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The wife and two children of Army Sergeant Townsend Williams were among Donald Trump's guests at the State of the Union address to Congress.

Senator Bernie Sanders, 78, more than double the age of young Buttigieg, a former mayor of South Bend in Indiana, was a close second as results started trickling in a day after the Iowa Caucuses were held.

Power to affected areas was cut off as a precaution and evacuation centres were set up in local churches and schools.

An arrest warrant for the first lady was issued the day she fled the country after she refused to report to police for questioning in connection with the murder of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's former wife, Lipolelo.

The 17-year-old, who could not speak, walk or eat by himself, and whose mother died several years earlier, had no one to feed him or help him with daily life.

Last year was the worst for Hong Kong's growth since 2009, when the financial hub was hit hard by the global financial crash.

Bob Chen, the head of the Taiwan foreign ministry's Department of International Organisations, said they had complained repeatedly to the WHO to stop listing Taiwan as part of China.

The officials said the death toll could increase as several other people were critically injured.

Mike Moore was WTO director general from 1999 to 2002 and oversaw China's entry into a global rules-based trading system.

Russia, which has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus but has close ties with its southeastern neighbour, has imposed border restrictions to prevent its spread.

The cuts represent a substantial blow to the national public service broadcaster, which has a worldwide reputation for high quality news and entertainment programs.

The warning was made in a letter to Bolton's lawyer dated January 23 but only made public on Wednesday as Trump's impeachment trial intensified in the Senate.

The proposal is part of a broader plan to combat disinformation, in which she also accuses major tech companies of contributing to its spread in their drive for profits, and calls for them to take action to combat it.

Veteran essayist Gabriel Matzneff is being investigated by French police after a leading French publishing executive detailed how he abused her when she was 14 in an explosive new bestseller.

Imran Khan had confirmed Pakistan's participation in the December 19-21 summit hosted by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, but skipped the event at the 11th hour due to pressure exerted by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Cross-border bus journeys are to stop from Wednesday, followed by the suspension of passenger train services from Saturday, the government said in a statement.