Belgium's intelligence service monitors Alibaba hub in Europe over 'espionage' concerns - FT (www.reuters.com)
Philippines to continue South China Sea supply missions despite Chinese boats (www.reuters.com)
Philippines denounces China for 'unprovoked acts of coercion' to block resupply mission (www.reuters.com)
Israel wages ground campaign in Gaza, communications blackout eases (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces expand ground operations and airstrikes in Gaza, targeting Hamas military sites; communications partially restored after a day-long blackout....
Migrant’s drowning in Mediterranean prompts criticism of Malta's rescue policies (www.reuters.com)
The craft was about 70 nautical miles off the coast of Malta, within the small island country’s search and rescue zone, according to position data recorded by Alarm Phone, the hotline operator. Within these zones, countries are obligated under international law to coordinate search and rescue operations....
Man surrenders to Polish police after bomb threat incident that closed Warsaw square (www.reuters.com)
UN suspends some peacekeepers in Congo, denounces sexual abuse (www.reuters.com)
UK interior minister plans to restrict use of tents by homeless (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine says it is ready to repel Russia's offensive actions in Bakhmut (www.reuters.com)
Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters, event management firms raided (www.reuters.com)
The Buenos Aires barber's books: a history of 19,900% inflation (www.reuters.com)
Powerful blast in Uzbek capital kills one, injures 162 (www.reuters.com)
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Inside Vietnam's plans to dent China's rare earths dominance (www.reuters.com)
Vietnam plans to restart its biggest rare-earths mine next year with a Western-backed project that could rival the world’s largest, according to two companies involved, as part of a broader push to dent China’s dominance in a sector that helps power advanced technologies....
Exclusive: Baidu placed AI chip order from Huawei in shift away from Nvidia (www.reuters.com)
China military says Philippine ship 'illegally entered' waters near Scarborough Shoal (www.reuters.com)
Turkey's Erdogan labels Israel a 'terror state', slams its backers in West (www.reuters.com)
Gang says ICBC paid ransom over hack that disrupted US Treasury market (www.reuters.com)
Japanese island holds disaster drill in shadow of Taiwan threat (www.reuters.com)
Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says (www.reuters.com)
Blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns, Israel points to 'aerial threat' (www.reuters.com)
Broken Lebanon cannot afford war, and Hezbollah knows it (www.reuters.com)
With an economy in ruins and a crumbling state, Lebanon can ill afford another war between Hezbollah and Israel....
Venezuela's Maduro speaks to Abbas, condemns Israel's actions (www.reuters.com)
Blinken tells Netanyahu in Israel: U.S. will 'always be there' (www.reuters.com)
China expels former Bank of China chairman from Communist Party (www.reuters.com)
Swedish PM summons army, police chiefs as gang violence rocks nation (www.reuters.com)
