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1) Because the light’s better over here
YAHOO NEWS: Pickaxe mountain: Iran’s new hidden nuclear fortress
2) China asks: Do you want fries with that?
ECONOMIST: Chinese brands are sweeping the world. Good.
3) And won’t you smile for the camera?
THE TIMES: My make-up class at Glastonbury to fool facial recognition cameras
4) 90 percent of being a superpower is just showing up
SPACE.COM: NASA's been pulling out of major astronomy meetings — and scientists are feeling the effects
5) China breaking wind at record rate
GUARDIAN: China breaks more records with surge in solar and wind power
6) Soya later American farmer!
YAHOO FINANCE: China pens Argentine soymeal test deal with eye on US trade war disruption
SCMP: US farmers face tough outlook as China switches suppliers amid trade war
7) America’s fill-in-the-blank demographic fix
WAPO: Immigrants drive population growth in a graying America, census shows
8) All we are is dust in the wind
NYT THE MORNING: The Size of Government/Trump and Trade
9) Hell hath no fury
EURASIAN TIMES: Canada “Snubs” U.S.; Signs Strategic Defense & Security Partnership With The EU; Mulls Scrapping F-35 Deal
10) So let it be declared, so let it be sold
FORTUNE: Beijing’s No. 2 says China is growing into a ‘major consumption powerhouse,’ even amid ‘intensifying’ trade frictions
11) You can’t handle the truth!
AXIOS: Scoop: Trump to limit sharing classified info with Congress after leak on Iran bombing damage
12) I’m on the bottom of the world looking up at creation
ECONOMIST: How to avoid anarchy in Antarctica
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