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Chinese property developer Country Garden to be removed from Hang Seng Index on Sept. 4 (www.cnbc.com)

Moscow targets a Russian who backs the Ukraine war, but criticised Putin (www.aljazeera.com)

Kyiv, Ukraine – Igor Strelkov, a former Russian intelligence officer whose speeches were filled with historic references, rose to fame as one of the poster boys of the “Russian Spring”....

India says cheetah deaths not alarming, to consult experts (www.reuters.com)

Federal judge blocks Biden administration’s restrictive asylum rule (www.theguardian.com)

Top US economist quits EU job after Macron speaks out (www.politico.eu)

Europe's Euclid satellite reveals its first images of the cosmos (www.lemonde.fr)

Taoiseach says he does not regret Israel 'revenge' comment (www.rte.ie)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he does not regret saying the Israeli response to the 7 October Hamas attack was becoming “something more approaching revenge”.

Putin blames West for Gaza crisis, says US needs global chaos (www.reuters.com)

Putin urges measures to stem illegal flow of weapons into Russia (www.reuters.com)

‘Pervasive and relentless’ racism on the rise in Europe, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Rio gangsters torch at least 35 buses after Brazil crime boss killed (www.reuters.com)

Children make up nearly half of Gaza's population. Here's what it means for the war (www.npr.org)

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How has the narrative shifted since the Gaza hospital explosion? (www.aljazeera.com)

Brussels shooting: Police shoot dead attacker who killed Swedes (www.bbc.co.uk)

Louvre Museum is being evacuated after a threat while France is under high alert (abcnews.go.com)

The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats. The government has put France on high security alert after a fatal school stabbing by a suspected extremist....

US defense secretary is in Israel to meet with its leaders and see America’s security assistance (apnews.com)

S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Israel on Friday for meetings with senior government leaders and to see firsthand some of the U.S. weapons and security assistance that Washington rapidly delivered to Israel in the first week of its war with the militant Hamas group....

Western intelligence led to Canada accusing India of Sikh activist's assassination, US Ambassador says (www.cnn.com)

Intelligence gained by the “Five Eyes” network led to Canada’s public accusation that the Indian government may have played a role in the assassination of a Sikh separatist activist on Canadian soil, the US Ambassador to Canada said Sunday....

Frustrated China steps up warship and fighter plane activity around Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)

China has sent a carrier strike group and dozens of warplanes into the region around Taiwan in one of its biggest operations in months. The activity comes as Beijing accuses the US and Canada of “inciting conflict” by sailing through the Taiwan Strait, and as Xi Jinping calls for “comprehensive” military combat readiness...

Flights scrapped, businesses shut in Hong Kong, Guangdong as super typhoon Saola nears (www.reuters.com)

The Asian financial hub of Hong Kong and the Chinese province of Guangdong cancelled hundreds of flights and evacuated nearly 800,000 people Friday as the imminent arrival of Typhoon Saola forced closures of businesses, schools and financial markets....

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