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Tensions remain high at UCLA after protestors were ordered to disperse, with police in riot gear trying to prevent people from joining encamped protesters trib.al/9ZHV93M

Microsoft is plowing billions into Asia to boost AI and data center infrastructure. Latest: CEO Satya Nadella announced a $2.2B investment into Malaysia, its largest ever.
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🧵EXCLUSIVE: #SaudiArabia has stepped up arrest of citizens & residents for social media posts deemed problematic by security services. The focus has been on those about #Israel & #Gaza war as Arab rulers worry about national security threats post Oct 7 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The US warns Georgia that it risks relations with NATO and the EU by pressing ahead with a 'foreign agent' law that has sparked massive protests trib.al/Knl9DnT

Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele has secured the support of lawmakers to become the nation’s new prime minister, reinforcing China’s influence in the country trib.al/Sykdgdn

Thousands of Russians who fled abroad after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine are returning home, delivering a propaganda victory to Putin and a boost to his war economy trib.al/69WfWm7

The Philippines says it summoned China’s envoy in Manila on Thursday after Chinese vessels fired water cannons at Philippine ships near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea earlier this week trib.al/pM5CjJ0

Jacob Zuma's comeback is a headache for South Africa's ruling ANC trib.al/1ZsRcjQ

Regulators moved to bar a Huawei lab from approving telecommunications gear for use in the US and proposed similar moves against other providers deemed a national security threat. Peter Elstrom reports trib.al/1JWXwXb

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s temple-driven politics could help his party to pull-off a third straight win in Jhansi, located in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh trib.al/a25518l

NEW: After a decade of being overshadowed by competitors, Intel is making a $28 billion comeback bet on building Ohio into a global chips capital.

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Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele has secured the support of lawmakers to become the nation’s new prime minister, reinforcing China’s influence in the country trib.al/ZsHWkwl

US President Joe Biden included ally Japan along with rivals China and Russia in a list of countries he called “xenophobic” in a speech at a campaign fundraising event in Washington trib.al/rnRFdj6

Inspired by Columbia students, pro-Palestinian encampments spread to at least 100 colleges in the US with calls for ceasefire in Gaza and university divestment from Israel and US weapons makers trib.al/PA79sPY

Billionaires Howard Lutnick, John Paulson and Woody Johnson and other wealthy donors will be hosting a Manhattan fundraiser for Trump later this month trib.al/q2rZpt2

Britons head to the polls on Thursday in a set of local elections that could put Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a perilous position trib.al/emr8d3N

Venezuela will increase workers’ monthly income by 30% as Nicolás Maduro seeks to bolster support ahead of presidential elections in July trib.al/ooDtJ1B

Saudi Arabia has stepped up the arrest of citizens for social-media posts related to the Israel-Hamas war trib.al/tQgSZUt

Correction: The Arizona Senate voted 16-14 to repeal an 1864 law that would make nearly all abortions a crime