BRASILIA -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Tuesday for the upcoming 11th BRICS summit.

The summit of BRICS, an emerging-market bloc that groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, will be held in the capital of Brazil from Wednesday to Thursday. (Brazil-Xi-BRICS)

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LIMA -- A bus plunged into a ravine Tuesday in the northern Peruvian department of La Libertad, killing at least 19 people and injuring 25, according to Peruvian National Police.

The bus crashed early Tuesday morning into a ravine measuring about 300 meters deep as it was heading towards the city of Trujillo, 557 kilometers to the north of Lima, said National Police officer Luis Convenas. (Peru-Accident)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. businessman and former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg filed paperwork Tuesday to join the Democratic presidential primary in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

"Officially filed in Arkansas to be on the ballot for the Democratic primary," the billionaire Republican-turned-Democrat tweeted. "We must defeat Trump. He has failed us at every turn." (US-Bloomberg-Presidential Primary)

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KHARTOUM -- Three children were killed in an explosion near the Merowe town in Sudan's Northern State, official news agency SUNA reported Tuesday.

A woman and a girl were injured in the blast in the town that is located some 400 km north of the capital Khartoum, it said. (Sudan-Explosion-Children Deaths) Enditem

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