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Former champion Iga ​Swiatek got her U.S. Open ​campaign off to a solid ‌start on ​Monday as the Polish eighth seed defeated China's Wang Xiyu 6-2 6-3 to reach the second round. Swiatek claimed ‌her first title of an inconsistent year in Toronto earlier this month and followed it up with a run to the Cincinnati semi-finals, arriving in New York with ‌a confidence boost as she bids for a seventh Grand Slam crown.

The White ​House on Monday released terms ​of the U.S.-Venezuela oil ‌deal with ​North American Blue Energy Partners.

China said it had serious concerns about Taiwan's ​presence at the annual Pacific Islands Forum in ​Palau, warning of "consequences" after the democratically ruled island ‌attended ​the group's opening ceremony on Monday. China views Taiwan as its own territory, and China-Taiwan tensions have featured prominently at the meeting, which was intended to demonstrate regional unity.

​South ‌Korea will send ​a 44-member emergency ‌relief team to Nepal to support search-and-rescue operations ‌after flooding in ‌the Rasuwa region, South Korea's Foreign Ministry ⁠said ​on ⁠Tuesday. The team, including officials ⁠from the ministry and ​fire agency, will leave ⁠for Nepal on a ⁠military ​transport aircraft on Tuesday and ⁠work there for about ⁠10 ⁠days, it said. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

A Las Vegas jury on Monday found an ex-gang leader guilty of murder in a case accusing him of masterminding the drive-by killing ‌of legendary hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur, bringing a decades-old cold case to a close. Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, was charged in Nevada's Clark County with a single count of murder using a deadly weapon and had pleaded not guilty.

Highlights of the second day at U.S. Open on Monday (times GMT): 0037 SWIATEK ​DOWNS WANG Six-times Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek of Poland defeated ​China's Wang Xiyu 6-2 6-3 to set ‌up ​a second-round meeting with Argentine Nadia Podoroska. 2245 BERRETTINI SURVIVES WAWRINKA TEST Italian Matteo Berrettini knocked out three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka 7-6(4) 7-6(3) 6-0.

South Korea's ‌chief presidential ​policy adviser has resigned, the presidential Blue House said on Tuesday, ‌after President Lee Jae Myungreshuffled his cabinet and senior aidesamid a drop in his approval rating. Kim Yong-beom was ‌a key adviser to Lee on economic policy, including ‌on housing and stock market issues. President Lee had accepted Kim's resignation on Tuesday, the presidential office's spokesperson said.

Brazilian ​billionaire Joesley Batista, ​one of ‌the owners ​of meatpacker JBS, met ‌U.S. President Donald Trump on August 20 to discuss how additional beef supply ‌from Brazil could help ‌tame U.S. beef prices if Trump dropped a 26% import tax, ⁠the ​Wall ⁠Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people ⁠familiar with the matter. A day ​later, Trump said he will ⁠temporarily ease beef tariffs to help ⁠lower ​prices and said ground beef imports would sell 25% ⁠below current prices.

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A Las Vegas jury on Monday found an ex-gang ​leader guilty of murder in a case ​accusing him of masterminding the drive-by killing ‌of ​legendary hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur, bringing a decades-old cold case to a close. Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, was charged in Nevada's Clark County with a single count ‌of murder using a deadly weapon. He had pleaded not guilty.