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02 July 2024 Military News

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  • July 1 CENTCOM Update CENTCOM 02 Jul 2024 -- In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command forces successfully destroyed one Iranian-backed Houthi radar site in a Houthi controlled area of Yemen.

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  • Satellite imagery shows China expanding spy bases in Cuba VOA 02 Jul 2024 -- New satellite images of Cuba show signs the country is installing improved intelligence capabilities at four military bases with suspected links to China, potentially providing Beijing with a network of facilities that could be used to spy on the United States.

  • Norway arrests alleged Chinese spy VOA 02 Jul 2024 -- A Norwegian man appeared in an Oslo court Tuesday to hear charges of allegedly spying for China, according to Norway's secret service.

  • Meeting with Gazprom Neft CEO Alexander Dyukov President of Russia 02 Jul 2024 -- Alexander Dyukov briefed the President about Gazprom Neft's performance: the company is increasing the volume of petroleum products production and supply to the domestic market, developing large fields in the Arctic and Eastern Siberia and creating technologies for the extraction of hard-to-recover reserves. The Omsk Oil Refinery has been modernised, and the Moscow Oil Refinery is being upgraded.
  • Vice President of Kansas Company Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Scheme to Illegally Export U.S. Avionics Equipment to Russia and Russian End Users US Dept. of Justice 02 Jul 2024 -- Douglas Edward Robertson, 56, of Olathe, Kansas, the former vice president of KanRus Trading Company Inc., pleaded guilty today for his role in a years-long conspiracy to circumvent U.S. export laws by filing false export forms with the U.S. government and, after Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, continuing to sell and export sophisticated and controlled avionics equipment to customers in Russia without the required licenses from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

  • Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on July 2, 2024 PRC MofA 02 Jul 2024
  • Full Text of Chinese president's signed article in Kazakh media People's Daily 02 Jul 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping published a signed article in the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper and Kazinform International News Agency on Tuesday under the title "Staying True to Our Shared Commitment and Opening a New Chapter in China-Kazakhstan Relations" ahead of his state visit to Kazakhstan, where he will also attend the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
  • Xi's Kazakhstan visit to draw new blueprint for ties, SCO Global Times 02 Jul 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan on Tuesday for the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and a state visit to Kazakhstan, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
  • Xi heads to Central Asia amid waning Russian influence Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan on Tuesday morning for the 24th annual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group created by Beijing and Moscow to manage their shared - and competing - geopolitical interests in Central Asia.
  • China's Xi Arrives In Kazakhstan For State Visit, SCO Summit RFE/RL 02 Jul 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Kazakhstan for a state visit and a chance to promote ties between China and the Central Asian county as he embarks on a trip that includes meetings with the other leaders of the nine-member alliance known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
  • Uyghur group wins appeal to probe alleged Uyghur slave labor Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2024 -- Reversing a previous ruling, an appeals court in the United Kingdom ordered that the country's National Crime Agency reconsider whether to investigate whether cotton imports from the far-western Chinese region of Xinjiang allegedly use Uyghur slave labor.
  • No Uyghurs from Xinjiang went on Hajj pilgrimage, data shows Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2024 -- No Uyghurs from China's far-western region of Xinjiang were among the Muslims from China who went on this year's Hajj, according to data from the Islamic Association of China and a Uyghur living abroad who went on the pilgrimage to Mecca.
  • Foreign investment in China falls for past year as economy struggles VOA 02 Jul 2024 -- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China fell for the 12th consecutive month in May, according to data released by China's Ministry of Commerce.
  • Chinese private rocket company apologizes for test failure causing trouble, vows to compensate affected residents Global Times 02 Jul 2024 -- Chinese private rocket company Space Pioneer, also known as Beijing Tianbing Technology Co, apologized on Tuesday afternoon for the failure of its reusable rocket model's static fire test that caused trouble and inconvenience to the affected residents near the launch site. The company has vowed to compensate their economic losses.

  • 19 PLA aircraft, ships detected near Taiwan: MND CNA 02 Jul 2024 -- Nineteen People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and vessels were detected in the airspace and waters around Taiwan in the 24-hour period starting at 6 a.m. on Monday, including a number of aircraft flying as close as 47 nautical miles from Keelung, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).
  • PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 02 Jul 2024
  • Q&A: Taiwan envoy to US discusses China 'lawfare,' intimidation acts VOA 02 Jul 2024 -- It has been more than a month since Lai Ching-te took office as Taiwan's newly elected president. Since the people of the self-governing island elected Lai in January, China has been increasing its pressure on Taiwan. Beijing considers Taiwan a part of its territory and views Lai as a "separatist."
  • Weekly new COVID-19 cases hit highest level in 2024: CDC CNA 02 Jul 2024 -- A total of 932 new COVID-19 cases with complications were reported last week, the highest weekly level in 2024, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Tuesday.

  • Highlights: Second debate in 2024 Iran presidential runoff election Press TV 02 Jul 2024 -- The two candidates vying for the Iranian presidency, Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, square off in the second televised debate in the 2024 Iranian presidential runoff election.
  • Senior diplomat: Iran to use 'all means' to back Hezbollah if Lebanon attacked Press TV 02 Jul 2024 -- A senior Iranian diplomat has warned Israel against launching a war on Lebanon, saying the Islamic Republic and all resistance groups in West Asia will support the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah in case of such military aggression.

  • Myanmar shuns ethnic party from planned elections Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2024 -- Myanmar junta election officials have barred an ethnic minority political party from running in the military regime's proposed 2025 elections under a law that excludes groups with suspected links to "terrorists", the Election Commission announced.

  • EU imposes new sanctions against Belarus Government Offices of Sweden 02 Jul 2024 -- The EU has adopted a new set of sanctions against Belarus, in response to the situation in the country, and its involvement in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. These measures aim to reduce the possibilities of circumventing the sanctions against Russia.

  • Wider Europe Briefing: Should Brussels Be Afraid Of Hungary's EU Presidency? RFE/RL 02 Jul 2024

  • Lao central bank governor removed amid economic crisis Radio Free Asia 02 Jul 2024 -- National Assembly lawmakers on Tuesday removed the governor of Laos' central bank at the end of its legislative session as top officials search for ways to address the country's inflation and economic woes.



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