The Chinese Navy's presence in the Middle East involves 6 'highly capable vessels' stationed in the theater, military expert says (www.businessinsider.com)
Police ‘stopped pro-Israel rally in Golders Green due to safety fears’ (www.standard.co.uk)
Israel police boss threatens to send anti-war protesters to Gaza ‘on buses’ (www.aljazeera.com)
US Embassy in Beirut telling Americans to leave Lebanon "as soon as possible while commercial options are still available." (lb.usembassy.gov)
About 300 protesters pleading for a cease-fire were arrested on Capitol Hill, organizers say. (web.archive.org)
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US accuses China of pattern of ‘dangerous’ air force manoeuvres against military planes (www.theguardian.com)
Pentagon cites more than 180 incidents of aggression against US aircraft over the East and South China seas...
Ukraine uses US-provided long-range ATACMS missiles against Russian forces for the first time (apnews.com)
The United States has quietly delivered the long-range ballistic missiles that Ukraine said it urgently needed and that President Joe Biden promised last month, U.S. officials said Tuesday, and Ukraine has already begun using them on the battlefield against Russia for the first time....
Experts warn of risk of civil unrest in UK due to food shortages | ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
Israel Bombs Egypt Border Crossing It Had Touted as an Escape Route for Besieged Palestinians (www.msn.com)
Israeli planes bombed the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, even as an Israeli military spokesman encouraged Palestinians to use the border post to flee to safety....
‘Plastic air pollution’: Microplastics in clouds could be exacerbating climate change, study says (www.euronews.com)
The presence of tiny plastics in clouds risks the contamination of ‘everything we eat and drink’, researchers say....
New UN migration chief says private sector 'desperate' to take migrants despite negative narrative (apnews.com)
The new head of the U.N.'s migration agency said Monday that the private sector is “desperate” for their countries to take in migrants to mop up labor shortages, especially in the West — endeavoring to steer a narrative away from reticence and suspicion about migrants in many parts of the world....
The Great Wall of China Has Suffered 'Irreversible' Damage After Two Workers Excavated a Shortcut Through the Cultural Relic (news.artnet.com)
Taliban meets Huawei to discuss mass surveillance plan in Afghanistan (www.verdict.co.uk)
Haikun: Taiwan unveils new submarine to fend off China (www.bbc.com)
Taiwan has unveiled its first domestically-made submarine as it bolsters its defences against a possible Chinese attack....
Black Lives Matter Protests Led To 11.5% Increase In Murders, Thousands Of Additional Deaths, Study Shows (dailycaller.com)
Air Canada kicks off passengers who refused vomit-smeared seats (www.bbc.com)
Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees face trauma on a scale unseen since WWI (apnews.com)
Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan set to meet amid efforts to repair Ukraine grain deal (apnews.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks next week, the Kremlin announced Friday, just over six weeks after Moscow broke off a deal brokered by Ankara and the U.N. that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach world markets safely despite the 18-month war....
Prehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wild (www.theguardian.com)
China sends aircraft, vessels toward Taiwan days after US arms sale approval (www.indiatvnews.com)
As many as 20 aircraft from China either crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait or breached the island country’s air defense identification zone.
Putin breaks silence on Wagner boss Prigozhin’s death (www.reuters.com)
11 nations of West Africa commit to a military deployment to restore the ousted president of Niger (apnews.com)
Eleven West African nations have agreed to commit troops to a military deployment aimed at restoring Niger’s democratically elected president following last month’s coup, an official for the regional bloc said Friday after a defense ministers meeting.