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CHINA-US

US closes Chengdu consulate in China, after Houston order

CHENGDU, China (AP) — The U.S. closed its consulate in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday, a victim of the rising tensions between the global powers. China ordered the mission closed in retaliation for a U.S. order to shut down the Chinese Consulate in Houston. The tit-for-tat closings marked a significant escalation in the multiple disputes between the countries over a range of issues, including trade, technology, security and human rights. A State Department statement expressed disappointment, saying the consulate “has stood at the center of our relations with the people in Western China, including Tibet, for 35 years."

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Asia Today: Australian outbreak attributed to sick workers

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state has posted another daily record 532 new COVID-19 cases. The state government leader warned that a lockdown in the city of Melbourne would continue while infected people continued to go to work. Melbourne is almost half way through a six-week lockdown aimed at curbing community spread of coronavirus. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said the biggest driver of the new infections was people continuing to go to work after showing symptoms. He said the lockdown would not end until people stop going to work and instead get tested.

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Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis has crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. A processional with Lewis’ casket was carried across the bridge Sunday where he and other civil rights marchers were beaten 55 years ago on “Bloody Sunday,” a key event in the fight for voting rights for African Americans. Lewis died July 17 at the age of 80, months after he was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.

AP-VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST

The Latest: S. Korea reports 25 new coronavirus cases

South Korea has reported 25 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing its national caseload to 14,175 infections and 299 deaths. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday said 16 of the new cases were tied to people arriving from abroad. The country in past days have reported dozens of cases among crew members of a Russia-flagged cargo ship docked in the southern port of Busan and hundreds of South Korean construction workers airlifted from virus-ravaged Iraq.

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Austin police identify protester shot, killed by driver

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police have identified an armed protester who was shot and killed by a person who had driven into a crowd at a demonstration in Texas. Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said 28-year-old Garrett Foster was fatally shot Saturday at a police brutality protest. Manley said a vehicle drove up to protesters and honked its horn. Manley said the driver and several witnesses told police Foster pointed an assault rifle at the driver. The driver shot Foster, drove away and later called 911. Foster's mother said her son had been a regular at the protests with his fiancée, who uses a wheelchair.

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Trump to discuss energy, tour oil rig, raise money in Texas

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump will shift his focus to American energy dominance when he stops in Texas later this week on a visit that will include his first tour of an oil rig. Trump is visiting Double Eagle Energy in Midland, Texas, on Wednesday. The White House says the president will discuss how the U.S. is achieving energy dominance by cutting regulations, simplifying the permitting process and encouraging private investment in energy infrastructure. Trump will also raise money for the Republican Party and his reelection campaign at a fundraising luncheon Wednesday in nearby Odessa, Texas.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS

White House pushes narrow virus aid; Pelosi blasts GOP delay

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday assailed Republican “disarray” over a new pandemic relief package as the White House suggested a narrower effort might be necessary, at least for now. The California Democrat panned the Trump administration’s desire to trim an expiring temporary federal unemployment benefit from $600 weekly to about 70% of pre-pandemic wages. “The reason we had $600 was its simplicity,” she said from the Capitol. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrapped up meetings Sunday at the Capitol a $1 trillion pandemic relief package. Meadows said they have an agreement “in principle” with Senate Republicans ahead of Monday's expected rollout.

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South Texas drenched by cyclone amid surge in virus cases

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A day after roaring ashore as a hurricane, Hanna is lashing the Texas Gulf Coast with high winds and drenching rains that destroyed boats, flooded streets and knocked out power across a region already reeling from a surge in coronavirus cases. Downgraded to a tropical depression, Hanna passed over the U.S.-Mexico border with winds near 50 mph (85 kph). It is expected to unload as much as 18 inches of rain (45 centimetres) on parts of South Texas and northeastern Mexico.

HAWAII-HURRICANE

Hurricane Douglas swirls 'uncomfortably close' to Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is urging residents to take the threat from Hurricane Douglas seriously as the storm packing 85 mph winds swirls just north of the Hawaiian Islands. The mayor says his island of Oahu has repeatedly gotten lucky as hurricanes threatening the city have ultimately fizzled out or veered away. But this time he predicted strong winds and storm surge on parts of the island where roads and homes are very close to the water. He says it could be life-threatening. Officials are urging residents to stay indoors and tie down loose materials.

INDIA-DISPUTED TEMPLE

India's PM to attend temple groundbreaking at disputed site

NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a groundbreaking ceremony next week for a Hindu temple on a disputed site in northern India where a 16th century mosque was torn down by Hindu hard-liners in 1992. The trust overseeing the temple construction says the ceremony is set for Aug. 5, a date they say is astrologically auspicious for Hindus but that also marks a year since India revoked the semi-autonomous status of its only Muslim-majority state, Jammu and Kashmir. The symbolism is impossible to miss. Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has long pledged to strip Kashmir’s autonomy and to build a temple to the Hindu god Ram where the Mughal-era mosque once stood.