Welcome to Morning News. It is Sunday, September 27. Weather in GZ: Thundershower.

China

1. Huangpu Tram Line 1 in Guangzhou's Huangpu district finished construction yesterday and is expected to fully open to traffic by the end of this year.

2. As the National Day holiday is approaching, traffic in downtown area of Guangzhou is expected to surge and the rush hour will begin at 3 pm on September 30, according to Guangzhou transportation department.

3. A total of 139,658 people in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, have been given nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 and returned negative results, after two stevedores working at the Qingdao Port were reported as asymptomatic COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

4. The Chinese mainland recorded 14 new cases on Saturday, all from overseas.

5. A total of 17 people were trapped in a coal mine due to excessive level of carbon monoxide in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said Sunday.

6. Three people were killed after a helicopter crashed in Heishui County of Sichuan province on Saturday, local government said.

7. The 27th Beijing International Book Fair kicked off on Saturday, with the opening ceremony livestreamed on its official mobile app as well as news websites.The fair has so far attracted 1,400 publishing organizations from 97 countries and regions, bringing 300,000 titles on display online.

8. Ant Group, a Chinese financial technology company which manages the mobile payment service Alipay, seeks to pass the HKEX hearing for its IPO as soon as next Tuesday, and is expected to float on the Shanghai and Hong Kong bourses by late October.

World

1. The Republic of Korea (ROK) returned the remains of 117 Chinese soldiers from the People's Volunteer Army who served in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) in a ceremony held at the Incheon International Airport in Seoul on Sunday.

2. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he is nominating Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative federal appellate judge, for the Supreme Court.

3. New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square will be held online for the first time in 114 years.

4. California State University Long Beach (CSULA) in Southern California announced in a statement on Saturday to place all on-campus students under quarantine after five students attending a gathering tested positive for COVID-19.

5. Some 1,700 students at Manchester Metropolitan University have been told to stay in their rooms for 14 days after 127 tested positive for coronavirus, local media reported Saturday.

6. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a proposed rule to require "a fixed period of stay" for international students, exchange visitors, and foreign information media representatives.

7. 26 people died in a military plane crash in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region on Friday night, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine said.

8. Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 990,000 on Saturday. The United States remains the nation worst hit by the pandemic, followed by Brazil and India.

Editor: Yuan

Source: Xinhua, China Daily, CGTN, People's Daily