• The centenary of the Balfour Declaration, the British note promising support for a Jewish state, was marked with tributes in London and Jerusalem, and tear gas in Bethlehem. [The New York Times]

• The U.S. passports of those convicted of sex offenses against a child will soon bear a mark of their crimes. [The New York Times]

• A con man pleaded guilty to fraud for having tried to collect financial assistance by falsely claiming that his family had died in the Grenfell Tower fire in London. [The New York Times]

• For 11 long minutes, @realDonaldTrump disappeared from Twitter. A rogue customer support worker had briefly deactivated the account on his or her last day on the job. [The New York Times]

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