ByteDance-US Venture, EU Ukraine Loan and Actor AI Rejection

ByteDance signs a deal for a TikTok U.S. joint venture, The second Russia–Africa Partnership Ministerial Conference kicks off in Egypt, The EU agrees on a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, While the EU delays a Mercosur trade deal signing amid farmer protests, Australia launches a gun buyback after the Bondi Beach attack, Pharma companies agree to cut U.S. drug prices in a Trump administration deal, The suspect in the Brown University mass shooting and MIT professor murder is found dead, Trump Media merges with TAE in $6 billion fusion energy deal, Facebook tests limiting external links for non-verified accounts and U.K. actors vote overwhelmingly against digital scanning to train AI. Sources: Verity.News