Welcome to Morning News. It's September 21. Monday. 26-31℃.

1. A mild cold air will affect Guangdong starting Wednesday, with a slight temperature drop, according to the local meteorological department.

2. China will start the seventh national census in November.

3. Beijing plans to allow up to 4 or 5 direct international flights to the capital city per day, carrying a total of about 1,000 passengers.

4. Sichuan province will complete the annulment of 10,211 fishing permits by the end of this month, heralding the beginning of a 10-year fishing ban along the Sichuan section of the Yangtze River.

5. TikTok Global is planning to launch a pre-IPO in which Bytedance will retain an 80 percent stake in the company, Bytedance said in a statement on Monday.

6. China's Hainan free trade port has published criteria for the identification of top-notch and urgently-needed talents with foreign nationalities.

7. China on Monday released plans to build pilot free trade zones in the country's capital Beijing, central China's Hunan Province and east China's Anhui Province.

8. Chinese mainland reported 12 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, all imported.

World

1. A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the U.S. Commerce Department from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late Sunday.

2.  British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Sunday that Britain is facing a "tipping point" regarding the coronavirus pandemic and more restrictions are possible to cope with the spread of virus.

3. Tropical Storm Beta trudged toward the coasts of Texas and Louisiana on Sunday, threatening to bring more rain, wind and stress.

4. The US unilaterally proclaimed on Saturday that UN sanctions against Iran are back in force and promised to punish those who violate them, in a move that risks increasing Washington's isolation but also international tensions.

5. South Korea on Sunday extended level 2 social distancing for a week until September 27.

6. Egypt's antiquities ministry announced Sunday the discovery of 14 coffins in the Saqqara area that had lain buried for two and a half thousand years.

7. Queen's University Belfast chartered a plane to bring 369 Chinese students back to UK campus on Saturday.

8. Uganda on Sunday reopened its international airport and land borders for tourists and citizens who had been stranded abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: People's Daily; CGTN; Xinhua

Editor: Sophia