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Australian Consumer Confidence Consistent With Early 1990s Recession

Wall Street Journal Australian consumer confidence rose last week but remains at levels comparable with a highly destructive recession in the early 1990s. https://www.wsj.com/articles/australian-consumer-confidence-consistent-with-early-1990s-recession-7a705c57

Biden and Putin Have Dueling Messages on the Mutiny in Russia

New York Times The White House concluded that it had to get ahead of any argument by Vladimir V. Putin that the uprising was serving the interests of Russia’s adversaries. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/us/politics/biden-putin-russia-mutiny.html

Terrorist ‘icon’ Daqqah ruled ineligible for future early release

Jerusalem Post The special parole board determined that Daqqah was considered a murderer and a terrorist. Anti-terrorism legislation consequently applied to Daqqah, and he was not eligible for early release. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-747832

Putin Says Russia Is United Behind Him, After Ending Wagner Rebellion

New York Times President Vladimir V. Putin spoke angrily of those who want “Russians to fight each other,” but his former ally, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, said the mutiny he led was not a coup attempt. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/world/europe/russia-wagner-prigozhin-ukraine.html

US sees no signs that Russia is ready to blow up nuclear power plant or use nuclear weapons – Kirby

Pravda Ukraine The US currently does not currently consider the threat of Russian occupiers blowing up the Zaporizhzhia NPP as “imminent”, despite Ukraine’s latest reports of Russia’s preparations for a terrorist attack. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/27/7408699/

Supreme Court Steps Aside in Louisiana’s Redistricting Case

New York Times The justices returned the case to a lower court on Monday, raising the chances that the state will soon be required to create a second district that empowers Black voters to select a representative. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/us/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting-map.html

Conditions at Guantánamo Are Cruel and Inhuman, U.N. Investigation Finds

New York Times The report was the result of the first visit by an independent human rights investigator to the prison in its two-decade history. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/us/politics/gitmo-prisoners-united-nations.html

UAE president highlights need to preserve stability in Russia in call with Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The leaders also discussed strategic relations between the two countries and their future prospects https://tass.com/politics/1638875

Kirby says its ‘too soon to know’ what happens next for Wagner after short-lived mutiny

Fox News White House National Security Council John Kirby said Monday it’s too soon to know what will become of the Wagner mercenaries after troops were led by Yevgeny Prigozhin on a short-lived mutiny over the weekend. The comment from Kirby came in response to a reporter who questioned what implications the weekend’s events will…

Soaking It in as Summer Temperatures Rise

Wall Street Journal A boy cools off in a spray of water at Yards Park in Washington, D.C., on Monday. A heat wave threatening to bring record high temperatures to Texas is expected to expand north and east this week. https://www.wsj.com/articles/soaking-it-in-as-summer-temperatures-rise-28b97e80