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1 McCain’s mother dies: Roberta Wright McCain, the mother of the late Sen. John McCain and who used her feisty spirit to help woo voters during his2008 presidential campaign, has died. Shewas108. A spokesperson for daughter- in- lawCindyMcCain says Robert a McCain died Monday. A cause of death was not immediately released.

2 Cyprus passport: Cyprus on Tuesday scrapped a lucrative program granting citizenship to wealthy investors amid new allegations that a top state offifficial and aveteran lawmaker were implicated in attempts to bypass strict vetting rules and issue a passport to a fifictitious investor with a supposed criminal record.

3 Rocket launch: JeffffBezos’ Blue Origin space company launcheda NewShepardrocket fora seventh time froma remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing newlunar- landing technology for NASA that could helpp ut astronauts backon themoon by 2024.

Concerns over towers: The 4 Philippine military chief said Tuesday there is virtuallyno risk that towers and communications equipment tobeput upinmilitary camps byaChina- backedtelecom fifirmcan be usedfor espionage. Gen. GilbertGapay said installing the towers andequipment ofDito Te le community Corp ., a Philippine fifi rm in which Beijing’ sC hi na Telecomhas a40% fifinancial stake, in campswould allowthemilitary to bettermonitor its operations.

Call forstrike: The topopposition 5 challenger in theBelarusian presidential election threatened Tuesday to call a nationwide strike unless the country’s authoritarian president announces his resignation, releases political prisoners andstops his government’s violent crackdown onprotesters.