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These National Parks Are Welcoming Stargazers This Summer

New York Times Some of the parks have become popular dark-sky havens and are hosting stargazing events for people who want to marvel at the cosmic views this summer and fall. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/us/stargazing-festivals-national-parks.html

American Investment Banks Are Giving Up Some China IPO Mandates

Wall Street Journal International investors have soured so much on Chinese IPOs that investment banks are backing out of potential listings and even small deals have become a tough sell. https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-investment-banks-are-giving-up-some-china-ipo-mandates-19e6744

Russia Boasts Resilience at Flagship Economic Forum

Wall Street Journal President Vladimir Putin will attempt to present Russia as primed for investment despite economic erosion from more than a year of war and sanctions. https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-shadow-of-sanctions-russia-courts-friends-boasts-resilience-at-flagship-economic-forum-d299b6bc

Trump’s Case Puts Judge Aileen Cannon in the Spotlight

Wall Street Journal One of the former president’s judicial appointees could play a central role in deciding his fate. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-case-puts-judge-aileen-cannon-in-the-spotlight-139d05b8

Deadly Russian Missile Strikes Hit Ukraine

Moscow Times The latest strikes came as the death toll from Tuesday’s missile strikes on Kryvyi Rih — the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky — rose to 12. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/14/deadly-russian-missile-strikes-hit-ukraine-a81498

Six killed: law enforcers post photos of car fired upon in Sumy Oblast

Pravda Ukraine Law enforcers have initiated a case into Russia’s violation of the laws and customs of war over targeting a UAZ vehicle in Sumy Oblast, which killed six people on 14 June. Source: National Police of Ukraine in Sumy Oblast; Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, Office of the Prosecutor General; Volodymyr Artiukh, Head of Sumy…

Hong Kong activist, accused of violating Covid mask mandate as 47 democrats trial opened, pleads not guilty

Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist accused of violating the Covid mask mandate while rallying outside court in February as the city’s largest national security trial began has pleaded not guilty to the charge. (From right) Dickson Chau and “the Bull” Tsang Kin-shing outside the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on June 14, 2023…

Russian Guardsmen uncover Ukrainian army’s saboteur training base in LPR

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that the items poising a danger to civilians were seized and destroyed https://tass.com/defense/1631885

Eurozone Industrial Output Improves More Than Expected

Wall Street Journal Industrial production in the eurozone rose 1% in April, swinging from a revised 3.8% drop in March, and providing respite from a gloomy outlook for the bloc’s manufacturing economy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/eurozone-industrial-production-improved-more-than-expected-in-april-ac0efa52

Chechen leader cannot contact his right-hand man wounded in Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine Russian occupiers claim that Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma deputy and the right-hand man of the Chechen leader, was injured on the territory of Ukraine. Before that, information about the death of the occupier appeared on social media. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/14/7406789/