World News: 10 July 2023

TikTok and Title 42 rumours fuel human smuggling at the US border
Since Title 42 expired, migrant detentions have fallen by 70%, said U.S. officials. But falling figures do not mean a drop in profits for the criminal organizations that help migrants to cross the U.S. border without being detected.

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Bickering NATO aims for Ukraine unity as Putin watches on
With Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Rishi Sunak, Olaf Scholz and so many more world leaders attending, ambassadors of the alliance's 31 member states have been huddled together, arguing about what they can, should or will announce publicly on Ukraine.

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World's war on greenhouse gas emissions has a military blind spot
Militaries, among the largest consumers of fuel globally, account for approximately 5.5% of greenhouse gas emissions, according to estimates by international experts in 2022. However, unlike other sectors, defense forces are not obligated by international climate agreements to report or reduce their carbon emissions. Moreover, the data published by some militaries is deemed unreliable or incomplete by scientists and academics.

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Mexican military to take over airports as president takes aim at corruption
The navy took charge of security at Mexico City International Airport, or Benito Juárez, more than a year ago. It will soon have control of everything else, from customs and immigration to handling luggage and cleaning bathrooms, with the imminent publication of a presidential order to make that official.

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Joe Biden in UK to meet Sunak and King Charles amid Ukraine concerns
United Kingdom & Canada are among those who voiced concern about supplying the bombs, which are widely banned because of the danger they pose to civilians. United States says they are needed because Ukraine's weapon stocks are dwindling.

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Foxconn withdraws from $19.5 bln Vedanta chip plan in India
Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, and Vedanta signed a pact last year to set up semiconductor and display production plants in Gujarat.
India, which expects its semiconductor market to be worth $63 billion by 2026, last year received three applications to set up plants under a $10 billion incentive scheme.

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