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The light aircraft veered into a hangar shortly after take-off at an airport near Dallas. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2xmwhIF

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will spend four nights in the United States this month while visiting Caribbean diplomatic allies, her government said on Monday, in a move likely to anger China, which considers the island a renegade province. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xote2B

An unidentified object that may have been a missile crashed north of the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, early on Monday, but no one was hurt on the ground, Turkish Cypriot officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LyJfLX

Millions of people have taken to the streets in the past three weeks to protest against a proposed extradition bill that has plunged Hong Kong into political crisis and triggered calls for embattled leader Carrie Lam to step down. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xinAPJ

Riot police use batons to repel protesters on the 22nd anniversary of the city's handover to China. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2XjNXE6

Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea in Sunday's historic trip. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/305ul3P

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will transit through the United States this month on a tour of diplomatic allies in the Caribbean, Deputy Taiwan Foreign Minister Miguel Tsao said on Monday, in a move likely to anger China. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Xg72Cm

Five small ships sailed out of harbor on Monday in Japan's first commercial whale hunt in more than three decades, a move that has aroused global condemnation and fears for the fate of whales. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Xk2903

The United States and China agreed on Saturday to restart trade talks after President Donald Trump offered concessions including no new tariffs and an easing of restrictions on tech company Huawei in order to reduce tensions with Beijing. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NmeEDy

Thousands of protesters faced off with riot police early on Monday, the anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule, ahead of an annual rally that is expected to draw huge crowds amid widespread anger over a controversial extradition bill. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YnkrtO

An unidentified flying object that may have been a missile crashed north of the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, early on Monday, but no one was hurt on the ground, an official in the breakaway state of Northern Cyprus said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2XkmQJi

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday Japan supported the United States and North Korea's "process" and wished for the latest talks between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un to result in positive developments, Japanese media reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LBQQJJ

Streets were carpeted in ice which trapped vehicles and damaged homes in the city of five million. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KQxjW2

American officials looked on Sunday as Israel opened a newfound Roman-era street at a divisive archaeological site in east Jerusalem, a move that deepened Palestinian animosity toward the White House’s mediation efforts. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2FVmo9N

Uruguayan primary elections look set to pit a former mayor against a senator in the presidential vote in October, according to early exit polls on Sunday evening in the South American country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2XljXrJ

Hundreds of protesters faced off with riot police early on Monday, the anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule, ahead of an annual rally that is expected to draw huge crowds amid widespread anger over a controversial extradition bill. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xm6W1v

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Israeli warplanes fired missiles targeting Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts in an attack that killed at least four civilians and wounded another 21, Syrian state media said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YnSTVb

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the first delivery of the Russian S-400 missile defense system would take place within 10 days, broadcaster NTV reported on Sunday, a day after he said there would be no U.S. sanctions over the deal. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xw5fil