If we flew to LA and pitched you a movie about a spymaster busted for treason because a steakhouse heiress kidnapped her own kids, you'd give us the " Hollywood no " (all smiles, no answers).
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FINLAND
Authorities have ordered a temporary halt at Google’s two planned data centres in central Finland, citing unmet environmental standards. It’s part of Google’s record €13B investment in Finland, chosen for its cool climes, green energy, stable institutions, and tech-savvy society. (Helsinki Times)
JAPAN
India’s flagship $15B Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train is facing another round of delays and overruns amid tensions over Japan’s financing and tech terms, including India’s push to use local-built trains instead. (FT $)
VENEZUELA
An unexplained explosion has knocked Venezuela’s second-largest refinery (Cardón) offline. (Al Jazeera)
IRAN
Iran’s foreign minister has summoned France’s ambassador in Tehran to protest what the regime is describing as police human rights abuses amid continued student-led demonstrations across France. (AA)
MEXICO
Authorities have arrested Iván Cazarín Molina, aka ‘El Tanque’ (The Tank), the alleged regional boss of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). (Independent)
INDIA
The youth-led Cockroach Party movement is back out in the streets, leading protests against the purge of ~130 million names from voter rolls across India. Delhi says it’s just about ditching the dead, duplicates, and discrepancies, while critics argue a) it’s disproportionately hitting India’s large Muslim minority, while b) new paperwork requirements will hit the poor. (NBC)
KENYA
Nairobi has confirmed its first case of Ebola after a national who’d recently returned from the DR Congo died of the disease. (Al Jazeera)
ISRAEL
In line with many other world leaders reflecting on today’s three years since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, the UK’s Andy Burnham has condemned the subsequent rise in antisemitism, while reiterating pledges to continue working on a two-state solution. (TOI)
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