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New developments in the Balkan situation involving Kosovo and political tensions in Israel tonight over the judicial reform issue but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The rate of inflation last month in Argentina 7.8 percent, it's 42.2 percent so far this year with an annual rate of 114.2 percent for the last 12 months...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
US POLITICS FRANCIS SUAREZ THE MAYOR OF MIAMI RUNNNING FOR PRESIDENT AS A REPUBLICAN.
HIS CANDIDACY BELIEVED TO BE PART OF A STRATEGY TO HELP FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS AND HURT PRESIDENT TRUMP IN FLORIDA'S GOP PRIMARY....FREE REPUBLIC POST-THE CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE-DISCUSSION
The US House rejecting an effort to censure and fine Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff.
20 Republicans helping the Democrats in support of Schiff who has been hostile to President Trump and was actively involved in the 2021 impeachment process against him...THE INDEPENDENT UK
IN NEW YORK CITY A GRAND JURY INDICTING FORMER MARINE DANIEL PENNY.
HE IS ACCUSED OF SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF JORDAN NEELY IN A NEW YORK SUBWAY.
MR. PENNY SAID HE WAS ACTING IN SELF-DEFENSE...BBC NEWS
Citing the "unprofessional behavior" of Russian pilots in Syria the US sending F-22 warplanes to the Middle East.
The US CENTCOM commander in the region, General Erik Kurilla says the pilots of Russian warplanes in Syria are engaged in "regular violation of agreed upon airspace deconfliction measures".
Kurilla saying this "increases the risk of escalation or miscalculation"....ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE (TURKEY)
AT LEAST 79 DEAD (BBC News) IN THE SINKING OF A MIGRANT BOAT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
THE MISHAP 45 MILES OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN GREECE...NEWS AGENCIES-TIMES OF ISRAEL
BALKAN TENSIONS IN KOSOVO
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In the Balkans Kosovo authorities say three Kosovo police officers were "kidnapped" by Serbs.
Serbian media say the Kosovo police entered Serbian territory...DTT-NET...
Also word that the Kosovo authorities are not allowing vehicles with Serbian license plates to enter Kosovo...TASS RUSSIA
THE US FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD DECIDED TO KEEP THE PRIME INTEREST RATE STEADY TODAY.
BUT THE FED SAYS MORE HIKES ARE COMING LATER THIS YEAR...(News Agencies)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 232.79 points.
The NASDAQ rose 53.16 points.
At 515 pm New York Time the price of oil is lower down 74 cents at 68 dollars and 68 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says there has been no change in his country's opposition to Sweden's membership in NATO.
NATO leadership has been pressuring Türkiye over its opposition to Swedish membership related to Kurdish groups considered terrorists operating inside Sweden.
Erdogan said today that Sweden has not yet fully addressed the security concerns...FOX NEWS
In Beijing today the announcement of a Palestinian-Chinese strategic partnership.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meeting President Xi Jinping when the announcement was made...TASS RUSSIA
(UPDATED) CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER QIN GANG TELLING THE UNITED STATES TO BUTT OUT OF ITS AFFAIRS AND TO STOP HURTING ITS SECURITY.
QIN SPEAKING TO US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN AHEAD OF THE PLANNED VISIT TO BEIJING BY MR. BLINKEN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED TODAY BUT SPOKEN ABOUT BEHIND THE SCENES IN RECENT DAYS.
ISSUES LIKE TAIWAN DISCUSSED THE UNITED STATES PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED TO THE NOTION THAT THE ISLAND IS PART OF CHINA HAS STAGED HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS WITH TAIWANESE OFFICIALS IN THE LAST YEAR AND INCREASED MILITARY AID.
SUCH ACTIONS SIGNIFY THE NOTION OF TAIWAN AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION...REUTERS...
NOW IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MR. BLINKEN IS TRAVELING TO BEIJING TO TALK WITH CHINESE LEADERS.
ISRAELI OPPOSITION BALKS AT TALKS OVER JUDICIAL REFORM FOLLOWING PARLIAMENT VOTES
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Politics in Israel today tensions over the judiciary as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be seeking a delay in the vote for nominees to a judicial selection panel.
In the end the opposition nominee to the judical selection panel approved by Parliament but not the nominee of Mr. Netanyahu's governing coalition.
Tonight the opposition freezing talks on the judicial reform issue Mr. Netanyahu saying the opposition is seeking an excuse to back out of those talks.
Nationalist leader and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir expressing his doubts about the governments commitment to changing the way judges are picked in Israel...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS STORY TONIGHT...TIMES OF ISRAEL STORY TONIGHT
FOOD PRICES RISING AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 12.1 PERCENT IN NEW ZEALAND.
THE INFLATION STATS FOR MAY RELEASED TODAY REVEAL THAT THE PRICE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IS NEARLY 20 PERCENT HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling a closed meeting of Israeli lawmakers that the US is seeking a "mini-deal" with Iran that Israel can handle.
Netanyahu saying that such a deal would stipulate no enrichment of uranium above 60 percent by Iran in exchange for release of Iranian funds held overseas...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
(COMMENT)
Any move towards a US-Iran deal further illustrates the harsh realities of the present situation that the United States is squarely focused on Russia and China pushing the envelope towards deeper economic and or military conflict.
IN NIGERIA HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE FEARED DEAD AFTER A BOAT CAPSIZED ON THE NIGER RIGER.
THE BOAT OVERTURNING AFTER HITTING A TREE TRUNK EARLY MONDAY MORNING...ANI NEWS INDIA
A member of Japan's military arrested today after three other soldiers were shot with two of them being killed.
The incident at a military shooting range...(NHK Japan)...NHK WORLD JAPAN
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan heading to Tokyo for talks tomorrow with his counterparts from Japan, the Philippines and South Korea.
All three nations face China and the contested waters and islands near it in the South China Sea...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ASAHI SHIMBUN JAPAN
THE SWISS NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY SERVICE CLAIMING PRO-RUSSIAN HACKERS ARE INTENSIFYING ATTACKS.
THE CLAIM OF THESE CYBER ATTACKS LINKED TO RUSSIA COMES AS UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IS SET TO ADDRESS THE SWISS PARLIAMENT TOMORROW.
SWITZERLAND UNDER PRESSURE TO AUTHORIZE TRANSFER OF WEAPONS PROVIDED TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES BY SWISS MANUFACTURERS TO UKRAINE...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
FORMER RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR BUFFER ZONE ACROSS MOST OF UKRAINE AND SAYS RUSSIA IS ENTITLED TO DISRUPT WESTERN NATIONS UNDERSEA COMMUNICATIONS
Following up on President Vladimir Putin's call for a buffer zone to protect Russia from Ukrainian attack, former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev calling for a such a demilitarized zone to end in western Ukraine in the vicinity of Lvov...TASS RUSSIA...
Medvedev who is Deputy Chairman of Russia's National Security Council, also says that since Western nations were involved in sabotaging the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, Russia is entitled to sabotage undersea communications cables used by the Western nations...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
A US federal judge granting a temporary restraining order to prevent Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard.
Two days of hearings later this month on a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission regarding the merger which it says would reduce competition in video gaming...BBC NEWS
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