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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 23

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MADRID -- Two workers were missing and one was injured after the interior of a building collapsed in the center of Madrid on Tuesday.

Rescue services and Spanish national TV station RTVE reported that the inside of the building at number 19 Calle General Martinez Campos' collapsed when the two workers were on the fifth floor. (Spain-Building- Collapse)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his scheduled meeting with the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un may be delayed.

"It may not work out for June 12," Trump told reporters at the White House during his meeting with visiting President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in, referring to the date of his planned meeting with Kim. (US-DPRK-Leaders-Meeting)

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BEIRUT -- Seven Lebanese soldiers were injured Tuesday in clashes with wanted individuals in the northern port city of Tripoli, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.

The clashes erupted as a Lebanese army patrol was chasing a wanted person, identified as Jihad Baltaji, and his companions, the report said. (Lebanon-Clash-Soldiers)

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DAMASCUS -- Islamic State (IS) militants resorted to suicide bombings at the last stage of Syrian Army's final battles to liberate IS strongholds in south of Syrian capital Damascus.

The battles in the districts of Hajar al-Aswad and the nearby Yarmouk Camp, as well as the pockets in the surroundings, were inevitable, as they were the last IS militant-held areas in southern Damascus. (Syria-IS-Suicide Bombings)

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LAGOS -- At least 68 local bandits have been killed and others wounded in clashes with the army in the northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state since April, an army commander said Tuesday.

Udeagbala Kennedy, Commander of the Nigerian Army Brigade Command Sokoto, told reporters in Gusau, the state capital, that six suspected kidnappers were arrested, while two soldiers died during the military operation. (Nigeria-Bandits) Enditem