Our daily stroll around the world

🇮🇱 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu met with Elon Musk to discuss AI, antisemitism, and more. PM Netanyahu kicked off his ongoing trip to the US by meeting with Musk in northern California, where the two discussed a range of issues in an hour-long conversation livestreamed on X. Over the course of the discussion, Netanyahu asked Musk to take steps to curb antisemitism on X, while Musk brought up public opposition to the Israeli PM’s controversial judicial reform plan. The X CEO also said the site currently has 550 million users, and suggested charging accounts a small monthly fee to combat botting.

🇨🇦🇮🇳 Canada expelled a top diplomat over “credible allegations” linking India’s government to a recent assassination. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen and noted supporter of creating an independent Sikh homeland within India called Khalistan, was gunned down on June 18 in British Columbia. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said officials recently opened an investigation after being notified of a potential link between the shooting and India’s government, which strongly opposes the Khalistan movement.

🇨🇳 China’s defense minister has gone missing. Li Shangfu, who was appointed China’s defense minister in March, hasn’t been seen in public for nearly three weeks. Reuters reported that Li is being investigated alongside eight other senior military officials over the corrupt procurement of military equipment in a previous role, and his unexplained absence comes two months after China’s foreign minister and two top military generals suddenly disappeared for weeks and were eventually replaced.