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Vermont’s Homeless Are Forced From Hotels When Pandemic Aid Ends

New York Times The state has begun emptying hotels of about 2,800 homeless people living there as part of a pandemic-era program — and offering them tents — after federal funding ran out. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/with-pandemic-aid-ending-vermonts-homeless-are-forced-from-hotels.html

HK$500K bill for Hong Kong’s double duck deflation drama – report

Hong Kong Free Press Two giant rubber duck installations have left Hong Kong’s harbour earlier than planned due to unstable weather and repair fees totalling at least HK$500,000, local media reported citing sources. The twin 18-metre-tall rubber ducks by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman began their floating journey around the harbour on June 10. The bathtub…

Freed Ukrainian P.O.W.s Report Abuses in Russian Captivity

New York Times Ukrainian captives released in prisoner exchanges say that beatings were common, and that they suffered from woefully inadequate health care and food. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/world/europe/russia-ukraine-pows-abuse.html

Germany’s Far Right AfD Party Stages a Comeback

New York Times With Germans facing an era of political and economic turbulence, the Alternative for Germany is resurgent. Mainstream politicians are struggling to respond. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/world/europe/germany-far-right-afd-comeback.html

First on Fox: Vulnerable Democrat targeted over border security, crime, in crucial 2024 Senate race

Fox News EXCLUSIVE – As he runs for re-election in a crucial 2024 Senate showdown that may determine if Republicans win back the chamber’s majority, longtime Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown’s coming under a new attack over border security, the drug crisis, and crime. Former prosecutor and Republican state lawmaker Matt Dolan, who’s one of the…

Durham faces Congress after finding DOJ, FBI ‘failed to uphold their mission’ in Trump-Russia probe

Fox News Former Special Counsel John Durham will testify twice this week before congressional lawmakers, just weeks after releasing a report that found the Justice Department and FBI never should have launched the Trump-Russia investigation. Durham is first set to testify behind closed doors in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday afternoon.…

‘Tough balancing act’: Chinese, German leaders hold talks

Hong Kong Free Press Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosted Premier Li Qiang for talks on Tuesday, seeking to recalibrate cooperation between Germany and China after Berlin branded Beijing a “systemic rival”. Li is on his first trip abroad since he was named premier in March and tasked with shoring up China’s sputtering post-Covid economy. German Chancellor…

Up to 20 people remain in liberated Piatykhatky, fighting continues

Pravda Ukraine Up to 20 people remain in the liberated village of Piatykhatky, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, while fighting continues in the village itself. Source: Yurii Malashko, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on air with Radio Liberty Quote: “Together with the military, we are doing everything possible to get these people out. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/20/7407643/

Russian forces destroy 2,300 Ukrainian troops, mercenaries in past week, says LPR officer

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Ukrainian military suffered the greatest losses of over 1,500 troops in the Donetsk tactical area, Andrey Marochko specified https://tass.com/politics/1635273

One-third of all complaints to language ombudsman in 2023 came from Kyiv

Pravda Ukraine Of the almost 1,700 complaints received by the State Language Protection Commissioner in the first five months of 2023, one-third came from the capital. Source: State Language Protection Commissioner Taras Kremin in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda Quote: “I would like the situation in Kyiv to be better. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/20/7407641/