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Almost a billion voters will decide whether to elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term, in an election that takes place over six weeks starting Friday.

Chinese officials said the U.S. provides hundreds of billions in “discriminatory” subsidies to shipbuilding and other domestic industries, “yet accuses China of adopting so-called ‘non-market practices.’”

Bank staffers became suspicious as the man’s head kept falling back and they called the police, who arrested the woman on the spot and charged her with fraud.

The Ruang volcano has had at least five large eruptions in the last 24 hours.

The National Center of Meteorology in the United Arab Emirates said it tracked the recent storm but didn't target any clouds for seeding ahead of the heavy rains.

Peel Regional Police said Wednesday that 6,600 gold bars worth more than 20 million Canadian dollars ($14.5 million) were stolen, the biggest gold theft in Canadian history.

China scrambled fighter jets to “monitor the U.S. plane’s passage” and operated “in accordance of laws and regulations," a spokesperson for the Chinese army said.

Before passing, the law provoked several days of protests by critics who see it as authoritarian and Russian-inspired.

The oil-on-canvas study shows Churchill’s head in profile against a dark background. It is expected to sell for $622K to $995K at Sotheby’s in London on June 6.

Some of the NBA’s top stars, including LeBron James and Stephen Curry, will compete for gold in Paris this summer.

Paul McCartney said on Facebook: “My son James has a new song out called ‘Primrose Hill’ — check it out!"