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The World Health Organization said the decision is in line with current best practices for naming diseases, which aim to avoid offense to specific groups.

Many of the casualties were caused by smoke inhalation and a stampede as worshippers rushed to escape, a spokesman for Egypt's health ministry said.

“This situation is very sad and concerning,” said Sodaba Nazhand, who runs an informal school with her sister.

Aramco said the results set a quarterly earnings record for the company since it floated around 5% of the company on the Saudi stock market in late 2019.

Tom Nides, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said on Twitter that he was “deeply saddened to confirm that Americans were injured in this attack.”

With water being diverted to rivers to aid farmers, the lake was 12.6 inches above the water table Friday, near the record lows in 2003 and 2007.

Rushdie, whose 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats against him, underwent surgery following the attack in New York at a literary event.

At least 24 cars were set on fire in Tijuana, Mexico, on Friday night. The U.S. consulate warned Americans to avoid the area and shelter in place until further notice. The mayor announced that 3,000 armed police and military personnel responded to the incidents. The federal government accounted for the arrest of seventeen people, three identified as members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. This comes as a string of violent attacks commences throughout Mexico, including 11 killed on Thursday during a prison riot.

“People and communities deserve to be championed, and there’s no limit to the number we can do that for,” actor Isobel Thom told NBC News.

Tehran put 19th- and 20th-century American and European minimalist and conceptual masterpieces on display this summer for the first time.

“When we arrived at the scene we saw nine dead bodies, including two children, and another two passed away on their way to the hospital,” said a state prosecutor.