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China's Xi urges military to prepare for maritime conflicts (www.bangkokpost.com)

‘Everything he is saying isn’t true’: Congolese governments denounce Trump’s baseless stories about emptied prisons (www.cnn.com)

There is no evidence for former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that “the Congo” has emptied prisons to allow violent criminals to come to the US border as migrants – and the governments of both the Democratic Republic of Congo and the neighboring Republic of Congo say Trump’s assertions are entirely false....

Western Australia had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news (www.abc.net.au)

Global ocean heat has been at record levels every single day for the last year (www.cnn.com)

The world’s oceans have now experienced an entire year of unprecedented heat, with a new temperature record broken every day, new data shows....

Israel and Hamas start detailed hostage negotiations for first time in months (www.axios.com)

UN overwhelmingly passes anti-Islamophobia resolution (www.dailysabah.com)

Bank of Japan hikes rates for the first time in 17 years, abolishes yield curve control (www.nbcnews.com)

Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire (www.theguardian.com)

Aaron Bushnell, who died last month, ‘sacrificed everything’ for Palestinians, says mayor of Jericho...

'Turn around immediately': Taiwan warns off Chinese coast guard boats again as tensions simmer (www.reuters.com)

Credit card user delinquency rate hits 9-year high (m.koreatimes.co.kr)

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it’ll take for it to succeed (theconversation.com)

Israel's religious right has a clear plan for Gaza: 'We are occupying, deporting and settling' (www.yahoo.com)

Israel Gaza: US reports death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa (www.bbc.com)

Details are also released of President Biden's high-stakes call to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried (www.theguardian.com)

It is the world’s biggest battery maker, it powers electric vehicles for Tesla, Volkswagen and BMW, and its EV technology is miles ahead of US offerings, say experts...

In a global first, Gambia could reverse its ban on female genital cutting (apnews.com)

Living outside China has become more like living inside China (www.economist.com)

The Communist Party is trying to tighten its grip on the Chinese diaspora...

Fatah slams Hamas: Responsible for the current ‘Nakba’ (www.jpost.com)

Cocoa prices spike above $8K, boosted by global turmoil (www.axios.com)

Trump: ‘I don’t know’ if Putin was responsible for Navalny’s death (thehill.com)

Former President Trump continued to question the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday, after being criticized for not explicitly blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for what many Western leaders believe was an assassination....

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