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Germany’s Scholz announced tectonic policy shifts, but a year on, not much has budged

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday, with Ukraine the sole item on the agenda. This comes just over a year after Scholz’s momentous “Zeitenwende” speech in reaction to the Russian invasion, in which he vowed radical changes to Germany’s defence and…

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Biden, Scholz meet, pledge support for Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Western allies would support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as he visited the White House on Friday for a private meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.

France 24

Biden administration urges judge to allow latest ‘Dreamers’ rule

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has urged a Texas federal judge to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in a case that threatens protections for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children.

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Biden gives Medal of Honor to trailblazing special forces member

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden bestowed the Medal of Honor to one of the nation’s first Special Forces officers, who struggled for decades to earn recognition for his actions saving fellow soldiers during a grueling, daylong firefight in Vietnam.

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AOC boasts she was right after Amazon ceases building HQ2 in Washington DC

‘Amazon wanted $3.5bn in benefits from NY to build this thing they’ve stopped building. @AOC was right’

The Independent UK

LONG SHOT: ESPN, ACC, And Pac-12 Talked About A Joint TV Deal. Could It Really Happen?

The Trio Talked Last Summer About A Plan To Save Both Conferences And Talks Could Be Revived.

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Camila Alves McConaughey reveals she was on ‘chaos’ Lufthansa flight that plummeted 4,000ft

Unharmed Brazilian model married to Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey posts video capturing aftermath of turbulence-hit plane

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Wakata gives pep talk to new prospects

WASHINGTON -- Astronaut Koichi Wakata has sent a message of support to the two latest candidates for Japan's astronaut corps, and even admitted feeling "envious" that they might participate in moon landings in the future.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Washington architectural metalwork start-up hails successful first year in business

Neil Hood set up Neil Hood Bespoke in January 2022

Birmingham Post

Day after Meeting, Blinken and Lavrov Exchange Diplomatic Swipes

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of hypocrisy after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia cannot be allowed to wage war in Ukraine with impunity, during a security forum they attended in New Delhi on Friday. The top diplomats from Moscow and Washington had both…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China accuses US of attacking companies after export curbs

China has accused Washington of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds

The Independent UK

Palestinians Demand Arrest of Israeli Official Visiting Washington

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Thursday asked Washington to arrest a visiting Israeli official who called for wiping out the Palestinian village of Huwara. “The Foreign Ministry demands the US administration to arrest the fascist terrorist Davidi Ben Zion, the deputy head of the Shomron Regional Council, who is currently…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel-US Talks to Begin as Iran’s Nuclear Program Approaches the ‘Red Line’

Tel Aviv and Washington have decided to kickstart deep talks on Iran’s enrichment of uranium to 84%, which is close to what is needed for developing a bomb.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trump Can Be Sued for Jan. 6 Riot Harm, Justice Dept. Says

Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump's legal vulnerability for his speech before the riot. The Justice Department told a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Russians pound last access routes to Ukraine's besieged Bakhmut

Russia said on Friday it would take measures to prevent new border incursions, a day after accusing Ukraine-backed nationalists of killing two people in a cross-border raid in southern Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin later on Friday told the Russian security council it needed to take up new "anti-terrorism measures"…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Biden and Scholz hold talks as Russian forces close in on Bakhmut – as it happened

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, says Russian ‘pincers are getting tighter’ around contested city

Tribune News Service

In a reversal, Biden says he’ll sign Republican DC crime bill

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he’d sign Republican legislation barring the government in Washington, D.C., from making changes to its own criminal code, reversing his earlier position in a move that will surely anger statehood advocates and others in the heavily Democratic city.

Los Angeles Times

Feinstein hospitalized with shingles; with Fetterman also out, Harris steps in to break tie votes in Senate

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday she’s been hospitalized in California with shingles and hopes to return to Washington to vote in the Senate later this month.

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Pioneering flight uses hydrogen to power regional airplane

MOSES LAKE, Washington — A small crowd of investors, airline representatives and journalists at Moses Lake in Central Washington got a first look Thursday morning at whether hydrogen power might be the future of sustainable, zero-emissions aviation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Public Schools eighth grader Steven Jiang buzzes to victory in citywide spelling bee

Jiang, 13, outlasted 47 competitors to correctly spell “saturnine” and win this year’s contest. He advanced to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

Reuters

Australia has assured US its technology is safe in submarine deal -envoy

Australia has assured Washington that U.S. technology will be safe under a plan to supply it with nuclear-powered submarines in a tripartite deal also including Britain, Canberra's ambassador to the United States said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

US issues more Iran sanctions amid stalled diplomacy

New measures target Iranian oil and petrochemical sales, as US says it is committed to reducing Iran’s energy exports.

ABC News

Ukraine clings to Bakhmut, top US official tells Russian counterpart Washington backs Kyiv all the way

Ukrainian forces strengthen defensive positions as Russian soldiers backed by Wagner mercenaries encircle the key strategic city of Bakhmut.

Chronicle Live

'Important for the community, important for the children' – Pleas to save Birtley Swimming Centre from axe

Locals fear that families and schools would struggle to send youngsters to pools in Chester-le-Street or Washington if the Birtley facility was forced to close

Tribune News Service

Trump not immune from lawmaker lawsuits over Jan. 6 attack, US says

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers and Capitol Police officers should be able to pursue civil lawsuits against former President Donald Trump over actions he took leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the Justice Department told a federal appeals court Thursday.

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