World Briefs

CHINA President Xi Jinping yesterday inaugurated a second international airport for the Chinese capital with the world’s biggest terminal ahead of celebrations of the Communist Party’s 70th anniversary in power.

HONG KONG A senior Chinese official in Hong Kong expressed confidence in the ability of local authorities to restore calm to the protest-wracked city. More on p8

PHILIPPINES The coast guard said seven rowers drowned and 14 others were rescued when their dragon boat overturned yesterday after being lashed by strong waves during a practice run off a popular resort island.

SOUTH KOREA The government yesterday said it was intensifying efforts to clean farms around the country as it scrambles to contain the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever that has ravaged farms near its border with North Korea.

THAILAND Police yesterday arrested a male model accused of taking an unconscious woman home, boasting online about his sexual exploits, and leaving her lifeless body in the lobby of his building.

THAILAND The number of Chinese tourists visiting Thailand topped 1 million in August for the first time in six months, brightening an otherwise dim outlook for the nation’s economy. Chinese arrivals surged almost 19% to 1.03 million during the month compared with a year earlier.

INDIA A 23-year-old law student who accused a leader of India’s governing party of sexual assault was arrested yesterday on charges of extortion, police said.

PAKISTAN Authorities began distributing tents, food and water among thousands of earthquake victims in Pakistan-held Kashmir yesterday, as the death toll from a powerful 5.8 magnitude temblor that rocked a large swath of the country’s northeast a day earlier jumped to 37, officials said.

NEW ZEALAND’s education minister called yesterday for an investigation after reports that a student’s body lay undiscovered in a university dorm room for nearly eight weeks.

UK British Attorney General Geoffrey Cox accused Parliament yesterday of being a “disgrace” as lawmakers returned for the first day of work since a bombshell Supreme Court decision deemed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the legislature to be illegal.

USA President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript summarizing the call released yesterday.