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UNITED NATIONS, September 1. /TASS/: Russia will hold the monthly presidency of the UN Security Council in September, which this year coincides with the opening of the 74th session of the General Assembly (September 17) and its most important part, the high-level week.

During this time, the presidents, the heads of government and foreign ministers from the UN member-states will deliver their program speeches at the organization and hold multilateral and bilateral talks on the most pressing issues of the international agenda.

Washington, Sep 1 (PTI) Police in the US state of California have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 64-year-old Sikh grandfather from India, authorities said on Sunday.

Parmjit Singh was attacked in Gretchen Talley Park in Tracy around 9 pm on August 25 while he was on his evening walk. He died from his injuries.

Anthony Kreiter-Rhoads of Tracy was arrested Saturday and charged with homicide in the death of Singh.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Three candidates stand as the front runners in the race to see which Democrat will face off against U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 elections. But it remains early, and each faces a number of bear traps and fish hooks that could drag them down.

TUNIS, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has agreed to give Tunisia financial aid worth $335 million over five years to support its democratic transition, the Tunisian Development and International Cooperation‮ ‬Ministry said.

The aid will be financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

“Aid will fund projects that encourage private initiative, create new employment opportunities for young people, and improve governance towards supporting democratic transition”, the ministry said in a statement.

McLEAN’S TOWN CAY, Bahamas (AP) — A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 150 mph (240 kph) winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters.

A whitist terrorist has killed 5 and possibly injured 21 near the cities of Odessa and Midland in Texas on Saturday. One of the victims was a child under the age of two, and at least three police officers were among those shot.

According to Insider, deadly shooting spree began near the cities of Odessa and Midland when a state trooper pulled over a motorist for failing to signal during a left turn, the Odessa Police said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs on Chinese imports took effect early Sunday, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer goods in advance of the holiday shopping season.

The 15% taxes apply to about $112 billion of Chinese imports. All told, more than two-thirds of the consumer goods the United States imports from China now face higher taxes. The administration had largely avoided hitting consumer items in its earlier rounds of tariff hikes.

ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a shooting in West Texas (all times local):

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A database shows that the West Texas shooting brings the number of mass killings in the U.S. so far this year to 25, which is as many mass killings as in all of 2018.

The AP/USATODAY/Northeastern University mass murder database also shows that depending on whether the suspect killed in West Texas is included among the five people dead Saturday, the total of victims so far this year in the U.S. either equals all of last year at 140 or falls one short at 139.

31 Aug 2019; MEMO: Five men being held in Guantanamo Bay prison accused of planning and aiding the September 11 terror attacks will go on trial in 2021.

If convicted at the military commission, which combines elements of civilian and military law, the defendants could face the death penalty.

The five detainees include Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a senior al Qaeda figure who has portrayed himself as the mastermind of the 2001 attacks and other terrorist plots.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has imposed sanctions on two people and three firms and has identified a blocked ship that it says helped North Korea evade sanctions, the Treasury Department said on Friday.

The sanctions target a shipping network that the Treasury Department says engaged in ship-to-ship oil transfers with North Korea to help Pyongyang circumvent sanctions imposed by the United Nations.