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.