Before another weekend of planned protests, police in Hong Kong

arrested pro-democracy organizers Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Andy Chan.

Meanwhile, Hurricane Dorian could become a Category 4 storm when it hits Florida on Labor Day.

Critics are crying foul over British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s

move to suspend Parliament for five weeks. Meanwhile, a routine Chinese troop

rotation in Hong Kong has fueled fears that Beijing could intervene in the city’s

crisis.

The family behind Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of

OxyContin, reportedly could give up ownership of the company and pay $3 billion

to resolve more than 2,000 lawsuits blaming it for fueling America’s opioid crisis.

Meanwhile, the British prime minister has asked Queen Elizabeth II to suspend

Parliament for several weeks in a highly controversial move.

An Oklahoma judge ruled that Johnson & Johnson must pay the

state for its role in fueling an opioid crisis that’s claimed 6,000 lives over two

decades. Meanwhile, a top adviser to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said his

country would reject the $22 million pledged by G-7 nations to fight Brazil’s forest

fires.

President Trump says Beijing has called to re-start stalled trade talks after both sides traded tariff declarations as well as Trump’s so—called order to remove U.S. businesses from China. Meanwhile, G-7 leaders may be close to an agreement on fighting thousands of Amazon fires.

President Donald Trump spooked investors Friday with angry tweets retaliating against fresh Chinese tariffs and what he called an order that U.S. businesses seek to move production out of China. Meanwhile, Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president, responded to international alarm over Amazon rainforest fires by saying he’d send troops to fight the blazes.

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed concerns yesterday

about the vulnerability of the Amazon rainforest amid raging fires. Meanwhile,

Hong Kong is bracing for more weekend demonstrations, including a “stress

test” of its airport that’s aimed at choking local transportation.

New indicators from the U.S. Labor Department and the Congressional Budget Office suggest concerns about the American economy may be justified. Meanwhile, global leaders are casting doubt over British Prime Minister

Boris Johnson’s plan to ditch a key element of the Brexit deal.

Amid growing concerns about the state of the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump admitted yesterday that he’s mulling potential tax cuts.

Meanwhile, a militant and a police officer were killed after what’s believed to be

the first open violence in Kashmir since India’s revocation of its special status.

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway told reporters yesterday “the fundamentals of our economy are very strong,” but concerns about a possible recession linger. Meanwhile, Twitter has removed 936 social me- dia accounts it believes were run by the Chinese government to malign Hong Kong’s protest movement.