Xi visits Egypt as China seeks deeper influence across the Mideast – AP News

  1. Xi visits Egypt as China seeks deeper influence across the Mideast  AP News
  2. China's Xi urges new Middle East security framework during Egypt visit  Reuters
  3. Xi Jinping visits Egypt in rare foreign travel flurry ahead of Donald Trump summit  Financial Times
  4. China’s Xi Meets Egypt’s Sisi on First State Visit in Decade  Bloomberg.com
  5. From desert to opportunity: China-Egypt ties deepen across sectors  news.cgtn.com
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Boy charged after teenager’s hand nearly cut off in Sydney

NSW police called to Redfern on Wednesday night found a 17-year-old with a partially severed hand

A teenage boy will face court today after a “near-complete amputation” of a boy’s hand during an alleged assault in Sydney on Wednesday night.

New South Wales police were called to Redfern about 6pm last night and found a 17-year-old with a partially severed hand.

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Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold to UK from US and Canada, citing ‘geopolitical unrest’

Bank says gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily and the move will allow it to respond more rapidly in a ‘crisis situation’

The Dutch central bank says it has moved 86 tonnes of its gold reserves out of the US and Canada to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest”.

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) said gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily than those held in New York and Ottawa.

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Thousands protest in Spain as Ceuta’s migration crisis festers a month on – Al Jazeera

  1. Thousands protest in Spain as Ceuta’s migration crisis festers a month on  Al Jazeera
  2. Tens of thousands in Spain protest Ceuta border crisis  AP News
  3. Violence breaks out in Ceuta as migrant crisis continues  BBC
  4. Protests in Spain against government's handling of Ceuta migrant crisis  bbc.co.uk
  5. APTOPIX Spain Ceuta  Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Brazilian justice who imprisoned Bolsonaro now under fire for alleged links to disgraced banker – apnews.com

  1. Brazilian justice who imprisoned Bolsonaro now under fire for alleged links to disgraced banker  apnews.com
  2. Powerful Brazil Judge Faces Reckoning Over Ties to $10 Billion Bank Scandal  Bloomberg.com
  3. Campaigning in the middle of a war zone  valorinternational.globo.com
  4. Former Banker Daniel Vorcaro Asked Justice Moraes Whether He Should Leave The Country Two Days before His Arrest  Folha de S.Paulo
  5. Press Review - Supreme Court corruption scandal rocks Brazil  france24.com
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