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Documents released today by the US Food and Drug Administration say that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children under the age of six...THE HILL
VACCINE LINK TO JUSTIN BIEBER'S ILLNESS?
Singer Justin Bieber revealing he has facial paralysis as a result of Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
It's a rare neurological disorder.
Bieber forced to cancel planned appearances...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA...
Canadian journalist Ezra Levant (Rebel News) has found a medical journal article discussing Ramsay Hunt syndrome and COVID-19 vaccination...EZRA LEVANT TWITTER
AT THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICA'S 'THE LOS ANGELES DECLARATION' ON ENTRY OF MIGRANTS.
THE US COMMITTING 314 MILLION DOLLARS TO ASSIST COUNTRIES HOSTING MIGRANTS-REFUGEES...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TRT WORLD TURKEY
US ENVOY AMOS HOCHSTEIN HEADING TO BEIRUT TO TALK WITH LEBANON ABOUT THE DISPUTE WITH ISRAEL OVER OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION.
AN ISRAELI OIL EXPLORATION RIG RECENTLY ENTERED LEBANESE TERRITORIAL WATERS AND IS NOW UNDER ISRAELI MILITARY PROTECTION.
THE IRANIAN BACKED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT, A KEY PLAYER IN THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT, MAKING THREATS ABOUT THE ISRAELI MOVE...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Four are dead in a terrorist attack in Colombia.
Three members of a family and a motorcycle taxi driver victims when a bomb exploded.
Two others injured.
The attack in the town of Cartagena del Chaira comes nine days before the runoff in Colombia's presidential election...XINHUA CHINA-ANI NEWS INDIA...(Additional info from Caracol News Colombia)
ELECTRIC CAR MAKER TESLA SAYS IT PLANS A THREE FOR ONE STOCK SPLIT AND THAT BOARD MEMBER LARRY ELLISON WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.
THIS IS REVEALED IN A FILING WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CNBC
Consumer confidence in the US moving dramatically downward this month.
The University of Michigan survey at 50.2 down from 58.4 last month...MARKETWATCH
A SHARP DROP ON WALL STREET TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DIVED 880 POINTS OR 2.73 PERCENT IN VALUE.
NASDAQ LOST 414.20 POINTS OR 3.52 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE FALL A REACTION TO THE RECORD HIGH INFLATION REPORTED LAST MONTH...MARKETWATCH
The highest inflation in the US since December 1981.
Consumer prices rising 8.6 percent in May on an annual basis.
Prices jumped 1 percent on a monthly basis last month...
"A tough fall and tough winter lie ahead"
The message of Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck urging energy conservation as Germany cuts off energy imports from Russia...TASS RUSSIA...TAGESSCHAU GERMAN TV NEWS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(Updated) The US Defense Department acknowledging support for 46 laboratories and other biologically related institutions in Ukraine over a period of decades.
The Pentagon says that one purpose of the support is "to improve biological safety and security in Ukraine"...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
It is said that the activities were for "peaceful purposes" and in a 'fact sheet" the Defense Department says that Ukraine has no nuclear, chemical or biological weapons programs...US DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 'FACT SHEET'...
Today a Russian lawmaker said that the United States was involved in a Global Military Biological Plan in Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA
More on the Russia-Ukraine situation later in the summary.
The World Health Organization calling for a deeper investigation into the origin of COVID-19.
This marks a reversal from previous WHO thinking about COVID's origin where it said that a leak from a lab in Wuhan, China was "extremely unlikely"...CBS NEWS
IN SHANGHAI SIX CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID AND FIVE ASYMPTOMATIC CASES REPORTED AS MAJOR PARTS OF THE CITY GO INTO A LOCKDOWN THIS WEEKEND...XINHUA CHINA...
EIGHT DISTRICTS OF THE CITY GOING INTO LOCKDOWN FOR MASS COVID TESTING AREAS WHERE 15.3 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE MORE THAN 60 PERCENT OF THE CITY'S POPULATION...BLOOMBERG
Politics in the USA former Detroit police chief James Craig says he is now a write-in candidate for Governor of Michigan in the Republican Primary.
Craig was thrown off the ballot over improper signatures on nominating petitions...WXYZ DETROIT
A POLITICAL POLL IN MINNESOTA DONE BY 'MINNPOST' SHOWING INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WITH A NARROW LEAD OVER REPUBLICAN DR. SCOTT JENSEN.
WALZ WITH 42 PERCENT SUPPORT TO JENSEN'S 40 PERCENT...MINN POST
Politics Down Under it's been three weeks since Australians voted but more than 10 percent of the vote hasn't been counted yet with two Senate seats still undecided...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA SENATE VOTE COUNT
The top US and Chinese defense officials met face to face in Singapore today.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe held a nearly hour long meeting.
Both presented their sharply different positions on Taiwan during the meeting which was held on the sidelines of a regional security summit...REUTERS-GLOBE AND MAIL CANADA
DAMASCUS AIRPORT CLOSED BY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE WITH RUSSIAN CONDEMNATION
(UPDATED)
FLIGHTS COMING INTO AND LEAVING THE DAMASCUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SUSPENDED TODAY.
BUT THE CLOSURE FOLLOWED AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE THIS MORNING SOUTH OF DAMASCUS IN THE AREA OF THE AIRPORT WITH ONE PERSON SAID TO HAVE BEEN INJURED....SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
AN ISRAELI STATELLITE INTELLIGENCE FIRM PUBLISHED IMAGES SHOWING DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAYS AT THE AIRPORT WHICH FORCED IT TO SHUT DOWN.
LATE TODAY RUSSIA CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI AIR STRIKE DESCRIBING IT AS PART OF A 'VICIOUS PRACTICE' OF TARGETING CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN VIOLATION OF 'BASIC NORMS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW'...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE GREEK MILITARY'S CHIEF OF STAFF VISITING ISRAEL.
GENERAL KONSTANTINOS FLOROS GIVEN TOURS OF VARIOUS MILITARY FACILITIES AND HOLDING TALKS WITH TOP ISRAEL MILITARY LEADERS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
11 GENDARMERIE OFFICERS KILLED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF BURKINA FASO...ANADOLU AGENCY-TURKEY
The US Navy rescued four crew members after a helicopter crash in Southern California last evening.
One of the crew members was injured in the crash.
The MH60-S went down during routine flight training in El Centro, California. The crash comes a day after a Marine Corps helicopter crashed nearby killing five crew members...USNI NEWS
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
JAPAN BANS TRUCK AND BULLDOZER EXPORTS TO RUSSIA
Japan has announced a ban on the export of trucks, dump trucks and bulldozers to Russia effective June 17th...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
A British judge rejecting an emergency bid to stop deportation of UK asylum seekers to Rwanda.
The British government intends to start the deportations on Tuesday...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24
POPE FRANCIS CANCELING A PLANNED TRIP TO AFRICA NEXT MONTH.
A PROBLEM WITH HIS KNEE CITED...THE GUARDIAN-UK
A chain of failures cited in a French report on events at the Stade de France May 28th.
That's when soccer fans were kept out of the stadium, tear gassed by police and attacked by mobs...BBC NEWS...
Meanwhile it's been revealed that video footage of the events was destroyed by the stadium.
An official telling the French Senate that since there was no official request for the video it was erased after seven days...(BFM-TV France)
THE UNITED STATES ENDING A COVID TESTING REQUIREMENT FOR AIR TRAVELERS ARRIVING HERE.
THE NEGATIVE TEST REQUIRMENT ENDING MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.
THE ORDER SIGNED LATE TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL...THE HILL
BioNTech, the German partner of US vax maker Pfizer, breaking ground on a production facility in Africa.
The Israeli military revealing plans to move women into combat units.
A task force has reported to Israel's Supreme Court recommending that women will be integrated into mechanized infantry units after they are put into tank units.
Experiments with women will also be conducted in some elite units as well as mobile infantry...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL TODAY OVER 100-THOUSAND MARCHED IN THE CITY'S PRIDE PARADE.
AMONG THOSE ATTENDING ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTER YAIR LAPID...TIMES OF ISRAEL
NASA is conducting a study to look into UFO's.
The US space agency recruiting leading scientists to examine unidentified aerial phenomenon.
The nine-month project slated to start this fall...MALAY MAIL
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