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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis held its first mass last night since the deadly shooting there Wednesday morning. NPR's Jason DeRose reports from Minneapolis. Puritioners gathered in the school gym rather than the sanctuary at Annunciation. The church building itself is still a crime scene.

During the sermon, the congregation's pastor, Dennis Zarin acknowledged how difficult the coming weeks and months will be. My good people of enunciation, my good people of Minneapolis and beyond, we are in a very low place. We are in a lower place than we could have ever imagined. But Zeran offered a word of hope as well, telling those gathered that despite sorrow and loss, God always calls people to begin again. Jason DeRose, NPR News, Minneapolis. The leaders of China and India say there is deep.

deepening trust between their countries after years of tension, including a border dispute. Xi Jinping and Renri Modi met on the sidelines of a regional summit in the Chinese city of Tianjin. President Xi said China and India were partners, not rivals. Prime Minister Modi said there have been steps to prevent any repeat of deadly border classes and that direct flights between the two countries will resume. The BBC's Stephen McConnell has more. In a case of spectacularly good timing, this visit from Narendra Modi has been just as Donald Trump's administration is whacking India

with 50% tariffs on its goods. And Xi Jinping's able to say, well, look, come and do some trade with us. There's obviously massive potential between China and India economically. And in fact, what Modi said was is that 2.8 billion people were needing those two to get on with one another. He also said that this would have a spillover effect for all of human beings. humanity if China and India could stop squabbling. The BBC, Stephen McDonnell.

Cities across Indonesia remain on edge after a week of protests and riots that have left at least five people dead. Looters entered lawmakers' homes today amid discontent over inflation and unemployment. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports. In the early hours of Sunday, crowds ransacked the home of lawmakers and Indonesia's finance minister. Protests broke out Monday following reports that lawmakers had given themselves a monthly housing allowance more than 10 times what a worker making minimum wage in Jakarta can earn

in a month. More protests erupted after a police armored vehicle ran over and killed a motorcycle taxi driver. Rioters in the city of Makasar set fire to the local assembly building, and three people were killed in the blaze or jumping from the building to escape it. President Prabuo Subianto has canceled a trip to attend a military parade in China to deal with the unrest. Anthony Kuhn in This is NPR News, Seoul. This is NPR News. Russia launched a sweeping attack on Ukraine yesterday in the southeastern part of the country. Local officials say one person was killed and at least 24 others were wounded.

This was the second heavy bombardment of Ukraine in recent days. U.S. colleges and universities are dealing with a major problem this fall. They're facing a big drop in international student enrollment that's been triggered by pressure from the Trump administration. Frank Morris of Member Station K-C-U-R reports. The Trump administration has revoked more than 6,000 student visas, denied and delayed many thousands more, and raised fees. Higher education advocates say the resulting enrollment drop could exceed 175,000 students. Andrew Vogel, a vice president at Avala University in Kansas City, says that'll hurt higher

education nationwide. The amount of international students coming to the U.S. is obviously decreased significantly, and it could be up to $7 or $8 billion loss for the United States this fall. So it's looking kind of grim for a lot of institutions of higher education, even Harvard. American colleges and universities have come to rely on well over a million students from abroad to fill seats and coffers as slacking U.S. birth rates deplete domestic enrollment. Friend PR News on Frank Morris.

This Labor Day weekend, activists are planning protests in all 50 states. The theme is, workers over billionaires. Liz Scholar, the president of the 8th. F.L. CIO says President Trump is reversing progress on union jobs. Some federal workers no longer have collective bargaining rights, and it has placed immigrant workers in their families in a state of fear. I'm Nora Rahm. NPR News.