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Xi touts Chinese wisdom and solutions as a model for developing nations
Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries plunge Russia into a summer fuel crisis
Writer E. Jean Carroll calls for Trump to pay $5.8M after high court appeal fails
Most US stocks rise, but drops for tech pull indexes lower
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – China imposed new export controls Monday on 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to the country’s “remilitarization,” as tensions with Tokyo rise. Relations between Beijing and Tokyo have been increasingly tense since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi last year implied Japan could intervene if China used military force against Taiwan, an island democracy China claims as its own. Meanwhile, Japan has accelerated its military expansion, especially by adding offensive capabilities, which Beijing has condemned. China’s Commerce Ministry on Monday placed 20 Japanese entities, including several subsidiaries of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, on a control list, which prohibits Chinese and foreign exporters from selling to them dual-use items made in China.
Anti-immigration protesters march in South Africa

Anti-immigration protesters march in South Africa

Federal Reserve Chair Warsh emphasizes political independence, signals focus on inflation

WASHINGTON (AP) – New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Wednesday that the central bank would remain independent and seek to bring down inflation, likely foreclosing the rate cuts President Donald Trump has sought.

Three injured in Russian strike on Kramatorsk as Ukraine says it downs 130 drones

Three injured in Russian strike on Kramatorsk as Ukraine says it downs 130 drones

Editorials from The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Guardian and others

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Today in History: July 1, Dominion of Canada is formed

Today in History

Palestinians across Gaza Strip reflect on pre-war lives, marking 1,000 days of war

Palestinians across Gaza Strip reflect on pre-war lives, marking 1,000 days of war

Facing barbs and pressure from Trump, Europe's leaders close ranks

ROME (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Italy’s premier have had an unintended consequence. After Trump questioned Italy’s reliability as a wartime ally and claimed Giorgia Meloni had groveled for his attention, European leaders rallied to Meloni’s side, thawing what had been a frosty relationship over her hard-right political roots.

 

Retrofitted Qatari jet takes flight as Air Force One for Trump's trip to North Dakota

Retrofitted Qatari jet takes flight as Air Force One for Trump’s trip to North Dakota

The Onion's new parody of Alex Jones' Infowars starts with $100,000 to Sandy Hook families

The satirical news site The Onion isn’t waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones ‘ conspiracy platform.

Pakistan warns India against water weaponization at Indus Waters Treaty seminar
Retrofitted Qatari jet takes flight as Air Force One for Trump's trip to North Dakota
Russia strikes five districts in Ukraine's Kharkiv with aerial glide bombs