The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interests (apnews.com)
Apple is winning in financial services (www.axios.com)
The iPhone has become a platform for thousands of financial services companies, including buy now, pay later providers. The one guaranteed winner is Apple, which has ensured it takes no risk itself....
3 dead as Tropical Storm Alberto moves inland over northeast Mexico (www.pbs.org)
Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, moved inland over northeast Mexico, bringing heavy rains to the parched region and leaving at least three dead.
Kremlin Joy as Trump Sucks Up to New Russian ‘Tough Guys’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Russia and North Korea sign mutual defence pact (www.theguardian.com)
Washington Post publisher alleged to have advised Boris Johnson to ‘clean up’ phone during Partygate Covid scandal (www.theguardian.com)
Israel-Gaza war live: Israel’s use of heavy bombs raises ‘serious concerns’ under laws of war (www.theguardian.com)
In a report published on Wednesday, the OHCHR provided details on six Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, which it said were emblematic of a concerning pattern, involving the suspected use of up to 2,000-pound bombs on residential buildings, a school, refugee camps and a market....
Tensions in South China Sea: Japan, Canada join chorus of ‘concern’ after China’s recent actions ‘severely injured’ Filipino soldier and damaged Philippine ship (www.rappler.com)
Japan and Canada on Tuesday, June 18, joined the Philippines’ treaty-ally the United States and strategic partner Australia in expressing support for Manila following the latest – and worst, thus far – incident between Chinese and Filipino personnel and vessels in the West Philippine Sea....
How Biden’s executive order to protect immigrant spouses of citizens from deportation will benefit their families and communities (theconversation.com)
Breckie Hill Onlyfans Leak: The Viral Video That Took the Internet by Storm
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US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warnings on social media platforms (www.theguardian.com)
Dr Vivek Murthy asks for required labels that state ‘social media is associated with significant mental health harms’...
Judge blocks Iowa law allowing police to charge people facing deportation (www.theguardian.com)
Russia continues the abduction of Ukrainian children at the legislative level, denies legal guardians of forcibly deported and adopted Ukrainian children (essanews.com)
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Realme GT 6 shipment stolen in transit, delays launch in Spain (9to5google.com)
With a high-profile European launch just a few days away, the entire first batch of Realme GT 6 retail units has been stolen en route to Spain.
‘Making this film was forbidden’: how Agnieszka Holland’s migrant thriller inflamed the Polish right (www.theguardian.com)
US soldier detained in Russia pleads partially guilty in court, local media reports - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
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High home prices are 'feudalizing' California as unaffordable housing markets pose existential threat to middle class, study says (fortune.com)
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Washington Post Publisher and Incoming Editor Are Said to Have Used Stolen Records in Britain (www.nytimes.com)
Murder conviction of Missouri woman overturned after 43 years in prison (www.theguardian.com)
Rachel Morin murder: Illegal immigrant from El Salvador charged in rape, killing of Maryland mom of 5 (www.foxnews.com)
International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, four sources familiar with the case said....
Yellen says China's trade policies could 'interfere significantly' with US bilateral relationship (apnews.com)
Meet Guy Sims Fitch, a Fake Writer Invented by the US Government (gizmodo.com)
Guy Sims Fitch was created by the United States Information Agency (USIA), America’s official news distribution service for the rest of the world. Today, people find the term “propaganda” to be incredibly loaded and even negative. But employees of the USIA used the term freely and proudly in the 1950s and 60s, believing...