Mother was arrested and charged with sale or purchase of a child, Houston Police Department records show. Her bond was set at US$30,000.

Net fund flows have surged 48 per cent year on year, with an ETF tracking the Hang Seng Index surpassing Tencent in daily volume.

National Guard activated, FBI command post set up in Washington and special weapons teams deployed on rooftops as US heads to the polls.

Early voters number over 80 million by Monday, the day before Election Day, with women said to be the majority of those casting ballots.

Visa curbs and an increasingly hostile environment could drive away researchers of Chinese origin, slowing America’s own scientific development.

‘We think that the total number of DPRK forces in Russia … could be closer to around 11 to 12,000,’ a Pentagon spokesman said.

Defence Minister Yoav Gallant’s order comes after a first round of 3,000 draft orders were sent out in July, sparking protests.

Maros Sefcovic, close ally of bloc’s hawkish boss, also vows to crack down on mainland-exported overcapacity ‘with all our force’.

US State Department spokesman pointed to West Bank settlers’ torching of cars, attacks on homes and the killing of Palestinians’ livestock.

As Pyongyang pledges to accelerate build-up of ‘nuclear force’, US said Russia and China embolden country to further violate UN sanctions.