Former Vietnam health minister tried over Covid-19 test bribes | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Argentine court suspends labor changes in a blow to President Milei's economic plan (apnews.com)
Kosovo celebrates its long-awaited joining of the Schengen zone (www.euronews.com)
A restless Gen Z is reshaping the Chinese Dream (www.bbc.com)
“I’ve had one, two, three, four… five jobs in the last few months,” says Joy Zhang, a 23-year-old graduate....
US Says No Recognition For Breakaway Somaliland After Ethiopia Deal (www.barrons.com)
The United States on Wednesday rejected international recognition for breakaway Somaliland and called for calm after the region’s leaders signed a deal with Ethiopia....
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 13 civilians, including baby (apnews.com)
Russia Lost 413 Tanks, Nearly 30,000 Troops in One Month: Ukraine (www.thedefensepost.com)
Navalny's penal colony in the Arctic is direct heir to the Russian Gulag (www.france24.com)
Landlocked Ethiopia gets access to Red Sea after deal with ‘unrecognised’ country (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria (www.theguardian.com)
Eating in a war zone: Pickles, soups and sausages support the morale of Ukrainians (english.elpais.com)
The correspondent for EL PAÍS unveils (and tastes) the food preferred by soldiers and civilians in combat zones
Taiwan reports China sent 4 suspected spy balloons over the island, some near key air force base (www.independent.co.uk)
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said that China sent four balloons over the island, three of which passed near to a key air force base....
The Nigerian teens clueless on computers but aiming to reboot (www.bbc.com)
Israel in talks with Congo and other countries on Gaza ‘voluntary migration’ plan (www.timesofisrael.com)
Senior Hamas leader killed in Beirut was a key figure who patched up ties with Iran (www.nbcnews.com)
The killing of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in a reported drone strike in Beirut will be perceived as a warning to Iran, which has armed and financed Hamas, and other Hamas leaders, experts said....
Russia, China ahead in race for Bolivia's lithium (www.dw.com)
Ukraine’s Air Defense Repels World’s Largest Combined Missile Attack Using Hypersonic Weapons (www.kyivpost.com)
Somali president rejects land deal granting Ethiopia coastal access (www.foxnews.com)
The punch that ‘burst the bubble’: residents of Hitler’s alpine home rise up against neo-Nazi visitors (www.theguardian.com)
Japan earthquake aftershock fears with over 100 trapped and 55 confirmed dead (www.themirror.com)
Biden under pressure to act amid new fears of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Rights advocates in the United States are urging President Joe Biden to end his administration’s “complicity” in Israeli rights abuses after key members of Israel’s government backed the idea of pushing Palestinians out of Gaza....
US revives abandoned Pacific airfield (www.bangkokpost.com)
Somalia dismisses Ethiopia-Somaliland coastline deal, says it compromises sovereignty (abcnews.go.com)
Somalia’s president has rejected an agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to give landlocked Ethiopia access to its coast...
Israeli strike in Lebanon kills senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri (www.reuters.com)
He was the founding commander of Hamas’s military wing.
'Loud explosions' in Kyiv as Russia again strikes capital, US ambassador says (abcnews.go.com)
At least five people were killed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said....
