Business and economy
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2019 Japan–South Korea trade dispute
- South Korea officially removes Japan from its "whitelist" of countries with fast-track trade status. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 27 people, a majority of them children, are killed in a fire caused by an electrical problem at a boarding school in a suburb near the Liberian capital of Monrovia. (BBC)
- A Twin Otter cargo plane carrying rice and four people goes missing shortly after its departure from Timika, Indonesia. (The Loadstar)
International relations
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2019 Persian Gulf crisis
- Saudi Arabia joins the International Maritime Security Construct. (Arab News)
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Solomon Islands–United States relations
- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence cancels a meeting with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in response to the country's move to cut ties with Taiwan and establish relations with China. (RNZ)
Law and crime
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2019 Samoa assassination plot
- Prosecution in the case of the latest attempt to kill Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi announce that Eletise Leafa Vitale, convicted of the assassination of one of Malielegoai's Cabinet members in another failed attempt at killing him in 1999, will testify in the trial against the conspirators of this year's plot. (RNZ)
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Crisis in Venezuela
- The Human Rights Watch reveals details of arbitrary executions and arrests on behalf of the Maduro government in areas of Venezuela where the public no longer show support for disputed president Nicolás Maduro. (Human Rights Watch)
Politics and elections
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Cabinet of Donald Trump
- U.S. President Donald Trump appoints former attorney and U.S. State Department hostage negotiator Robert O'Brien as his new National Security Advisor. (The New York Times)