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The National Hurricane Center tracking a tropical disturbance tonight in the Gulf of Mexico but first....
LATE NEWS:
A US Navy fighter jet crashed in Southern California. The pilot is dead. The plane crashed in the Mohave Desert in San Bernadino County...SKY NEWS UK
The leader of a megachurch based in Mexico pled guilty today to California state charges of sexually abusing three children.
Naason Joaquin Garcia was set to go on trial in days. Now he will face sentencing next week...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF INDIA
THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT IN A 6-1 VOTE REJECTING AN APPEAL FROM THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR KNOCKED OFF THE PRIMARY BALLOT FOR ILLEGAL SIGNATURES.
AMONG THEM FORMER DETROIT POLICE CHIEF JAMES CRAIG CONSIDERED THE LEADING GOP CONTENDER TO TAKE ON DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT GRETCHEN WHITMER...THE DETROIT NEWS
A Republican congressman in upstate New York ending his bid for re-election after he came out in support of gun control legislation.
Representative Chris Jacobs losing endorsements from other Republican elected officials and Republican committees in his suburban Buffalo congressional district...NEW YORK POST
Former hedge fund manager David McCormick has conceded the Pennsylvania Republican US Senate race to Dr. Mehmet Oz.
McCormick said he does not see a way for the statewide recount now underway to give him enough votes to make up the some 900 vote lead for Oz...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL
A new disclosure regarding the medical condition of Pennsylvania Democrat US Senate candidate Lt. Governor John Fetterman.
His cardiologist says Fetterman suffers from both atrial fibrillation and cardiomyopathy...CNN
Wall Street numbers moving downward today the Dow Jones Industrial Average off 348.58 points or 1.05 percent in value.
NASDAQ taking a steeper tumble dropping 2.47 percent in value or 304.16 points ...MARKETWATCH
Unemployment in the US remained steady at 3.6 percent last month. 390,000 new jobs added according to the Labor Department...THE HILL
THE RASMUSSEN JOB APPROVAL POLL TODAY SHOWING JOE BIDEN HIGHLY UNPOPULAR 58 PERCENT DISAPPROVE, 40 PERCENT APPROVE...REAL CLEAR POLITICS POLLS
Politics in the USA President Trump out with an endorsement in the Republican contest for Governor of Wisconsin.
Businessman Tim Michels, who served on an infrastructure task force during the Trump Administration, getting the nod...SAVE AMERICA-PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP
TENSIONS IN ISRAELI POLITICS RUNNING HIGH WITH THE CURRENT COALTION GOVERNMENT HANGING BY A THREAD.
PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT APPEALING TO THE 'SILENT ZIONIST MAJORITY' TO SUPPORT HIS GOVERNMENT TO AVOID CHAOS THAT WOULD COME WITH A FIFTH ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
BENNETT TAKING AIM AT A 'MIGHTY POISONOUS MACHINE' OPPOSING HIM AN APPARENT REFERENCE TO FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND HIS SUPPORTERS...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
THE VOTE COUNT DRAGS ON DOWN UNDER IT ISN'T COMPLETE YET SOME TWO WEEKS AFTER AUSTRALIANS WENT TO THE POLLS.
WHILE IT'S KNOWN THAT THE LABOR PARTY COMMANDS A MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND IS THE NEW GOVERNING PARTY, TWO SENATE SEATS HAVE NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED AND THE TOTAL BREAKDOWN OF THE VOTE IS STILL NOT ESTABLISHED.
87.1 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE NOW TALLIED SHOWING A 1.9 PERCENT GAIN FOR THE ONE NATION PARTY OF THE UNVACCINATED SENATOR PAULINE HANSON IN FIRST PREFERENCE VOTING.
ALSO A .7 PERCENT GAIN IN FIRST PREFERENCE VOTING FOR THE UNITED AUSTRALIA PARTY WHICH SPOKE OUT AGAINST COVID MANDATES AND LOCKDOWNS.
THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES BLED SUPPORT IN THE POPULAR VOTE COUNTED SO FAR THE LIBERAL NATIONAL PARTY DOWN 5.6 PERCENT AND THE LABOR PARTY .8 PERCENT IN POPULAR VOTES...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA PARTY TOTALS
The unvaccinated will be allowed to go back to work in Western Australia after next Friday June 10th. That's when the state government's vaccine mandate ends.
Some of the unvaccinated will be welcomed back into their workplaces but others face rockier challenges including police officers who face disciplinary action for not getting COVID jabs.
Some major corporate employers in Australia like retailers Woolworths and Coles remain committed to their own vaccine mandates...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA...
The Special Olympics bowing to the State of Florida and dropping its vaccination requirement for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Florida.
The SO saying that the unvaccinated can now attend the event set to start Sunday...JAY O'BRIEN TWITTER
AT THE WHITE THREE STAFF MEMBERS LEAVING THE PRESS OFFICE FOLLOWING FORMER PRESS SECRETARY JEN PSAKI'S DEPARTURE...THE DAILY CALLER
JOE BIDEN BREAKING FROM CAMPAIGN POSITION WITH VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA
US OFFICIALS PRAISING SAUDI ARABIA WITH OIL PRODUCTION HIKE SOUGHT
BIDEN SAYS 'NO DIRECT PLANS' FOR VISIT AT MOMENT
With oil supplies tightening due to sanctions on Russia Joe Biden is reported breaking away from his campaign pledge to isolate Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Biden planning to visit Saudi Arabia later this month (New York Times, Washington Post) to make a pitch for more oil production to replace oil now supplied by Russia...THE GUARDIAN-UK...
"I'm not sure whether I'm going"
The words spoken by Biden at a press conference today...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Meanwhile US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pitching the notion that Saudi Arabia is a crucial partner in expanding the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab nations...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
The White House also dishing out praise for Saudi Arabia's role in extending a cease-fire in the civil war in Yemen...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY...
The itinerary for the Biden visit to Israel that comes before he goes to Saudi Arabia leaked out today.
He will arrive in Israel on June 23rd with visits to a missile battery, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, a hospital in East Jerusalem where Palestinians live and a meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas...TIMES OF ISRAEL
TWO UN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED, TWO OTHERS WOUNDED IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF MALI WHEN A BOMB EXPLODED AS A CONVOY PASSED.
THE GOVERNMENT THERE FIGHTING AGAINST ISLAMIC JIHADISTS.
IN 2020 A NEW MILITARY REGIME TOOK OVER AND EARLIER THIS YEAR IT ENDED COOPERATION WITH FRANCE AND OTHER EU NATIONS WHO SENT A FORCE THERE.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT RELYING MORE ON PRIVATE MERCENARIES FROM RUSSIA'S WAGNER GROUP IN ITS FIGHT WITH THE JIHADISTS...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
KUWAIT EXPRESSING ITS DISPLEASURE WITH THE PRO-LGBT PRIDE MONTH MESSAGING BY THE US EMBASSY.
THE TOP US DIPLOMAT SUMMONED TO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY FOR A FORMAL PROTEST.
A RAINBOW FLAG AND A MESSAGE FROM US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE US EMBASSY IN KUWAIT...BBC NEWS
A FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTMENT DROPPED ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER TRADE ADVISER PETER NAVARRO.
NAVARRO TARGETED FOR NOT WANTING TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE DEMOCRAT-RUN HOUSE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE...THE HILL
IN AUSTRIA THE CARBON TAX CALLED 'CARBON PRICING' IS BEING JUGGLED WITH A 'CARBON BONUS' HANDED OUT TO AUSTRIAN CONSUMERS TO OFFSET HIGHER FUEL COSTS.
FOR NOW THE BONUS WILL BE HANDED OUT AMIDST HIGHER FUEL PRICES WITH THE 'CARBON PRICING' TAX HELD OFF TO THE FALL...ORF AUSTRIA
In Armenia today protesters clashed with police in the capital city of Yerevan. 50 people hurt and taken to hospitals.
Protesters objecting to the government's plans to negotiate with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region...REUTERS
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT RAISING THE PRICE OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL.
THE PRICE OF GAS WILL NOW BE 209.86 RUPEES OR $1.06 US PER LITRE.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY ARE LOSING MONEY ON FUEL SALES IN THE COUNTRY.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S IN TALKS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND FACING TOUGH DEMANDS FROM THE IMF...DAWN NEWS PAKISTAN...
MEANWHILE POLITICAL TURMOIL IN PAKISTAN AS FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN CHALLENGES CURRENT PRIME MINISTER SHEHBAZ SHARIF FOLLOWING HIS RECENT OUSTER.
A VIEW OF THE SITUATION FROM AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE...ANI NEWS INDIA
RUSSIA PROTESTING TO SRI LANKA OVER DETENTION OF A RUSSIAN AIRLINER. THE DETENTION ORDERED THURSDAY BY A SRI LANKAN COURT...UNITED NEWS OF INDIA...TASS RUSSIA
In the Baltic nation of Estonia the coalition government fell apart today over a welfare benefits dispute. The Center Party demanding higher payouts for families and children...CGTN CHINA
An African news website getting a reversal from payment processing firm Stripe which cut off its payment service earlier this week.
Stripe made it's initial move just weeks after Today News Africa founder Simon Ateba interrupted former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki last month...NEW YORK POST
CANADA SAYS MILITARY FLIGHTS MONITORING SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA ARE BEING BUZZED BY CHINESE WARPLANES...BBC NEWS
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
TALK OF UKRAINIAN GRAIN EXPORT THROUGH BELARUS
RUSSIA WARNS THAT 'DECISION MAKING CENTERS' WILL BE ATTACKED IF US WEAPONS SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE ARE USED TO ATTACK RUSSIA
RUSSIAN 'WORLD WAR III' WARNING
REUTERS JOURNALISTS HURT BY UKRAINIAN SHELLING
Amid concerns about the world's food supply being impacted by the conflict in Ukraine suggestions from Russia and Belarus that Ukrainian wheat could be exported through Belarus...REUTERS-NASDAQ
A top Russian official warning Ukraine about use of US supplied weapons.
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, says if any of those weapons are used to attack Russian territory, there will be retaliation.
Medvedev told "Al Jazeera" that "decision-making centers" in Kiev will be attacked in response.
The US announced this week that long range rocket artillery with ranges of 45 miles maybe more will be given to Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA...
In that wide ranging interview Medvedev said Ukraine must get to the negotiating table or face consequences that may include the loss of its sovereignty...(TASS Russia)...
The United States has announced new sanctions aimed at dozens of individuals and entities in Russia late this week. Among those sanctioned Maria Zakharova spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry.
Today Zakharova warning about the need to prevent World War III from happening.
She said the old order of 'international law" is being swept away by the West in favor of a 'rules based world order'...TASS RUSSIA...
Two Reuters journalists hurt by Ukrainian shelling in the Donbas region today...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
The National Hurricane Center issuing a Tropical Storm Warning for much of Florida's Atlantic and Gulf coastlines tonight.
The warning also applies to western Cuba and the Northwestern Bahamas.
A tropical disturbance is due north of the western tip of Cuba and southwest of Fort Myers, Florida moving in a northeasterly direction...NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER LATEST ADVISORY
(Updated) ...Late today UEFA the European soccer (football) federation apologizing to fans who attended the Champions League final at a French stadium near Paris last weekend...BBC SPORT
In a statement earlier Spain's Real Madrid soccer (football) club asking French authorities for answers following last Saturday's disturbances outside and near Stade de France.
Real Madrid saying it wants answers as to why the suburban Paris stadium was chosen and why the fans were left:
"abandoned and defenseless"
Liverpool fans described heavy handed policing by French authorities while the French say fraudulent tickets led to tightened security measures at the stadium.
Earlier this week French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin acknowledging law enforcement mistakes and apologizing to Liverpool fans..(BFM-TV France)
French police made more than 100 arrests...BBC SPORT
The celebration of Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in London today. A service held at St. Paul's Cathedral the Queen honored for "staying the course" during her 70 year reign.
The Queen experiencing "discomfort" and unable to attend today's service or Epsom Derby horse race tomorrow.
Prince Andrew also absent from today's service that said to have been the result of a positive COVID test.
Cheers from the crowd as Prince Harry and Meghan walked into the service and boos mixed in the cheers for Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie...BBC NEWS
THE NEW LABOR PARTY GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA BANNING THE EXPORT OF LIVE SHEEP.
THE OVERSEAS SHEEP TRADE BRINGING IN SOME 92 MILLION AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS A YEAR...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
Has "Breaking News" been used so many times it's broken?
The new CEO at CNN says the network wants to inform it's viewers, not alarm them.
CNN plans to use the "Breaking News" banner in the future when there is BIG news...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Turkey wants a new name.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolgu writing a letter to the United Nations requesting that his country be referred to as "Turkiye".
A spokesman at the UN indicating the name change is now effective.
The spelling reflects the way the country is pronounced in the Turkish language...WASHINGTON TIMES
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