NEW DELHI -- U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in the Indian capital city on Monday evening, nearly eight hours after landing in the western state of Gujarat for a two-day state visit.

Accompanied by First Lady Melania, his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, the U.S. president spent a hectic day in two Indian cities - Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Agra in northern state of Uttar Pradesh. (India-US-Visit)

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WARSAW -- A poll published here on Monday predicted that President Andrzej Duda would win 41.9 percent in the first round of the vote in Poland's presidential elections on May 10, almost 20 percent more than opposition candidate Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska.

The poll was conducted on behalf of the local daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna and radio station RMF FM and based on a nationwide sample of 1,100 adult Poles. (Poland-Elections)

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GENEVA -- A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) arrived in Italy to support Italian authorities in understanding the COVID-19 situation, the WHO announced here Monday night.

WHO said in a media statement that at this stage the focus is on limiting further human-to-human transmission, and the WHO-led team of experts is providing support in the areas of clinical management, infection prevention and control, surveillance and risk communication. (WHO-Italy-COVID-19)

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GAZA -- A senior official in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) announced that a ceasefire with Israel in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has come into effect on Monday night.

The ceasefire ends two days of tension that broke out on Sunday between Israel and the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip after Israeli soldiers shot and killed a PIJ militant. (Palestine-Israel) Enditem

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