Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons (www.reuters.com)
TikTok to prohibit videos promoting bin Laden's 'Letter to America' (www.reuters.com)
US and Philippines sign a nuclear cooperation pact allowing US investment and technologies (apnews.com)
The United States and the Philippines have signed a nuclear cooperation pact under which U.S. investment and technologies are to help the Southeast Asian nation transition to cleaner energy and bolster its power supply....
A City in Tennessee Banned Public Homosexuality—and We All Missed It (newrepublic.com)
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Myanmar junta says arrested scam ringleaders wanted by China (www.straitstimes.com)
BBC goes inside Al-Shifa hospital with the Israeli army (www.bbc.com)
In the brightly lit corridors of the MRI unit, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus shows us three small stashes of Kalashnikovs, ammunition and bullet-proof vests - he says they have found around 15 guns in all, along with some grenades....
Sweden’s Tesla Blockade Is Spreading (www.wired.co.uk)
Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points as the labor dispute rages on.
India's Kaladan project at risk as rebels overrun 40 Myanmar army positions in Rakhine state (www.newindianexpress.com)
Top general locked away evidence of SAS executions (www.bbc.com)
Vietnam ramps up South China Sea island expansion, researchers say (www.reuters.com)
Gaza: Unlawful Israeli Hospital Strikes Worsen Health Crisis - Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org)
Patients evacuated after gang surrounds Haiti hospital (www.dw.com)
Sri Lanka's top court says ex-president among those who contributed to economic crisis (www.reuters.com)
US warship shoots down drone believed to have been launched from Yemen (www.cnn.com)
A US warship shot down a drone that is believed to have originated from Yemen in the Red Sea on Wednesday, according to two US officials....
Eight Children Among 11 Civilians Killed in Myanmar Junta Air Strike in Chin State (www.irrawaddy.com)
Myanmar’s Scam City Empties Out as War Approaches (www.irrawaddy.com)
Xi told Biden Taiwan is biggest, most dangerous issue in bilateral ties (www.reuters.com)
Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Joe Biden during their four-hour meeting on Wednesday that Taiwan was the biggest, most dangerous issue in U.S.-China ties, a senior U.S. official told reporters....
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Myanmar-China border region - GFZ (www.reuters.com)
China’s ties with America are warming, a bit (www.economist.com)
After West Bank attack, Ben Gvir calls to treat PA like Hamas in Gaza (www.timesofisrael.com)
Philippines' Marcos, China's Xi to discuss tensions, way forward in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
Has China Lost Control of Ethnic Armies in Myanmar’s War-Torn Borderland? (www.irrawaddy.com)
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