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Police arrest thousands of illegal migrants attempting to get into Hong Kong. Julie Noce reports.
China's Shenzhou-18 mission takes off from a launch centre in Jiuquan, in the northern Gansu province, carrying three astronauts to the country's Tiangong space station. The three are set to replace the space station's current crew and will remain in orbit around the Earth for six months. IMAGES
A Philippine government task force accuses the China Coast Guard of "provacative and irresponsible actions" near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, referring to two collision Sunday with Philippine boats on a resupply mission to Filipino troops. SOUNDBITE
Images released by the Brazilian Institute for Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) show illegal shark fins confiscated in southern Brazil and headed to Asia. Brazilian authorities consider the seizure, totalling 29 tons as possibly the largest such seizure ever. IMAGES
China sends three astronauts to its Tiangong space station, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first time. IMAGES
India's foreign minister S. Jaishankar greets his Pakistani and Russian counterparts as they arrive for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in the Indian coastal resort state of Goa. IMAGES