ULAN BATOR -- Mongolia has sent samples of the processed fuel abroad for further laboratory tests after a total of six people died and dozens of people have been hospitalized here since last week due to allegedly burning processed coal to keep warm, local officials said.

"Unfortunately, the death toll has risen to six in Ulan Bator due to allegedly burning processed fuel for domestic use," Mongolia's deputy prime minister Ulziisaikhan Enkhtuvshin said on Tuesday. (Mongolia-Fuel-Samples)

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STOCKHOLM -- The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics are shared by three scientists, the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced on Tuesday.

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded with one half to James Peebles "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology" and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star." (Nobel Prize-Physics)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi President Barham Salih on Monday urged protesters to join national dialogue, asserting that he categorically rejects targeting peaceful demonstrators and security forces as well.

In his speech addressing the Iraqi people, Salih called on the demonstrators "to join a constructive and genuine dialogue within the national framework that guarantees informing the people about the steps of reform, and hold direct and daily meetings with our youth in all cities." (Iraq-Protests)

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong has witnessed a sharp escalation in violence and rioting throughout Friday and the weekend as rioters turned more barbaric by carrying out ruthless and reckless violent acts in many districts, the police said Tuesday.

Kwok Yam-yung, regional commander of New Territories North of the Hong Kong Police Force, said at a media briefing that rioters had carried out more extensive and more destructive acts than before in an organized and targeted way over the past four days. (Hong Kong-Violence)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of State directed the country's ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, not to attend a congressional testimony on Tuesday related to the current administration's dealings with Ukraine, according to the diplomat's lawyer.

Robert Luskin, the attorney representing Sondland, said in a letter his client was ready to testify behind closed doors but the State Department instructed him not to show up, the reason for which was not given. (US-Impeachment-Ukraine) Enditem

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