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The assailants stormed a government primary school in Chikun’s Kuriga town shortly after morning assembly past 8 a.m., taking the pupils hostage before any help could arrive.

A total of 87 reptiles and mammals were found in the baggage, including chameleons, snakes, a large-beaked parrot, red-eyed squirrels, bats and monkeys.

Kim's visit came after his defense ministry vowed to respond to ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that while there had been improvements in U.S.-China relations since their leaders met in November, the U.S. had not fulfilled its promises.

The new research is the first to associate such plastics inside the body with heart attack, stroke or death.

The demonstration, like many others over the years, was called to protest the abduction and murders of 43 students a decade ago.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the blast a “vivid reminder” that Odesa is gripped by the war with Russia.

Athletes from those two countries competing as neutrals in the Olympics will be allowed to participate in the opening ceremony.

Last month, Greece became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex marriage.

The International Organization for Migration said the number of migrant deaths last year surpassed the number of dead and missing globally in the previous record year, 2016.