'In the spirit of humanitarianism': China, the Philippines jointly rescue stranded Filipino fishermen in South China Sea (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Chinese Brands Will Sell A Third Of The World's Cars By 2030: Study (insideevs.com)
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Panama Papers: Court acquits all 28 charged with money laundering (www.bbc.com)
Racial justice, free speech groups join fight against potential TikTok ban (apnews.com)
China’s Financial Elite Face $400,000 Pay Caps, Bonus Clawbacks (www.bloomberg.com)
Jeffrey Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent (www.thedailybeast.com)
Corporate Media Blackout as Jeremy Corbyn Drops Bombshell About Israel (www.thecanary.co)
Iran smuggles two Airbus A340 planes from Lithuania, evading sanctions (www.aviation24.be)
Nato in talks to put nuclear weapons on standby (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Saudi Arabia ends 80-year petrodollar deal with US for multi-currency sales (www.indiatoday.in)
Blinken expresses frustration at changes to Gaza ceasefire deal requested by Hamas (www.cnn.com)
Raids Find Luxury Dior, Armani Handbags Being Made by Exploited Workers in Italy (www.wsj.com)
A Palestinian was shot, beaten and tied to an Israeli army jeep. The army says he posed no threat (apnews.com)
After a couple of hours, Israeli soldiers found him. He says they struck his head and face and in the areas where he had been shot. Then they dragged him by his legs, lifted him by his hands and feet and threw him onto the hood of the military jeep....
BYD releases 5th-generation hybrid car technology with 2,100-km range (www.chinadaily.com.cn)
Iran to designate Canadian army as a terrorist entity (islamabadpost.com.pk)
China spent $230 billion to build its electric car industry, CSIS says (www.cnbc.com)
‘It felt like bad news after bad news’: why record numbers are leaving New Zealand (www.theguardian.com)
Only 11% of Russians say sanctions have personally affected them or their family, poll shows (kyivindependent.com)
U.S. as many as 15 years behind China on nuclear power, report says (www.japantimes.co.jp)
China will include Australia in the list of unilateral visa-free countries (english.news.cn)
Japanese hospitality wears thin as overtourism takes toll (www.thetimes.com)
From one point of view, it is a remarkable success story. In 2000 Japan had 4.7 million foreign tourists a year. The government of the former prime minister Shinzo Abe set an ambitious goal of 20 million foreign visitors a year by 2020, and achieved it five years ahead of schedule....
World Bank Upgrades Russia to ‘High-Income’ Country (www.themoscowtimes.com)
Israel threatens to 'take Lebanon back to the stone age' (www.telegraph.co.uk)
North Korean troops will become 'cannon fodder' if they aid Russia in Ukraine, Pentagon says (www.businessinsider.com)
Italy’s Meloni denounces ‘ideological madness’ of EU ban on gas and diesel cars (www.politico.eu)
