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- Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed – Wall Street Journal
- Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the birthday book put together for the financier’s 50th birthday, which includes a letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
On Monday, House Oversight Committee members confirmed that they received a copy of the birthday book including the letter bearing Trump’s signature.
- Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the birthday book put together for the financier’s 50th birthday, which includes a letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
- Palestinian gunmen kill 6 people in attack on Jerusalem bus stop – Associated Press
- JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop during the morning rush hour in Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding another 12, according to Israeli officials.
An Israeli soldier and civilians who were at the scene shot and killed the two attackers, said police, who later arrested a third person in connection with the shooting. Footage of the attack showed dozens of people fleeing from the bus stop at a busy intersection. The windshield of a bus was riddled with bullet holes and belongings were scattered across the street.
- JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop during the morning rush hour in Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding another 12, according to Israeli officials.
- Why the West’s post-WWII order is being challenged and how China could reshape it – South China Morning Post
- Today’s world has been shaped by a series of major agreements and the key developments that followed them towards and after the end of World War II.
A number of international institutes and global governing mechanisms are credited with helping to prevent another world war and bring about trade globalisation over the past 80 years.
- Today’s world has been shaped by a series of major agreements and the key developments that followed them towards and after the end of World War II.
- South Koreans feel betrayed by workforce detentions at Georgia Hyundai plant – Associated Press
- SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, a spectacle that has caused confusion, shock and a sense of betrayal among many in the U.S.-allied nation.
- Argentina President Milei suffers crushing defeat in Buenos Aires provincial election – Associated Press
- BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Javier Milei suffered a sweeping setback on Sunday in a Buenos Aires provincial election widely viewed as a political test for his libertarian party and a barometer for how it will perform in crucial congressional midterms next month.
Milei’s recently formed La Libertad Avanza party captured just 34% of the vote in Argentina’s biggest province, losing by a landslide to the left-leaning Peronist opposition, which secured 47% with the majority of ballots counted late Sunday.
- BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Javier Milei suffered a sweeping setback on Sunday in a Buenos Aires provincial election widely viewed as a political test for his libertarian party and a barometer for how it will perform in crucial congressional midterms next month.
- China targets global leadership in AI-driven energy sector by 2030 – South China Morning Post
- China’s top economic planner has pledged to roll out at least five industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI) models tailored for the energy sector, as Beijing seeks to speedily integrate the cutting-edge technology into power grids and the coal, oil and gas industries.
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said it aimed to introduce a framework incorporating AI into the energy sector by 2027. The goal was to strengthen the links between computing power and electricity, drive breakthroughs in core technologies and broaden the use of the technology.
- China’s top economic planner has pledged to roll out at least five industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI) models tailored for the energy sector, as Beijing seeks to speedily integrate the cutting-edge technology into power grids and the coal, oil and gas industries.
- NBA star LeBron James says basketball can be US-China bridge in rare state media article – South China Morning Post
- Basketball can be a “connecting bridge” between China and the United States, NBA star LeBron James said in an article in the People’s Daily on Monday.
- “Basketball is not only a sport, but also a bridge that connects us. The passion flows in our hearts,” read the article written by James. The piece appeared in Chinese on the sports page of Monday’s People’s Daily, with credit also given to a newspaper reporter for interviewing him and compiling the article.
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