Trump has backed away from renewed war with Iran – here’s why – The Conversation

  1. Trump has backed away from renewed war with Iran – here’s why  The Conversation
  2. Trump Says Iran Deal Is Close but Tehran Says No Decision Has Been Made  WSJ
  3. Why Kharg Island is central to Trump's escalating Iran threats  Axios
  4. Trump, in Latest Pivot, Retracts Threat to Strike Iran Again and Widen the War  The New York Times
  5. After Trump threatened to attack Iran, a scramble to stop him  Politico
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EU overhaul to toughen migration rules takes effect, though doubts remain about impact – Reuters

  1. EU overhaul to toughen migration rules takes effect, though doubts remain about impact  Reuters
  2. What impact will the new EU asylum law CEAS really have?  DW
  3. What to know about the EU’s new rules on migration and asylum as they come into effect  AP News
  4. IOM-UNHCR: EU Pact Offers Hope for Better Migration Management and Fairer Asylum Systems  International Organization for Migration
  5. What does the EU migration pact mean for the Netherlands?  DutchNews.nl
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Scientists Discover a Strange Global Pattern in The Way Humans Walk – ScienceAlert

  1. Scientists Discover a Strange Global Pattern in The Way Humans Walk  ScienceAlert
  2. Counterclockwise bias  u-tokyo.ac.jp
  3. Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking  The New York Times
  4. Researchers Accidentally Discover That Humans Prefer to Turn Counterclockwise. But They Still Have No Idea Why  Smithsonian Magazine
  5. Humans prefer to walk anticlockwise, scientists find – but reason is unclear  The Guardian
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China arrests US academic at conference for ‘espionage activities’

Arrest of Min Zin, who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy, comes just month after Trump visit to Beijing

China has arrested a US scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy on suspicion of spying.

Min Zin was suspected of “engaging in espionage activities that endanger China’s national security,” China’s ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson, Lin Jian, said on Friday.

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Why Israel stopped when Trump said stop: Understanding the 12-hour Iran war – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Why Israel stopped when Trump said stop: Understanding the 12-hour Iran war  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Iran and Israel Exchange Strikes for First Time Since April Cease-Fire  The New York Times
  3. Iran and Israel bomb each other: Is the ceasefire over?  Al Jazeera
  4. Can Iran Negotiations Survive Israel-Iran Escalation?  CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
  5. Trump Struggled to Rein In Netanyahu’s Strikes on Iran  WSJ
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China claims ‘spy sea turtles’ are studying its coastline – Euronews.com

  1. China claims 'spy sea turtles' are studying its coastline  Euronews.com
  2. ‘Spy turtles’ and ‘spy fish’ being used to monitor Chinese waters, Beijing claims  The Guardian
  3. China says "spy turtles" and "spy fish" deployed by foreign intelligence agencies snooping in its waters  CBS News
  4. Secret ‘Spy Turtles’ Cause Panic in China  The Daily Beast
  5. Stop sending spy turtles to snoop on us, says China  The Telegraph
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Sadiq Khan says he told Met Police to investigate Great Israeli Real Estate event – Middle East Eye

  1. Sadiq Khan says he told Met Police to investigate Great Israeli Real Estate event  Middle East Eye
  2. MPs call for end to real estate event over fear it pushes sale of Israeli settlements | London  The Guardian
  3. London mayor slams event touting illegal Israeli settlement land sales  Al Jazeera
  4. 'Auction of stolen land': Left-wing U.K. leaders slam Israeli real estate event  Haaretz
  5. ICJP issues Serious Crime Prevention Order letter to Met Police over ‘Great Israeli Real Estate’ event in London  icjpalestine.com
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