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Buffet lunch rescheduled after young entrepreneur Sun Yuchen falls ill

The founder of Tron canceled his lunch date with Warren Buffett after being hospitalized due to kidney stones. Buffet and Sun Yuchen, also known as Justin Sun, agreed to reschedule Thursday's lunch to a later date.

Trump meets with Pakistani PM on ties, Afghanistan

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday met with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House to discuss bilateral ties and Afghanistan.

Trump meets with U.S. chipmakers on Huawei

U.S. President Donald Trump met with executives from several of the nation's leading chipmakers Monday and discussed restrictions his administration has imposed on the sale of components to Huawei.

Trump dismisses Iran's claim of arresting CIA spies

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Iran's claim of dismantling a spying network in the country working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) amid escalating tensions in the region.

Chris Kraft, 1st flight director for NASA, dies at 95

Behind America's late leap into orbit and triumphant small step on the moon was the agile mind and guts-of-steel of Chris Kraft, making split-second decisions that propelled the nation to once unimaginable heights.

UK threatens Iran with larger military presence by West in Gulf

​Britain is seeking to put together a European-led maritime protection mission to protect shipping in the Gulf following the seizure of a British oil tanker by Iran.

Thousands lose power in NYC amid heat wave

Thousands of people in New York City are still waiting for power to be restored after over 50,000 customers were affected by outages Sunday night amid a dangerous heat wave.
 

Turkey to respond to U.S. sanctions over Russian S-400 purchase: FM

​Turkey will retaliate if the United States imposes sanctions over Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday.

Palestinians outraged at Israeli massive house demolitions in East Jerusalem

Palestinians were outraged after Israeli forces began a massive house demolition of 10 Palestinian residential buildings in Wadi Al-Hummos area of East Jerusalem's Sur Baher town on Monday.

Death toll rises to 17 in Somalia car bombing

The death toll in Monday's Mogadishu car bombing has risen to 17 while 28 others were injured, Somali medical officials confirmed.

Iran dismantles CIA "spying network," sentences some to death

Iran's Intelligence Ministry on Monday announced that it has dismantled a spying network inside the country serving the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States.

Cuba welcomes Chinese-made trains

​The first batch of Chinese-made rail cars are rolling out a new travel experience for Cuba.

India successfully launches Moon Mission-2, enters earth orbit

India successfully launched its Moon Mission-2, or Chandrayaan-2, on Monday which was aborted on July 15 due to a technical snag.

Japanese PM: Outcome of upper house election mandates nation building

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that the outcome of the upper house election on Sunday showed a public mandate on their need for political stability and hope to move ahead with "nation building."

Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem

Israeli forces began demolishing a number of Palestinian homes in the outskirts of East Jerusalem on Monday morning, despite Palestinian protest and international criticism.

Chief of UN nuclear watchdog Amano passes away -- IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday that its Director General Yukiya Amano has passed away.

Prince George turning 6 as UK palace releases new photos

Kensington Palace has released three new photographs before Prince George's birthday.

UK Treasury chief vows to quit if Boris Johnson becomes PM

British Treasury chief Philip Hammond said Sunday that he will quit if — as widely expected — Boris Johnson becomes prime minister this week on a promise to leave the European Union with or without a divorce deal.

Ukrainian president's party set to triumph in parliament election

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's party is projected to win the snap parliamentary election, said the country's Central Election Commission on Monday.

One of world's oldest bank notes on display

One of the world's oldest bank notes is being displayed in London to mark the 325th birthday of the Bank of England.
 

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