EU agriculture officials work on ways to move Ukrainian grain to the world (www.barchart.com)
Brussels bombers found guilty after long murder trial (www.bbc.co.uk)
Indonesia arrests 12 for human trafficking in illegal organ trade (www.reuters.com)
Malawi racist videos: Chinese man convicted after BBC expose (www.bbc.com)
A Malawian court has convicted a Chinese national on multiple charges including trafficking and procuring children to take part in entertainment....
New Zealand prime minister says Pacific region more contested, less secure (www.reuters.com)
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday, “China’s rise and how it seeks to exert that influence is also a major driver of the increasing strategic competition, particularly in our wider home region, the Indo-Pacific,” Hipkins said in a speech to the China Business Summit....
Russia develops drone for dousing fires using AI (www.plenglish.com)
Students of Irkutsk University developed a unique drone that allows extinguishing fires using artificial intelligence (AI) systems, the Russian National Technological Initiative program reported Saturday....
Authorities swoop on Chinese restaurant that challenged customers to eat 108 dumplings
Authorities in Yibin city, China, have launched an investigation into a local restaurant that organized a food challenge where patrons competed to eat 108 spicy wonton dumplings as quickly as possible to win a free meal and additional prizes. The restaurant is believed to have violated China’s anti-food waste law. Some...
Pope taps priest who runs LGBTQ Catholic outreach to join major Vatican gathering (www.nbcnews.com)
French police raid home of PSG boss after torture claims (www.france24.com)
Aspartame: popular sweetener could be classified as a possible carcinogen by WHO – but there's no cause for panic (theconversation.com)
Romania seeking to postpone shutdown of lignite power plants (www.naturalgasworld.com)
Pakistan to start expelling undocumented immigrants on Thursday - minister (www.reuters.com)
Slain Hamas militants’ body camera videos show the preparation and tactics behind their attack on Israel (edition.cnn.com)
“I don’t think Hamas wanted us to see” the videos of attacks on civilians, said Gina Ligon, a counterterrorism expert who analyzed the footage for CNN. “That is not congruent with their narrative that they’re defenders of Palestine — that was terrorism.”...
Xi says China willing to cooperate with US as hopes rise for talks with Biden (www.theguardian.com)
The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has said China is willing to cooperate with the US as both sides manage their differences and work together to respond to global challenges, raising hopes of a meeting between Xi and the US president, Joe Biden, this year.
UK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licences (www.theguardian.com)
Mitsubishi Electric lands Australia defense contract in industry first - Nikkei Asia (asia.nikkei.com)
Estonia says damage to Finland pipeline was caused by people, but it's unclear if it was deliberate (apnews.com)
Palestinians stream south in Gaza as Israel urges mass evacuation and stages brief ground incursions (apnews.com)
Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza on Saturday after the Israeli military ordered nearly half the population to evacuate south and carried out limited ground forays ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel....
Tech firms struggle as Israel-Gaza falsehoods explode (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Mbankolo landslides kill 23 in Cameroon capital Yaoundé - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Pakistan Demands Deportations of Afghans, Stoking Tension With Taliban (www.nytimes.com)
The Pakistani authorities announced plans to expel more than one million Afghans living illegally in Pakistan, a sign of increasing hostility between the Pakistani government and Taliban authorities....
Bangladesh dengue deaths cross 1,000 in worst outbreak on record (www.aljazeera.com)
More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever this year, official data shows – nearly four times more than in the whole of last year....
Thai police arrest 14-year-old suspected gunman after shooting at Bangkok's Siam Paragon mall (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Massive warehouse explosion rocks Uzbekistan capital (www.cnn.com)
South Korea showcases missiles, drones and tanks in rare military parade (www.cnn.com)
South Korea showcased an arsenal of advanced weaponry in a military parade on Tuesday, rolling tanks and missiles down the streets of its rain-soaked capital during the first event of its kind in a decade....
