Zelensky Says Preparing ‘Plan’ To End War With Russia – Barron’s
- Zelensky Says Preparing 'Plan' To End War With Russia Barron's
- Ukraine’s Zelenskyy charting ‘comprehensive plan’ to end war with Russia Al Jazeera English
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is working on 'comprehensive plan' for peace in Ukraine Euronews
- Ukraine war: Zelensky preparing ‘comprehensive plan’ to end Russia conflict South China Morning Post
- Plan to end war will be ready this year - Zelensky Ukrinform
Japan protests alleged sex assault cases involving US military in Okinawa – Al Jazeera English
- Japan protests alleged sex assault cases involving US military in Okinawa Al Jazeera English
- Two U.S. airmen charged with separate sexual assaults in Japan NBC News
- US soldier charged in Okinawa for rape of minor BBC.com
- Airman Accused of Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Japanese Minor on Okinawa Military.com
- US Air Force member charged with kidnapping and raping Japanese schoolgirl CNN
His wife died. Then he unexpectedly found a second chance at love on vacation – CNN
Japan protests alleged sex assault cases involving US military in Okinawa
Tobacco giant accused of ‘manipulating science’ to attract non-smokers
Leaked documents from Philip Morris reveal ‘secret’ strategy to market its heated tobacco product IQOS
The tobacco company Philip Morris International has been accused of “manipulating science for profit” through funding research and advocacy work with scientists.
Campaigners say that leaked documents from PMI and its Japanese affiliate also reveal plans to target politicians, doctors and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as part of the multinational’s marketing strategy to attract non-smokers to its heated tobacco product, IQOS.
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Michael Jackson was more than $500m in debt when he died in 2009
Court filing details how the King of Pop was in financial straits as he was preparing to embark on his This Is It tour
Michael Jackson had accumulated more than half a billion dollars of debt when he died in 2009, new court documents reveal.
A 21 June court filing by the executors of his estate provided some of the most complete details yet about the strained finances with which the 13-time Grammy winner was grappling at the time of his death.
Continue reading...Moscow Potentially Building New Shadow Fleet for LNG Exports – Kyiv Post
- Moscow Potentially Building New Shadow Fleet for LNG Exports Kyiv Post
- Russia Appears to Be Amassing a Dark Fleet to Ship LNG OilPrice.com
- After Oil, Russia May Now Be Building a Shadow Fleet for Gas Bloomberg
- Exclusive: Russia's Novatek to start delivering equipment for Arctic LNG 2's next phase in July Reuters
- Mounting Evidence Shows Russia Assembling Pieces for Potential LNG 'Dark Fleet' gCaptain
French court rules Boléro was Ravel’s work alone
Claimants, backed by composer’s estate, lose claim of co-authorship, described as ‘historical fiction’
A French court has ruled that Boléro, one of the best-known works of classical music in the world, was written by Maurice Ravel alone, in a verdict on a case with big financial stakes that could have taken the work out of the public domain.
Ravel first performed Boléro at the Paris Opera in 1928 and it was an immediate sensation. He died 10 years later and his heirs were paid millions of dollars until the copyright ran out in 2016.
Continue reading...‘It’s going to be tight’: Macron’s centrists struggle to deter voters from backing far right
With the first round of France’s snap election on Sunday, the president’s allies are desperate to shore up support
Standing in a courtyard framed by the white walls of one of Marseille’s Armenian churches, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, France’s secretary of state tasked with citizenship, took a deep breath, choosing her words carefully as she addressed a voter who had admitted she was considering switching allegiances to the far right.
Agresti-Roubache, born to a family with Algerian roots, led with the heart, describing how concerns over the snap parliamentary election results had left her elderly mother “in tears” daily. When the tactic proved futile, she changed tack. “When you don’t have power, you can say whatever people want to hear,” said Agresti-Roubache.
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Iran votes in a snap poll for a new president. Here’s what’s at stake – The Associated Press
- Iran votes in a snap poll for a new president. Here's what's at stake The Associated Press
- Iran Holds Vote to Pick a President The New York Times
- Iran Presidential Election: Voters Choose the Late Raisi's Replacement Foreign Policy
- Iranians vote for new president to replace Ebrahim Raisi The Washington Post
- Voting underway in Iran's presidential election following leader's death in helicopter crash Fox News
Mass search to be held on Saturday for missing Briton Jay Slater in Tenerife
Police had called for volunteers to help in search of rocky wildness close to where teenager went missing
A “mass search” for the missing teenager Jay Slater is due to begin in Tenerife on Saturday after police called for more volunteers to take part.
Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, was last heard from on the morning of Monday 17 June when he texted a friend to say he had no water and only 1% battery left on his phone.
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Two U.S. airmen charged with separate sexual assaults in Japan – NBC News
- Two U.S. airmen charged with separate sexual assaults in Japan NBC News
- US soldier charged in Okinawa for rape of minor BBC.com
- Japan condemns 'intolerable' US army after soldier charged with rape of teenager Yahoo! Voices
- Japan protests sex assault cases involving US military on Okinawa and their delayed disclosure The Hill
- U.S. Marine in Okinawa arrested over female injured in attempted rape Kyodo News Plus
Biden struggles against Trump’s lies in first debate | First Thing
Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in the first presidential debate has Democrats scrambling. Plus: the 82-year-old ‘Sword Granny’ of India
Good morning.
Joe Biden’s lackluster performance in the first presidential debate of the fight for the White House sent senior Democratic advisers and operatives into panic mode. Donald Trump repeatedly made false claims about January 6, the national debt and the economy while Biden mumbled and struggled to rebut Trump’s lies, which will only have reinforced a perception among many voters that he is too old for the job.
Some are raising questions over whether there could be a contested Democratic convention and how Biden might be replaced as the Democratic candidate for the election. The only option would be for Biden to agree to step aside and allow the delegates he won in the primaries to choose someone else – with some big names already being floated as possible options.
“Trump did not win the debate but Biden certainly lost it.” David Smith writes that Biden lived down to expectations that were at rock bottom and somehow made Trump sound almost coherent.
What were some of Trump’s lies? Moderators for CNN’s debate took a hands-off approach, letting lies and half-truths remain unchallenged. Trump spouted lies on abortion, the environment, the border, tax cuts and January 6.
Who won the meme wars? Both contenders delivered soundbites, with Trump declaring that during his presidency “everything was rockin’ good”, and Biden hitting back at Trump’s felony convictions, saying the former president “has the morals of an alleycat”.
Continue reading...‘No dialogue’: Pakistan says open to attacks on Afghan-based armed groups
Israel-Hamas War in Gaza: Latest News and Updates – The New York Times
- Israel-Hamas War in Gaza: Latest News and Updates The New York Times
- Smotrich to Cancel His Decision to Freeze Palestinian Authority Tax Funds for Fear of Its Collapse - Israel News Haaretz
- Meltdown Looms for the West Bank’s Financial Lifelines Crisis Group
- Palestinian economy contracts by 35% in first quarter of 2024 amid war The Times of Israel
- Central Bureau of Statistics: Collapse of economic system of Gaza Strip وكالة سبأ
Isolated Macron Braces For French Voters’ ‘Revenge’ – Barron’s
- Isolated Macron Braces For French Voters' 'Revenge' Barron's
- Macron Runs France Like a CEO. His Customers Aren't Happy. The Wall Street Journal
- France's snap elections may mark the end of Macronism - The Washington Post The Washington Post
- The dazzling rise and fall of Macronism Financial Times
- A Tiny Circle of Advisers Helped Prod Macron to Take a Giant Risk The New York Times