• Australia’s High Court begins three days of deliberation to decide the fate of seven parliamentarians with dual citizenship. [SBS]

• An improved version of the vaccine against HPV, the virus that can cause cervical cancer, will be provided to to Australia’s 12- and 13-year-olds next year. [ABC]

• The Philippines apologized to China for the “grievous but purely unintentional mistake” of printing Taiwan’s defense logo on a huge banner that was hung above Chinese ambassador during a weapons-handover ceremony. [Associated Press]

• Campaigning officially begins for Japan’s Oct. 22 general election, meaning Gov. Yuriko Koike of Tokyo must declare today whether she is running. [Bloomberg]

• A photographer spent months on assignment for The Times in Mosul, Iraq, documenting the battle to recapture the city from Islamic State militants and the aftermath. [The New York Times]

• A retired American software engineer runs a website on Chinese etymology that encompasses 100,000 ancient formats for nearly 9,000 characters. [South China Morning Post]

• In Malaysia, a feng shui consultant won a $4.8 million lottery. He said he “sensed” his imminent good fortune and came by his lucky numbers by praying at a temple. [The Star]