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‘It Could Have Been So Much Worse’: Mountain Collapse Narrowly Misses Swiss Village

New York Times Fifty million cubic feet of rock came to rest just shy of Brienz and its schoolhouse. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/world/europe/switzerland-mountain-collapse.html

Algerian president reaffirmed interest to military-technical cooperation — Lavrov

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the foreign minister, relations with Algeria are a vivid example of very close, long-standing and good cooperation between Russia and the Arab world https://tass.com/politics/1634137

16 Books We Read This Week

Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/16-books-we-read-this-week-367054fc

Mike Pence Says Donald Trump May Ditch Conservatives

Wall Street Journal The former Vice President says he differs with ‘my former running mate’ on entitlements, Ukraine and abortion. He also believes American voters have a ‘hunger’ for civility. https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-may-ditch-conservatives-pence-vp-2024-republican-primary-ukraine-abortion-b2983352

Brutal attack by extremist rebels kills 7 farmers in northeast Nigeria, heightening food security concerns

Fox News Islamic extremist rebels killed at least seven farmers in northeast Nigeria, an attack that further threatens food security in the hard-hit region, local authorities told The Associated Press on Friday. The militants attacked the farmers on Thursday as they worked on their crop fields near Borno state’s Molai area, the authorities said. Security…

Biden’s Fishy Plan to Breach the Snake River Dams

Wall Street Journal It would make electricity far costlier and harm local residents, and the salmon would see little benefit. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-fishy-plan-to-breach-the-snake-river-dams-energy-electricity-washington-salmon-columbia-river-outages-55b3214b

South African President names 10 necessary components to achieve peace in Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine South African President Cyril Ramaphosa named 10 main “components” of the African Union’s position on the Ukrainian-Russian war. Source: Ramaphosa at a press conference in Kyiv after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reports Interfax-Ukraine Quote: “The main component that we brought here is that this war must be resolved, peace must…

Russia to use all means to respond to threats to country’s existence, says Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The President pointed out that the US was the only country that had used nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear country https://tass.com/politics/1634141

Japan raises age of consent from 13 to 16

Fox News Japan’s parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which had remained unchanged for more than a century and was among the world’s lowest, amid calls for greater protection of children and women. The revision was part of a revamping of laws related to sex crimes.…

First Russian nuclear warheads delivered to Belarus — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the Russian leader, this measure will serve as a deterrent https://tass.com/politics/1634139