Trump to meet with Putin and Xi in China next week, US officials say

Violent attacks on critics of China in Taiwan raise concern over transnational repression AP News

Indonesia has abandoned plans to make a powerful new state-owned enterprise the “sole exporter” of its palm oil, coal and ferroalloys, in a move that has reassured some businesses, even as questions over oversight and pricing remain. President Prabowo Subianto’s original proposal to tighten the government’s control over the three major commodities, put forward in May, had prompted speculation that state-linked companies could gain an unfair advantage through access to commercially sensitive data

5 Takeaways From China’s Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival The Hollywood Reporter

The Russian government has established a cull of ⁠up to ⁠30 per cent of brown bear ⁠populations to keep numbers in check after bear attacks killed 36 people this year, the Ministry of Natural Resources was quoted as saying on Friday. A ministry statement, quoted by the ‌state RIA news agency, said the limit sought to better control bear populations and reduce the number of attacks and was already registered with Russia’s Justice Ministry. “Since the beginning of the year, more than 12,000...