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A final vote on the Republican nominee is planned for Saturday, with the result still in question as another Republican senator reserved her stance on final approval.

The report said that a unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army infiltrated the supply chain of computer hardware maker Super Micro Computer Inc to plant malicious chips that could be used to steal corporate and government secrets.

Philip Besson, a member of the French organisation Pompiers de l'urgence, said the team's high-tech sensors "detected the presence of a victim" in the wreckage of the Mercure Hotel in Palu but wasn't able to say if the person is conscious.

Amazon's hourly operations and customer service employees, some who already make USD 15 per hour, will also see a wage increase, the Seattle company said.

In emails to Tesla staff, Musk said that if the staff could pull through the pressure on Sunday, the company could be close to achieving an "epic victory" on production goals.

Two women cornered Flake as he got on an elevator Friday, pleading for him to reconsider his support for the appeals court judge who's been accused of sexual assault when he was a teenager.

Nick Conrad, whose track and career had gone largely unnoticed until the video came to the public's attention this week, was interviewed by police on Friday and ordered to stand trial on January 9.

Trump's fellow Republicans appeared to have the votes to approve Kavanaugh in the sharply divided Judiciary Committee after Flake, a moderate Republican, announced his position. The full Senate must confirm Supreme Court appointments.

Indonesia had declared a tsunami warning after the strongest quake, which registered magnitude 7.5, but lifted it about half an hour later. It was followed by numerous strong aftershocks including one of magnitude 6.7.

Imran Khan wants Pakistanis to crowdfund a whopping $14 billion for desperately needed dams, a plea capitalising on nationalist fervour but ridiculed by detractors as unrealistic.

According to the letter sent by the fourth woman to Republican Senator Cory Gardner, Kavanaugh in inebriated condition physically assaulted a woman he socialised with in Washington in 1998.

"I believed he was going to rape me. I tried to yell for help," Christine Blasey Ford will tell US lawmakers, according to prepared testimony that she will deliver at a high-profile hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The development will feature hotels, private villas, an arts academy and a yacht club.

Kavanaugh's nomination has opened the door to a shocking world of the children of Washington's wealthiest, who pay as much as $50,000 a year to exclusive schools which offer gilt-edged educations and entries into elite circles.

The woman said she saw Kavanaugh behave as a "mean drunk" at such parties and witnessed him "engage in highly inappropriate conduct" that included the "fondling and grabbing of girls without their consent."

President Donald Trump said the "repressive regime" in Caracas that is responsible for a "human tragedy" in the once oil-rich nation "could be toppled very quickly by the military if the military decides to do that."