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FILE- In this Nov. 29, 2018, file photo, a woman walks past a Tiffany &amp; Co. store at a shopping mall in Beijing. Tiffany &amp; Co. reports financial results on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Tiffany 1Q sales drop as tourist spending slumps

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press

In this June 18, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump holds up the space policy directive that he signed during a National Space Council meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump is moving closer toward his goal of creating a Space Force, but it won't begin as a separate military branch as the president envisioned. The Space Force instead initially will be created as part of the Air Force, but could be spun into a separate military department in the future. That's according to senior administration officials who briefed journalists on a directive Trump is scheduled to sign Tuesday to establish the Space Force. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

U.S. military no long unchallenged for dominance in outer space

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This undated photo shows Miss Kim lilac growing in New Paltz, N.Y. Miss Kim lilac is one of a number of species of lilac that differ from, and are worth growing in addition to or instead of the usual Common Lilac. (Lee Reich via AP)

A lesson from Miss Kim: Give other lilac species a try

By LEE REICH - Associated Press

Visitors gather to watch the flag raising in front of Mao Zedong's portrait on Tiananmen Gate on the 30th anniversary of a bloody crackdown of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Critics say the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, which left hundreds, possibly thousands, dead, set the ruling Communist Party on its present course of ruthless suppression, summary incarceration and the frequent use of violence against opponents in the name of &quot;stability maintenance.&quot; (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China handles Tiananmen anniversary with usual silence

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

FILE — In this June 5, 1989, file photo, a Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Changan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square on Jeff Widener who created the iconic image of "tank man" says its time for China's government to "come clean" about the bloody events of June 3-4 1989. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener, File)

Tiananmen Square massacre 30 years later

By Ed Feulner

A Chinese naval ship is seen as it docks with two others, after arriving at Garden Island Naval Base in Sydney, Monday, June 3, 2019. Three Chinese warships arrived in Sydney Harbor on Monday morning on a four-day visit. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Chinese ships had come to Sydney on their way home from the Middle East on a reciprocal visit after Australian warships had traveled to China.(Peter Rae/AAP Image via AP)

Australia prime minister offers more aid to Solomon Islands

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Hong Kong proposes safeguards to extradition law amendments

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FILE - In this June 2, 2019, file photo, Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe salutes attendees ahead of the fourth plenary session of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, in Singapore. China's defense minister has warned that its military will &quot;resolutely take action&quot; to defend Beijing's claims over self-ruled Taiwan and disputed South China Sea waters. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this May 20, 2019, photo, a woman adjusts the glasses of a man outside a Huawei store in Beijing. The world's largest association of technology professionals has reversed a decision that would have excluded employees of Chinese tech giant Huawei and its affiliates from some editorial and peer review activities.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China data suggests trade war hit; tech group reverses stand

By YANAN WANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 2, 2019, file photo, Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe salutes attendees ahead of the fourth plenary session of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, in Singapore. China's defense minister has warned that its military will &quot;resolutely take action&quot; to defend Beijing's claims over self-ruled Taiwan and disputed South China Sea waters. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim, File)

Taiwan lashes back at Chinese defense minister’s threats

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FILE - In this June 10, 1989 file photo, People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops stand guard with tanks in front of Tiananmen Square after crushing the students pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing. Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square protests, China's economy has catapulted up the world rankings, yet political repression is harsher than ever. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami, File)

Prosperity, repression mark China 30 years after Tiananmen

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe speaks during the fourth plenary session of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

China announces South China Sea military training exercises

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FILE - This photo provided by the Macon County Sheriff's Office in Decatur, Ill., shows Brendt Christensen. Jury selection starts Monday, June 3, 2019 in Peoria, Ill., for the federal trial of Christensen in the 2017 disappearance and suspected killing of Yingying Zhang, a visiting scholar from China whose body hasn’t been found. (Macon County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Illinois man set for trial in missing Chinese scholar case

By BY MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Montana toy maker squeezed by US-China trade dispute

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Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe speaks during the fourth plenary session of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

China defends 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as ‘correct policy’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan used his appearance at the annual Shangri-La forum as an opportunity to publicly call out China and declare that the U.S. will stand firmly against Beijing's claim of near total authority over the vital South China Sea. (Associated Press/File)

Patrick Shanahan, Pentagon tell White House to stop politicizing military amid USS John McCain furor

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this May 30, 2019, photo, a computer screen shows web content from outside China including a clip of Chinese singer Li Zhi singing his song "The Square" with the lyrics "Now this square is my grave" and his social media site in Beijing on. Li is an outspoken artist who performs "folk-rock." He sang pensive ballads about social ills, and unlike most entertainers in China, he dared to broach the taboo subject of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests that ended in bloodshed on June 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Li Zhi, singer, missing as China cracks down on Tiananmen Square anniversary

By Yanan Wang - Associated Press

In this Saturday, June 1, 2019, photo, Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong shares his view on the military crackdown on Tiananmen Square in Hong Kong. Thirty years after it was crushed by China’s army, the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement is being commemorated in art, literature, public rallies and even synth pop. Wong’s latest release, “Is it a crime,” recorded with longtime musical partner Tats Lau is finding an audience by doing just that. The two make up the group Tat Ming Pair, long a staple of local music scene known as Cantopop for the Cantonese language in which the music is recorded. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Anthony Wong, Tat Ming Pair score hit with Tiananmen Square song ‘Is It a Crime’

By Juwon Park - Associated Press

In this Saturday, June 1, 2019, photo, Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. Thirty years after it was crushed by China’s army, the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement is being commemorated in art, literature, public rallies and even synth pop. Wong’s latest release, “Is it a crime,” recorded with longtime musical partner Tats Lau is finding an audience by doing just that. The two make up the group Tat Ming Pair, long a staple of local music scene known as Cantopop for the Cantonese language in which the music is recorded. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong scores hit with Tiananmen song

By JUWON PARK - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 31, 2019 file photo, =a worker stacks a box of freshly harvested Chiquita bananas to be exported, at a farm in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico. President Donald Trump plans to impose 5% tariffs on Mexican imports starting June 10 and to ratchet them up to 25% by Oct. 1 if the Mexicans don’t do more to stop the surge of Central American migrants across the southern U.S. border. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Trump’s tariffs: What are they? How do they work?

By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press