Severe frostbite claimed Xia Boyu's feet during his first failed attempt in 1975. Then, lymphoma claimed his legs beneath the knee. Still, Xia kept trying — and on Monday, he finally reached the top.

Flight 861 was on its way from Denver to Dallas when the crew radioed ahead to ask for help. Four of the 120 passengers said they had ear pain as a result of the cabin issue.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, praised "the vision, the courage and the moral clarity" of President Trump in making the U.S. the first country to open an embassy in the disputed city.

David Friedman tells NPR's Morning Edition that the question of Jerusalem was "an inappropriate card" for the Palestinians to play and that taking it off the table will advance negotiations.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians protested the opening of the American embassy, on a day that also marked 70 years since Israel's creation.

Also: New fissures open from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano; hurricane forecasters are watching a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico; and there's a new suicide attack in Malaysia.

Trump says he is working with Chinese President Xi Jinping to get cellphone-maker ZTE "back in business" after it was punished for selling U.S. technology to Iran and then violated a settlement.

The attack in Surabaya follows suicide bombings of three separate churches in the same city that the Islamic State claims to have carried out over the weekend.

"Some of the victims were stabbed, others were shot, there is even a whole family that was burned alive in their home," an official told AFP. A survivor said some victims were hacked with machetes.

Attackers targeted three churches, which were holding Sunday services. An intelligence official says an ISIS-allied group may be responsible.