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  1. 01

    MALAYSIA

    Jho Low wants a Trump pardon.

    The fugitive financier at the heart of one of history’s biggest frauds (Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign fund pillaging) has now formally applied for a US presidential pardon! He’s been on the run (likely in Shanghai) for a decade. (CNA)

  2. 02

    MEXICO

    CIA’s cartel hit list?

    CNN claims CIA operatives have directly participated in assassinations of mid-level cartel figures inside Mexico since last year, including a March car-bomb. (CNN)

  3. 03

    SOUTH KOREA

    AI dividend for all?

    An advisor to the Korean presidency has proposed instituting an AI profits tax to fund a national dividend and redistribute Korea’s epic chipmaking windfall. (Yahoo)

  4. 04

    CHINA

    Room for one more?

    President Trump is now aboard Air Force One en route to his high-stakes summit with China’s Xi Jinping, a first since 2017. Interestingly, his accompanying phalanx of CEOs now includes Nvidia’s Jensen Huang after all — so either Bloomberg’s snub-scoop was wrong, or it prompted a last-minute White House rethink. (Guardian)

  5. 05

    PHILIPPINES

    Hiding from the ICC.

    A lawmaker has barricaded himself in Manila’s senate after police came to execute an International Criminal Court warrant over his alleged role in the deadly war on drugs waged by the former president, Rodrigo Duterte (now facing ICC charges in The Hague). (Al Jazeera)

  6. 06

    EUROPEAN UNION

    Hit follow!

    The powerful Council of the EU is planning on inviting influencers to cover its meetings in an effort to better connect Brussels with the people. (Politico)

  7. 07

    NIGERIA

    Brain drain?

    Nigeria has ranked third for outbound student mobility, with ~5% of all the world’s international students originating from Africa’s most populous nation. Only China (37%) and India (29%) send more abroad. (Punch)

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