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United States Charges 5 People in Alleged Russian-Backed Murder Plots | The Moscow Times

Kremlin Seizes Nestlé and Auchan Assets in Latest Business Crackdown | The Moscow Times

Trump says he is banning CNN, MS Now and Politico from White House | South China Morning Post

New tiger cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century | Al Jazeera

South Korean president rules out military involvement in Middle East conflict | NBC News

Family sues Ken Paxton and doctors, claiming Texas abortion ban led to pregnant woman’s death | cnn.com

King Charles warns AI leaders of existential risks if technology falls into wrong hands | Yahoo Finance Singapore

Testosterone scripts for women rise, along with denials and delays | CNN

Stocks pull back after Fed raises rates, points to another hike this year | Yahoo Finance

Amazon raises minimum hourly pay by $20 for US workers, unveils new benefit for their families | New York Post

Wall Street, European stock markets rise ahead of Fed rate decision | BusinessLine

Belarus Frees 25 More Political Prisoners in Return for U.S. Sanctions Relief | The Moscow Times

Trump envoy secures release of 25 Belarus prisoners as U.S. drops more sanctions | NBC News

SpaceX to fly more NASA crews to space station under expanded $5.92 billion deal | Yahoo Finance

China warns U.S. space weapons could fuel arms race | NBC News

Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after lengthy health absence | South China Morning Post

Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after 3-month health absence | South China Morning Post

Strait of Hormuz talks postponed due to Yemen events, says Iran | Al Jazeera

Trump’s mail-in voting restrictions blocked by a second judge | South China Morning Post

Ahead of Fed meeting, Trump says US should have world’s lowest interest rate | South China Morning Post

Obama voices caution on AI, urges Democrats to tackle it, NYT says | CNBC

Iran and UAE back joint BRICS statement urging restraint in war | CNBC

Swedes vote in election that could usher far right into government | NBC News

Russian nuclear head says Ukraine attacked fuel trucks, endangered Zaporizhzhia plant | Yahoo News Singapore

Shun US goods, buy local: Canadians ‘mad with America’ reshape grocery shelves | South China Morning Post

Developing | US judge orders Trump to lift White House ban on news outlets | SCMP

Some North Korean workers sent to Russia are helping Ukraine war effort, report says | NBC News

U.S. imposes new North Korea sanctions amid stalled diplomatic talks | NBC News

Flavio Bolsonaro and family to receive U.S. visas after fleeing Brazil following election loss | NBC News

Japan indicts U.S. Marine over Okinawa killing, media say | NBC News

Ukrainian Attacks Kill 5 in Belgorod and Lipetsk, Hit Perm Industrial Plant | The Moscow Times

Trump announces Audi will build $4 billion U.S. factory in Georgia | CNBC

China and U.S. agree to tariff cuts on $60 billion of goods including agriculture, toys | NBC News

China, U.S. agree to $30 billion tariff cut, AI dialogue during Xi visit, Beijing says | CNBC

Trump Predicts U.S. And Cuba Will Reach An Agreement | HuffPost

India's election commission orders review of voter-roll changes | Dawn

US TV networks back at White House, as Trump hails ‘fair’ coverage of Xi visit | SCMP

Houthi advance in Yemen puts US in a new bind as Iran war enters seventh month | New York Post

OpenAI agent breaches Australia’s government health data portal | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Death toll from capsized ship in Indonesia rises to 20 as search continues for 115 missing passengers | The Economic Times

GOP senator calls for probe into Trump family business dealings | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

US awards $99 million for geothermal drilling, technology projects | miamiherald.com

‘We will learn even in a tent’: Gaza children return to in-person schools | South China Morning Post

Trump sued by CNN, MS Now, Politico over White House ban | South China Morning Post

Russia's ruling pro-Putin party on track to win wartime election after drones strike Moscow | CNBC

Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Giorgia ​Meloni says | NBC News

Trump Signs Sweeping Russia Sanctions Bill | The Moscow Times

Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google’s AI | CNN

Defense firm Anduril says U.S. delay on Taiwan arms sales affecting its business | CNBC

Nestle nears sale of water business stake at close to €5 billion valuation, FT reports | Reuters

Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell bid to overturn 20-year prison sentence | The Journal Record

Target apologizes for children’s clown Halloween costume after backlash | CNN

Putin Wants to Draft 300K New Troops, Zelensky Says | The Moscow Times

Iran vows ‘devastating’ response as U.S. threatens toughest ever economic hit | NBC News

Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies at trial | NBC News

Trump tech adviser was briefed on OpenAI agent going rogue | Reuters

Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spending climbs | Reuters

Anthropic sued for infringing neural network technology patents | Reuters

Lazard profit plunges on elevated tax rate, financial advisory volatility | Reuters

China's Geely to make electric SUVs at Ford Spain plant, jointly develop model for Europe | Reuters

Britain's new prime minister reduces business rates for hospitality | Reuters

Morning Bid: Magnificent cash burn | Reuters

Venezuela’s Maduro asserts immunity in US court, urges dismissal of charges | Al Jazeera

French business confidence improves in July despite Middle East conflict, heatwaves | Reuters

Nokia Q2 profit beat as sales from AI, cloud doubled | Reuters

Asia's rich swap sponsorships for stakes in sports as dealmaking hits record | Reuters

Most Gulf markets retreat as US-Iran hostilities escalate | Reuters

Teen plaintiff suing Meta over mental health harms drops his claims against company days before trial | Reuters

Strange Milky Way planetary system leaves scientists puzzled | Reuters

Raymond James profit rises on capital markets strength | Reuters

OpenAI AI models went rogue during testing, triggering 'unprecedented' breach at startup | Reuters

Ukraine gets new top commander as protests spark war's biggest military shake up | Reuters

Biotech experts want FDA drug reviews based on science, not politics | Reuters

Treasury's Bessent welcomes Pakistan's reforms, push to return to capital markets | Reuters

U.K.’s Prince George starts new school life at elite Eton College | NBC News

Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in the U.S. | NBC News

California enacts new curbs on social media for children | CNBC

NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated | NBC News

Indonesian wildfires cause respiratory infections to double in a week, health ministry says | NBC News

Spain’s spy agency warned of plans to storm Ceuta before mass migrant crossing, documents show | CNN

Trump administration proposes excluding huge swath of immigrants from U.S. census | NBC News

Singaporean prime minister, world’s highest-paid leader, gets a 64% pay bump | NBC News

Taiwan Strait conflict could hit global economy harder than World War Two, US envoy warns | The Economic Times

Taiwan Strait conflict could hit global economy harder than World War Two, US envoy warns | The Economic Times

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs take effect after U.S. trade talks stall | NBC News

Wall Street indexes dip with technology earnings, rising oil in focus | Reuters

ICE crackdown laid bare at Venice festival documentary | NBC News

Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump posts map showing island under American flag | NBC News

Trump threatens to block Canada’s Bombardier sales unless planes made in US | Al Jazeera

North Korea deploys warship ‘capable of annihilating retaliatory strikes’ | Al Jazeera

North Korea deploys warship ‘capable of annihilating retaliatory strikes’ | Al Jazeera

North Korea and Russia open their first road bridge as Putin and Kim Jong Un deepen ties | New York Post

Dollar gets little lift from boost in Fed hike expectations | The Economic Times

Iran's government to raises price of petrol as US applies economic pressure | The Economic Times

RFK Jr. acknowledges one measles death in Pennsylvania | USA Today

Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate for trafficking minors, money laundering | CNN

World food prices at highest since 2022 as supply risks mount, FAO says | The Economic Times