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Hong Kong to electronically tag Covid patients as it adopts China’s health code system

Those in home isolation will be forced to wear a bracelet tracking their movements as territory introduces China-style QR code system

The Guardian - AU

UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15

The United Nations estimates that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation next year

The Independent UK

US warns it will defend ally if China breaks sea ruling

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is renewing a call to China to comply with a 2016 arbitration ruling that invalidated Beijing’s vast claims in the South China Sea

The Independent UK

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Aprilia Launches New SR Max250 Scooter In China

Aprilia introduces the new SR Max250 maxi-scooter in the Chinese market. The new scooter serves as the brand’s newest offering in the maxi-scooter segment.

RideApart

Unnerved Shanghai residents brave stifling heat for mass COVID tests

Shanghai residents queued up in sweltering heat for compulsory mass testing for COVID-19 on Tuesday, as persistent small outbreaks fuelled anxiety in a city that is still recovering from the painful two-month lockdown lifted a few weeks ago.

Reuters

Abe's complicated legacy looms large for current Japan PM

Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history

The Independent UK

Asian stocks at lowest in 2 years, euro near par with dollar

HONG KONG: Asian shares fell on Tuesday, weighed down by the prospect of further monetary policy tightening by central banks, China's renewed Covid outbreak and Europe’s energy shortage, which also left the euro a whisker from parity with the safe haven dollar.

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Australia foreign minister urges Pacific neighbors to unite

Australia’s foreign minister is urging Pacific island neighbors to unite on their shared challenges of U.S.-China strategic competition, climate change and COVID-19

The Independent UK

Anger in Shanghai as Covid return spurs fear of new lockdown

SHANGHAI: Tension is spreading through Shanghai as residents watch the Covid-19 caseload tick higher, fueling fears they're headed back into lockdown little more than five weeks after exiting a bruising two-month ordeal.

The Times of India

Key moments in life of Shinzo Abe, former Japanese leader

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe was credited with instilling political and economic stability

The Independent UK

China influenced Kiribati exit from Pacific Islands Forum, MP claims

Opposition leader calls withdrawal from PIF an ‘extreme move’ and claims the reasons offered by Kiribati’s president were just excuses

The Guardian - AU

China reports 424 new COVID cases for July 11 vs 429 a day earlier

China reported 424 new COVID-19 infections for July 11, of which 107 were symptomatic and 317 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Australia sees climate crisis as a national security issue, defence minister tells US

Richard Marles delivers speech in US warning of increased militarisation in South China Sea and importance of climate action to Pacific allies

The Guardian - AU

WeChat Is China’s Most Beloved (and Feared) Surveillance Tool

This one app became so powerful that it could have posed a real threat to Beijing’s rule, the new book Influence Empire reveals.

Businessweek

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Court Rejects Lawsuit Against China over the COVID Pandemic

From Missouri ex rel. Schmitt v. People's Republic of China, decided Friday by Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. (E.D. Mo.) (fun fact: he's the late Rush Limbaugh's cousin): Amidst the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, plaintiffs across the United States have filed civil suits seeking damages against the People's Republic…

Reuters

U.N. aid to Syria from Turkey likely allowed until January, vote Tuesday

The U.N. Security Council appears set to allow U.N. deliveries of aid to some 4 million people in northwest Syria from Turkey until January, diplomats said on Monday, after days of wrangling with Russia over how long to let the huge operation continue.

Axios

India to surpass China as world's most populous country in 2023, UN projects

The world's total population will reach 8 billion later this year.

The Hindu

Far apart: On Jaishankar-Wang Yi meeting on the sidelines of G20 summit

China seems to want to test India’s resolve to sustain its forward deployments

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The Hindu

Congress questions PM’s silence on Chinese inroads into Ladakh, demands debate in Parliament

Congress demands two-day debate in Monsoon session of Parliament and urges PM to address the nation on its concerns regarding national security, integrity and sovereignty

Benzinga

4 Catalysts Moving Nio Stock On Monday

Shares of Nio Inc - ADR (NYSE: NIO) were trading lower Monday as China deals with surging COVID-19 cases and Nio announced it is forming a committee to investigate recent short seller allegations.

Reuters

'Chilling' use of security law threatening Hong Kong's finance hub status, says U.S. envoy

The top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong on Monday urged China to ease political pressure on the city, warning that the "crude and chilling" use of a sweeping national security law threatened its role as an international business hub.

The Conversation

Shinzo Abe: the disputed legacy of a politician who dominated public life in Japan after WWII

The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has shaken the nation to its core. Abe was murdered while making a speech in support of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate in Nara in the run-up to last weekend’s elections – but, based on early reports, the shooting…

Tribune News Service

GOP resists Democrats’ push for more UN funding despite China’s growing influence

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers are working in an unusually bipartisan manner to boost federal funding across the government’s spate of defense, technology and international development programs — all in the name of pushing back against long-term strategic security threats emanating from China.

Tribune News Service

Biden’s economic plan hits crunch time, now with Manchin as ally

Crunch time has finally arrived for President Joe Biden’s economic agenda as congressional Democrats scramble for a deal on a slimmed-down version of what was once a multi-trillion-dollar overhaul of domestic policy.

The Guardian - UK

Protest in China over frozen bank accounts ends in violence

Authorities say some customers will start getting their money back after angry crowd in Henan was broken up by heavy-handed security guards

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