The United States announces new restrictions on American travel to Cuba. Effective Wednesday, travel via cruise ships or other conveyances, including private yachts or airplanes, is prohibited. Group travel under the previous "people-to-people educational" provision is also not allowed. (BBC News)(AP via WKYT-TV)
China expands its warnings about travel to the U.S. issued for students and academics yesterday, to now cover tourists and businesses because, "in recent days, there have been incidents of gun violence, robberies and thefts in the United States". (BBC News)(Reuters)
A mass shooting in Darwin, the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, leaves four people dead and another injured at five different locations. The 45-year-old suspect, who had been on parole since January, is arrested. Authorities say the shooting was not terrorism-related. (ABC News)(BBC News)
Jersey authorities seize over $267 million (£210m) from a Doraville Properties Corporation bank account of former Nigerian president and army chief of staff dictator Sani Abacha (d. 1998) after courts ruled billions of dollars were stolen and laundered through the United States into the Channel Islands. (BBC News)(Metro)
Tens of thousands of people gather in Hong Kong to mark the 30th anniversary of the crackdown on protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Hong Kong is one of the two places in China where people can openly commemorate the event, the other being Macau, to a lesser extent; elsewhere in China, the authorities have banned and blocked any reference to the crackdown. (BBC News)