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FDA Approves Leqembi, Extending Alzheimer’s Treatment to More Patients

Wall Street Journal Medicare enrollees can get the anti-amyloid treatment as a result of the agency’s full approval. https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-approves-leqembi-extending-alzheimers-treatment-to-more-patients-88339173

U.S. to Send Cluster Munitions to Bolster Ukraine’s Fight Against Dug-In Russians

Wall Street Journal The Biden administration aims to strengthen Kyiv’s hand despite concerns over risk to civilians. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-bolster-ukraines-fight-against-dug-in-russians-d2dd292f

Russian missile strike on Lviv: death toll rises to 7, 7 people rescued, 14 hospitalised

Pravda Ukraine As of Thursday evening, emergency workers continue to clear the rubble away from apartment buildings in Lviv after a Russian missile strike. The number of people killed by the Russians in Lviv has risen to seven. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/7/7410195/

Any True Modern-Design Lover Needs to Know About This Masterpiece

Wall Street Journal If you want to see how a star of Italian design conceived a church unlike any other, book a trip to see Gio Ponti’s 1970 Catholic cathedral in Taranto https://www.wsj.com/articles/any-true-modern-design-lover-needs-to-know-about-this-masterpiece-3836b207

James Dobbins, U.S. diplomat in global hot spots, dies at 81

Washington Post Mr. Dobbins reopened the U.S. Embassy in Kabul following the 2001 invasion. Two decades later, he bemoaned U.S. mistakes as the Taliban regained power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/06/james-dobbins-diplomat-afghanistan-dies/

Zelenskyy on promise of NATO membership: not such a high price for war

Pravda Ukraine Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the NATO countries at the summit in Vilnius should give Ukraine a clear signal about the prospect of becoming a member of the Alliance, because Ukrainians are paying for it in blood in the war Russia has unleashed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/6/7410209/

Big Talk Becomes a Presidential Defense

Wall Street Journal A term that once meant brave defiance has evolved into a way to describe swagger without substance https://www.wsj.com/articles/bravado-big-talk-becomes-a-presidential-defense-cd02c367

Russia Closes Finnish Consulate in Latest Salvo Against Helsinki

Wall Street Journal The closure of Finland’s consulate in St. Petersburg and the expulsion of nine diplomats comes just months after the Nordic nation became NATO’s newest member. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-closes-finnish-consulate-in-latest-salvo-against-helsinki-2dd8339b

Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs concrete solutions, signal at NATO summit

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-749174

Georgia will not “consult” with ambassador whom Kyiv asked to leave over Saakashvili

Pravda Ukraine The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia does not intend to hold consultations with Giorgi Zakarashvili, the Georgian ambassador to Ukraine who was asked by Kyiv to return to Tbilisi in connection with the situation with former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/6/7410208/