SYDNEY -- Two people suffered minor injuries after a light aircraft made an emergency landing on a golf course in northern Sydney on Sunday afternoon.

The Piper PA-28 Cherokee made the emergency landing on the course in Mona Vale, 23 kilometers northeast of central Sydney, shortly after 2:00 p.m. local time on Sunday. (Australia-Emergency Landing)

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BERLIN -- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington on Monday, joining Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, the German government announced on Sunday.

According to a statement, the visit is for an "exchange of information" with Trump following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the U.S. state of Alaska on Friday. (Germany-U.S.-meeting)

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ANTANANARIVO -- The 45th Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government opened in Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar, on Sunday, with regional leaders urging stronger industrial capacity and modernized agriculture to drive integration.

SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi noted that agriculture contributes 33 percent of the region's gross domestic product and provides income for 62 percent of its population, yet nearly 60 million people remain food insecure in 2024. (SADC-Madagascar-Summit)

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GAZA -- At least 42 Palestinians were killed Sunday in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, Gaza's Civil Defense said.

Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua that seven people were killed in Israeli shelling near the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, and at least one person was killed in an Israeli shelling of a house in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of the city. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel) Enditem