prefer clearing global objects to obscure module.__dict__ bugs #10068
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8ff3f3b..0b7d77c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #10068: Global objects which have reference cycles with their module's
+  dict are now cleared again. This causes issue #7140 to appear again.
+
 - Issue #9738: Document PyErr_SetString() and PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename()
   encodings.