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The Latest Must-Have Taylor Swift Merch Is This Children’s Book

Wall Street Journal Little Golden Books are aimed at children ages 4 to 8, but don’t tell that to the adults buying “Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-latest-must-have-taylor-swift-merch-is-this-childrens-book-7720cf59

Celebrities Use AI to Take Control of Their Own Images

Wall Street Journal Using AI-generated duplicates, brands also benefit, using stars in ways they never could before. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-deepfakes-celebrity-marketing-brands-81381aa6

Serbia may have to chose between EU and BRICS in future — President Vucic

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the Serbian leader, Belgrade will stick to the European path https://tass.com/world/1634597

Russian forces repel Ukraine’s attacks in three areas, neutralizing some 600 troops

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the Russian defense ministry, Ukraine’s daily losses in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas reached up to 380 troops, 35 tanks, 33 armored infantry carriers, including two Bradleys, 38 armored combat vehicles, including a Striker, and a D-20 howitzer https://tass.com/defense/1634593

Seven people, including four children, die in fire in private house in Tatarstan

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Local police said it was a dysfunctional family https://tass.com/russia/1634595

Hostages held in Astana bank branch released

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The rescue operation lasted two hours, no hostages injured https://tass.com/emergencies/1634591

China hopes Blinken’s visit will encourage return to agreements with US — diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. This is the first visit by a top US diplomat to China since October 2018 https://tass.com/world/1634589

Kremlin warns of repercussions following Ukraine’s statements about ‘killing Russians’

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “I would like such statements to be evaluated in some way abroad,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov says https://tass.com/russias-foreign-policy/1634587

Wildfire breaks out on Highway 1 near Jerusalem

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-746714

Forensic testing finds no benzos in preschooler’s urine: Official

New Taipei, June 18 (CNA) The results of a confirmatory test conducted via mass spectrometry did not identify any benzodiazepine in the urine sample of a student at a private preschool in New Taipei’s Xizhi District, an official with the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) said Sunday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202306180014