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w7voa, 3 days ago to random

And so it begins…classified ad in Sunday’s Washington Post for a 50-acre “idyllic refuge” in northern Italy asks “Worried about revenge and retribution?”

w7voa, 3 days ago to random

France’s Macron calls snap elections. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240609-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-polls-open-european-elections-parliament

w7voa, 3 days ago to random

IDF alleges three of the Israeli hostages freed yesterday in Gaza were held in the home of Abdallah Aljamal, a journalist who had worked for Al Jazeera.

w7voa, 3 days ago to random

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “is preventing us from progressing towards a true victory," says War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz. “For this reason we are leaving the emergency government today, with a heavy heart, yet wholeheartedly."

w7voa, 3 days ago to random

CBS News Poll - Guilty verdict in Trump trial has not dramatically reshaped the presidential race. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-trump-biden-neck-and-neck-06-09-2024/

w7voa, 4 days ago to random

“Tokyo Vice” — the first major U.S. TV show to film entirely in Japan — has been cancelled by (HBO) Max after the second season. The series was based on the memoir written by my old friend from the Japanese capital, Jake Adelstein. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/tokyo-vice-cancel-season-2-max-jt-rogers-1236029080/

w7voa, 4 days ago to random

Washington Post - Christian nationalist who was Trump's OMB chief is helping write the blueprint for a 'Radical Constitutionalism' second term. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/08/russ-vought-trump-second-term-radical-constitutional/

w7voa, 4 days ago to random

IDF announces Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) have been “rescued in a special operation by the IDF, ISA and Israel Police from two separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat.” The four had been kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival. “They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the 'Sheba' Tel-HaShomer Medical Center for further medical examinations.”

w7voa, 4 days ago to random

Authorities in Xinjiang have sentenced five Uyghur former colleagues of a VOA journalist to at least seven years in prison because of their links to him. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/colleagues-voa-journalist-jailed-links-06072024171425.html

w7voa, 4 days ago to random

Police in Vietnam confirm they’ve arrested a leading independent journalist and a lawyer for their Facebook posts. https://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-detains-journalist-over-facebook-posts/a-69309334

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, is confirmed to have was died when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/rescue-teams-searching-for-plane-crash-reported-19503900.php

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

Judge Merchan in Donald Trump’s New York election interference has informed the prosecution and the defense counsel that a comment was posted a day before the verdict on the Unified Court System's public Facebook page saying: "My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted. Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!!" https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/People%20v%20DJT%206-7-24%20Letter%20to%20Parties.pdf

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

Tonight, as a part of Wear Orange Day, the White House will be illuminated orange in honor of the countless victims and survivors of gun violence.

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

VOA - President Biden seeks to persuade G7 leaders to potentially provide up to $50 billion in loans for Ukraine’s war effort by using interest from frozen Russian assets held in Western financial institutions.https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-looks-to-persuade-g7-leaders-to-endorse-50b-loan-for-ukraine-using-interest-from-russian-assets-/7647308.html

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas, in his latest financial disclosure form, amends his 2019 report to show he took trips paid for by a Republican megadonor. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y-uF8DFL9O5PRfIT09HyznH-4QrAf-nG/view

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

Group aligned with Biden is challenging RFK Jr.’s New York ballot petition, saying his campaign lied about his state residency. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/us/politics/rfk-jr-ny-residency-challenged.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x00.RRB_.MkdEl7R45g9o&smid=url-share

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

Mark Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff, and Mike Roman, who was a campaign team member, arraigned in Maricopa County in Arizona's fake electors case. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/07/fake-electors-mark-meadows-mike-roman-to-enter-pleas-in-court/73885309007/

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

Doug E. Fresh, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Charlie Wilson among those scheduled to perform at a White House Juneteenth concert next Monday. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/06/07/white-house-announces-juneteenth-concert-2/

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

FBI releases O.J. Simpson documents pertaining to the 1994 killings of his ex- wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.. https://vault.fbi.gov/orenthal-james-simpson-oj-simpson/orenthal-james-simpson-oj-simpson-part-01/view

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

Unexpectedly strong employment growth in the US with the Labor Department reporting an addition of 272,000 jobs. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

We’re signing copies of ‘Behind the White House Curtain’ tomorrow afternoon in Winchester, Virginia, as we take our book tour on the road. https://oldtownwinchesterva.com/event/author-event-steve-herman-behind-the-white-house-curtain/

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

Japan lodges a formal protest with China after four Chinese vessels approached Japanese-controlled disputed islands in the East China Sea.
The incident is "the first time four (Chinese) ships carrying what appear to be cannons entered Japanese territorial waters" around the Senkaku islands, Yoshimasa Hayashi tells reporters.

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologizes for leaving early the D-Day observances, saying that was a mistake. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-69098963

w7voa, 5 days ago to random

President Biden to President Zelenskyy in France: “I apologize for those weeks of not knowing what was going on with the money. Conservative members held it up. But we have it now.”

w7voa, 6 days ago to random

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jone has moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/media/alex-jones-assets-sandy-hook/index.html