July 05, 2023: Taliban salon ban, Meta Twitter rival and Toyota battery breakthrough

Facts & Spins for July 05, 2023 Top Stories: Turkey and Egypt mutually reappoint ambassadors, China announces new chip export restrictions, the Kremlin repels a drone attack on Moscow, the Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan, a shooting in Philadelphia leaves five dead, a Russian journalist and lawyer are attacked in Chechnya, Hong Kong issues bounties for eight exiled activists, Meta readies Twitter rival “Threads,” three advocacy groups file a complaint against Harvard’s legacy admissions, and Toyota announces a battery breakthrough for electric cars.

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