar on Sulawesi island, while demonstrators broke down a barrier outside the governor's office in Semarang on Java island.

The Interior ministry said police exchanged fire with the 'terrorist' group in 6 October City, on the southwestern edge of the capital, accusing it of planning a series of terror operations.

Obama was given the peace prize for 'extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people', even though he had only just become president.

The officials said the house being used by the Taliban to train suicide bombers was located adjacent to the bride's home that came under fire during Sunday night's attack.

Two French women who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group are going on trial Monday in a special Paris court, for attempting to explode a vehicle laden with fuel-doused gas canisters in the shadow of the medieval monument in 2016.

Several hundred people attended the funeral of Ágatha Sales Félix, who died Friday after she was shot in the back while riding in a van in the Complexo do Alemao slum.

The Israel Electric Corporation said it was owed 1.7 billion shekels in debts from the main Palestinian power distributor for the West Bank, which is based in east Jerusalem.

The bride led hundreds of guests to the wedding ceremony at her groom Tariqul Islam's residence in the western rural district of Meherpur on Saturday, before taking him to her home.

The deceased fell victim to an improvised explosive device planted by terrorists from across the border in Mohmand district, the Army said.

The attack comes amid soaring regional tensions with Iran following twin attacks on key Saudi oil facilities, which knocked out half the kingdom's production and sent energy markets into a tailspin.

Trudeau, 47, was already under fire for an ethics lapse and other controversies, so the resurfacing of photos and videos of him engaging in activities he himself termed "racist" dealt a fresh blow to his chances.

The city-state's laws against dissent and street demonstrations make it illegal for even one person to hold a protest without a police permit.

Given the global consequences of the Amazon fires, could environmental destruction of this nature be legally considered a crime against all humanity? Defining it as such would be unprecedented.