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  1. 01

    CHINA

    Summit dust settles.

    The White House has clarified it has “no plans” to sell US arms to China, after Ambassador Perdue told Fox that President Trump floated the off-the-cuff (and unlawful) idea to China’s Xi during their DC summit. (The Hill)

  2. 02

    SERBIA

    The ol’ Vučić switch.

    Embattled president Aleksandar Vučić has abruptly resigned ahead of next month’s high-stakes elections. But don’t mistake this for surrender: taking a page out of the Putin and Erdogan playbook, Vučić is termed out as president, so is basically shifting the seat of power back to the prime minister’s office to restart the clock. (France24)

  3. 03

    UNITED KINGDOM

    Terror plot thwarted?

    British authorities have arrested five men near a Fairford airbase after intercepting three suspicious vans, now being examined for explosives. (Telegraph)

  4. 04

    SOUTH KOREA

    Tensions on the line.

    Seoul’s joint chiefs and the US/UN Command are investigating whether an explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) was the result of newly laid North Korean landmines breaching the military demarcation line. (Reuters)

  5. 05

    SWITZERLAND

    Neutral, but not that neutral.

    More than 70% of Swiss voters have rejected a referendum that would’ve enshrined a stricter definition of neutrality into the nation’s constitution. The failed measure would’ve permanently banned Switzerland from cooperating with military alliances or joining non-UN sanctions. (DW)

  6. 06

    BRAZIL

    Betting ban.

    President Lula has abruptly banned all fixed-odds sports betting and online casinos. (Guardian)

  7. 07

    SOUTH AFRICA

    Massacres.

    Police are investigating two separate mass shootings that’ve left at least 27 dead, just hours apart. (Al Jazeera)

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