Chinese land ownership in US down 2 per cent in 2022 amid heightened national security concerns (www.scmp.com)
Child molestation plea nets US soldier 3 years in a South Korea prison (www.stripes.com)
France says it is working to get AFP journalists out of Gaza (www.straitstimes.com)
Lawmaker reveals Chinese Ambassador's threat: 'Don't provoke us' (www.newsweek.com)
A Philippine lawmaker revealed this week an alleged threat the country’s top military official received from China’s ambassador as tensions soared over differences in the South China Sea....
IDF Shot at Pregnant Civilian Outside Gaza Hospital Under Siege, Staffer Says (truthout.org)
Treatment to reduce liver cancer tumours is world’s first, Hong Kong researchers claim (www.scmp.com)
Russia's new Black Sea naval base alarms Georgia (www.bbc.com)
German prosecutors charge 27 over alleged far-right plot (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of women and children trafficked to UK to shoplift (www.bbc.com)
Taiwan Again Reports Chinese Carrier Group in Taiwan Strait as Election Looms (www.usnews.com)
Secret Indian Memo Ordered “Concrete Measures” Against Hardeep Singh Nijjar Two Months Before His Assassination in Canada (theintercept.com)
China brokers talks in Myanmar between military junta and rebel groups that yield ‘positive results’ (www.scmp.com)
Israel-Palestine conflict boosts global defense stocks (www.aa.com.tr)
President Milei sworn in as Argentina braces for economic reforms (news.yahoo.com)
For Palestinians Who Just Left Gaza, Witnessing the War From Afar Evokes Helplessness and Grief (theintercept.com)
China, Singapore to let each other’s tourists pay with digital yuan as Beijing seeks to globalise its e-CNY currency (www.scmp.com)
Russia luring migrants from Finnish border for war in Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
Reuters journalist was killed in Lebanon in targeted strike | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
European leaders try to stop Orbán derailing Ukraine’s EU accession bid (www.theguardian.com)
Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion; at least 3 dead in separate flooding (apnews.com)
Kishida to Offer Free University Tuition for Families with 3+ children Starting 2025 (stoppopulationdecline.org)
Benefits of Accelerating the Climate Transition Outweigh the Costs | Climate Change Indicators Dashboard shows that avoiding physical damage from climate change can have sizable benefits (www.imf.org)
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