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Biden briefed that Iran attack timing and details still unclear, U.S. officials say (www.axios.com)

Former KY Gov. Matt Bevin's adopted son reportedly removed from abusive facility in Jamaica • Kentucky Lantern (kentuckylantern.com)

Exclusive: US personnel hurt in attack against base in Iraq, officials say (www.reuters.com)

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Nine UNRWA staff ‘may have been involved’ in October 7 attack on Israel: UN | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)

Bangladesh PM resigns and flees as protestors storm palace; Army announces interim government (www.aljazeera.com)

Venezuela could hand energy rights to BRICS Maduro (www.malaysiasun.com)

Vietnam’s coast guard visits Philippines for joint drills as both face maritime tensions with China (apnews.com)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietnamese coast guard ship arrived in Manila on Monday for a four-day goodwill visit and joint exercises as the two countries attempt to put aside their own territorial disputes in the face of rising tensions with China over control of key features in the South China Sea....

Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest sees protesters storm her official residence (apnews.com)

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country Monday, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated...

Bangladesh Protest Deaths Are Now The Responsibility of the International Community (idavox.com)

Conservatives left UK wide open to far-right violence, says former adviser (www.theguardian.com)

The Conservative government left the UK wide open to the far-right violence erupting across parts of the country by ignoring red flags and stoking fires with a culture war agenda, a senior adviser on extremism to Tory prime ministers has said....

US export controls on China did not lead to reshoring or friend-shoring: US Federal Reserve (www.newyorkfed.org)

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More than 70 dead in Bangladesh as protesters call for the prime minister's resignation (www.france24.com)

Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign clashed with government supporters Sunday, with dozens killed in one of the deadliest days since demonstrations began....

Cognac, tortoises and a pink-striped helicopter: inside the mystery of Alice Guo, the missing Philippines mayor (www.theguardian.com)

Alice Guo was a mayor like no other, say her supporters. At Christmas, she would hand out gifts of ham and spaghetti to local people. When school term started, she would give notebooks and bags to children. She wasn’t from a prominent political family, as is often the case in the Philippines, yet she rose to become the first...

Severe drought has returned to the Amazon. And it's happening earlier than expected (apnews.com)

Holder of one-fifth of the world’s fresh water, the Amazon is beginning the dry season with many of its rivers already at critically low levels, prompting governments to anticipate contingency measures to address issues ranging from disrupted navigation to increasing forest fires....

Vietnam: To Lam confirmed as country's top leader (www.dw.com)

To Lam, who already served as Vietnam’s president, has been confirmed as the general secretary of the Communist Party. The former security officer vowed to continue a sweeping crackdown on corruption....

Guinea: Dadis Camara convicted, trial closes leaving questions. (www.justiceinfo.net)

US recognizes Maduro's opponent as winner in Venezuela election (www.reuters.com)

World Bank warns 108 countries risk being stuck in ‘middle-income trap’ (www.theguardian.com)

Catalan separatists vote on far-reaching government deal (www.reuters.com)

BARCELONA, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Grassroots members of Catalonia’s separatist ERC party were voting on Friday on a regional government deal with Spain’s ruling Socialists that could patch up Madrid’s uneasy relations with the region but also impact Spain’s entire fiscal system....

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