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HONG KONG (AP) — Joshua Wong, a leading figure in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, has vowed to join the latest protests after he was released from prison. He told journalists he needed a bit of time but that "no matter what happens, I will join the protest soon." Wong served a two-month sentence for contempt related to his involvement in the 2014 protests advocating a more democratic elections process.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's state news agency says that most of the nation's power grid is back up and running after a massive blackout that left tens of millions of people without electricity. Telam said Sunday that Argentina had restored power to 90 percent of the country. Power also has been restored to most of Uruguay's 3 million people. The massive blackout had hit Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday in what the Argentine president called an "unprecedented" failure in the countries' power grid.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — People fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers. They have been arriving from places like the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. Cameroonians have also been traveling up through Mexico and into the U.S. in larger numbers and seeking asylum at ports of entry. Officials in Texas and even Maine are scrambling to absorb the sharp increase in African migrants.
PARIS (AP) — The chief executive of Boeing says he is confident the Boeing 737 Max will be cleared to fly again later this year by U.S. and all other global regulators. Speaking before the Paris Air Show on Sunday, CEO Dennis Muilenburg says the company made a "mistake" in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people. Muilenburg promised transparency as Boeing works to get the grounded plane back in flight.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A cousin of the man shot and killed by an off-duty police officer at a Costco Wholesale warehouse store in Corona says he was a "gentle giant" who was mentally disabled. Corona police say Kenneth French attacked the Los Angeles Police Department officer, who was holding his young child, Friday night. The officer fatally shot French and critically wounded two others. The Press-Enterprise reports that French's cousin Rick Shureih identified the other victims as French's parents.
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