Philippines rebukes China over South China Sea claims (www.reuters.com)
The Philippine defence minister rebuked China on Wednesday for accusing his country of provoking tension and stirring trouble in the South China Sea, saying only Beijing believed what it was saying....
Venezuela expected to release up to 36 people, including Americans, in prisoner swap (www.reuters.com)
Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective (www.reuters.com)
Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspensions collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration. Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame drivers for vehicle ‘abuse,’ but Tesla documents show it had tracked the chronic...
Vatican approves blessings for same-sex couples in landmark ruling (www.reuters.com)
TIL: A South Korean software engineer commemorated a headstone for Internet Explorer which read "He was a good tool to download other browsers" (www.reuters.com)
Egypt's Sisi sweeps to third term as president with 89.6% of vote (www.reuters.com)
Australia court finds Melbourne man guilty of foreign interference (www.reuters.com)
An Australia court on Tuesday found a Melbourne man who held prominent positions in Chinese community associations guilty of planning an act of foreign interference, the first verdict of its kind under a law introduced in 2018.
Denmark, U.S. reach defence agreement (www.reuters.com)
Australia court finds Melbourne man guilty of foreign interference (www.reuters.com)
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Trump to install loyalists to reshape U.S. foreign policy on China, NATO and Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
The result would enable Trump to make sweeping changes to the U.S. stance on issues ranging from the Ukraine war to trade with China, as well as to the federal institutions that implement - and sometimes constrain - foreign policy, the aides and diplomats said....
Iceland volcano erupts after weeks of quake activity (www.reuters.com)
Ukrainian troops face artillery shortages, scale back some operations - commander (www.reuters.com)
Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi was speaking after Republican lawmakers held up a $60-billion U.S. aid package and Hungary blocked 50 billion euros ($54.5 billion) in European Union funding for Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion....
Vatican approves blessings for same-sex couples in landmark ruling (www.reuters.com)
EU opens proceedings against X in first probe under new rules (www.reuters.com)
Britain's National Grid drops China-based supplier over cyber security fears - FT (www.reuters.com)
The decision came in April after the utility sought advice from the National Cyber Security Centre, a branch of the nation’s signals intelligence agency GCHQ, the newspaper quoted a Whitehall official as saying....
Gaza's Al Shifa hospital a 'bloodbath' says WHO (www.reuters.com)
Gaza's Al Shifa hospital a 'bloodbath' says WHO (www.reuters.com)
Israel orders Gazans to flee, bombs where it sends them (www.reuters.com)
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Israeli hostages killed in Gaza were holding white flag, official says (www.reuters.com)
French foreign ministry says worker killed by Israeli attack in Rafah (www.reuters.com)
Teamsters authorize strike at Anheuser-Busch's US breweries (www.reuters.com)
US agency will not reinstate $900 mln subsidy for SpaceX Starlink unit (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies....
China's ban on Apple's iPhone accelerates (www.reuters.com)
More Chinese agencies and state-backed companies across the country have asked their staff to not bring Apple (AAPL.O) iPhones and other foreign devices to work, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter....
US wants shakeup of Palestinian Authority to run Gaza after Hamas (www.reuters.com)
An architect of the 1993 Oslo peace accords with Israel that raised hopes of Palestinian statehood, Abbas has seen his legitimacy steadily undermined by Israeli settlement building in the occupied West Bank, which he oversees. Many Palestinians now regard his administration as corrupt, undemocratic and out of touch....