Situation Reports

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stood beside Chinese President Xi Jinping at China's Sept. 3 military parade, which was also attended by dozens of other world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters has reported.

Former Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of Thailand's center-right Bhumjaithai Party has secured support from 289 of 492 lawmakers, positioning him to become Thailand's next prime minister in a Sept. 5 lower house vote, Bloomberg reported Sep. 3.

An Istanbul court voided the results of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) 2023 Istanbul provincial congress due to allegations that delegates received cash payments to influence their votes, and that CHP board members who were elected during that congress should thus be removed, including, notably, Istanbul provincial head Ozgur Celik, Reuters reported Sept. 2.

Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech to dozens of world leaders at a military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Xinhua reported the same day.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is in London for his first bilateral meeting with his British counterpart Keir Starmer, The Guardian reported on Sept. 3.

The European Commission formally submitted the European Union-Mercosur free trade agreement for approval by member states, including safeguard measures aimed at easing opposition from critics such as France and Poland, Reuters reported on Sept. 3.

On Sept. 2 a federal judge barred Google from entering exclusive contracts with other companies on the distribution of Google Search and several other of its products, but rejected the Justice Department's demand for structural remedies -- including the forced divestiture of Chrome or Android -- in the remedy phase of the landmark antitrust ruling made last year that found that Google held a monopoly and acted unlawfully to protect that monopoly in online search.

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Sept. 2 that the U.S. military conducted a strike against a boat carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea after it departed Venezuela, Bloomberg reported the same day.

Russia and China signed a memorandum of understanding to build the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline following recent talks between the two countries' presidents, Reuters reported Sept. 2. However, the CEO of the Russian state energy company Gazprom, Alexei Miller, confirmed that the price of Russian gas exported via the pipeline has not yet been agreed upon.

Mozambican opposition leader, Venancio Mondlane, has been sworn in as a member of the Council of State, an advisory body to the president, Club of Mozambique reported Sept. 2.