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Hong Kong students plan to strike as commutes disrupted

The protesters' demands include formally withdrawing an extradition bill that would allow Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China to stand trial.

USA

Texas mass shooting victims include postal worker and truck driver

"I don't know what I'm going to do without her," a victim's sister said.

USA

New Texas laws loosening gun control draw outrage after Odessa shooting

"If more guns and fewer gun laws made us safer ... Texas would be the safest state in the country," Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action said.

Germany

Merkel, allies weather far-right surge in German state elections

Merkel, allies weather far-right surge in German state elections

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USA

Death toll in Odessa, Texas shooting rampage rises to 7

The death toll from the Texas rampage rose to seven on Sunday morning. The gunman is also dead.

Israel

Israeli army fires into Lebanon after military targets hit by missiles

There were no immediate reports of casualties, though the Israeli Defense Forces said a number of hits have been confirmed.

USA

Pope gets stuck in Vatican elevator, firefighters rescue him

Francis apologized to faithful in St. Peter's Square Sunday for showing up seven minutes late for his traditional noon appointment with the public.

USA

Crime and chaos: Risk experts fear violent consequences of a no-deal Brexit

"Things we're likely to see are hate crimes, people shouting on the streets, physical altercations," said an analyst at the Risk Advisory Group.

USA

Netanyahu calls for boycott of Israeli channel behind HBO show 'Our Boys'

The Israeli prime minister says the series slanders his country internationally.

USA

U.S. envoy says peace deal near as Taliban attack another Afghan city

Presidential envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said Saturday that the Trump administration is "at the threshold of an agreement" with the insurgent group.

Sport

Czech Olympian Lukas Krpalek gains heavyweight gold at the Judo World Championships

In the absence of Teddy Riner in the heaviest men's category, the 100kg Olympic Champion Krpalek was on top form, holding down Korea's Kim Minjong for ippon in his semi-final.

USA

One dead, six wounded in France after suspected knife attack

One person was found dead and six others wounded on Saturday in the city of Villeurbanne, near Lyon, central France, after a suspected knife attack, a local police source told Reuters.

Belgium

Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert killed in race crash

Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert killed in race crash

France

Lyon stabbing suspect charged for 'murder' and 'attempted murder'

Lyon stabbing suspect charged for 'murder' and 'attempted murder'

USA

Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon as protests turn violent

Fears of clashes were running high ahead of the demonstrations, aimed at marking the fifth anniversary of a decision by China to curtail democratic reforms in the former British colony.

USA

Taliban attack Afghan city amid peace talks with U.S.

President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. had good negotiations going on with the Islamist group but had not yet reached a deal on on U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

USA

India leaves nearly two million people off citizens' list

Critics accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist party of stoking sentiment against immigrants and misusing the register to target even legal Muslim citizens.

World News

Twitter co-founder @jack has own account hacked

Twitter co-founder @jack has own account hacked

USA

Huge spike in migrants trying to make perilous journey to Europe

Number of people attempting to cross usually rises in summer, but the latest increase comes amid a crackdown in Turkey and intensified fighting in Syria.

USA

Congolese girl with Ebola dies after traveling to Uganda

The World Health Organization said that the outbreak has neared 3,000 cases since it was declared in August 2018.