Presidents Biden and Xi  
 held their first talks since January,a majority of Southeast Asians were  
 found to favor China over the US for the first time,Microsoft  
 claimed China plans to use AI to disrupt US and other elections,Beijing  
 renamed 30 locations in an ongoing dispute with India,a report  
 claimed that the Indian government ordered assassinations in Pakistan,and Pakistan's high court judges  
 alleged they were coerced by the nation's spy agency.Meanwhile, Peru's Congress  
 declined to impeach the president,and a Mexican mayoral candidate was  
 killed.This comes as British Tory MP  
 admitted giving his colleagues' numbers to online blackmailers,the UK Conservative party  
 said it would investigate a former minister over his Israel comments,Bulgaria and Romania partially  
 joined Europe's Schengen Area,60 Minutes and other outlets  
 alleged a Russian tie to Havana syndrome,and Cyprus  
 expressed concern over an increase in Syrian migrants.Elsewhere, Turkey  
 reinstated a newly-elected pro-Kurdish mayor after protests,Turkey's opposition party  
 won a plurality in local elections,Kuwait  
 held its fouth election in as many years,anti-Assad Syrians  
 protested against Jihadi rebels,and a member of Israel's war cabinet  
 pushed for September elections.This comes as Somalia  
 expelled the Ethiopian ambassador in a row over a strategic port,a South Africa parliament speaker was  
 charged with corruption,the DR Congo  
 named its first female prime minister,Senegal's top court  
 confirmed Diomaye Faye as president-elect,and Botswana  
 threatened to ship 20K elephants to Germany.