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Biden administration urges states to slow removal of Medicaid recipients as COVID-era coverage ends

Fox News The Biden administration on Monday urged states to slow down their purge of Medicaid rolls, citing concerns that large numbers of lower-income people are losing health care coverage due to administrative reasons. The nation’s Medicaid rolls swelled during the coronavirus pandemic as states were prohibited from ending people’s coverage. But that came to…

Number affected by tainted cider in Russia rises to 68

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Сases of poisoning were registered in the Ulyanovsk, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Kurgan, Penza and Udmurtia Regions https://tass.com/emergencies/1631517

Investors Can Stop Worrying About Toyota’s EV Strategy

Wall Street Journal Toyota’s electric-vehicle strategy is turning a corner. If that wasn’t already clear, it should be now. https://www.wsj.com/articles/investors-can-stop-worrying-about-toyotas-ev-strategy-13b60269

Russian missile attack on Zelenskyy’s hometown kills at least 11, wounds over 2 dozen more

Fox News Russian missiles rained down in a central Ukrainian city overnight, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than two dozen in a warehouse and an apartment building, regional officials said Tuesday. The attack in Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown, comes as Ukrainian forces are in the early stages of a counteroffensive…

Resilient Communications Put to the Test at Technology Readiness Experimentation 2023

Defense.gov The Defense Department announced that the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Indiana National Guard successfully executed the first joint Technology Readiness Experimentation 2023 event. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3426287/resilient-communications-put-to-the-test-at-technology-readiness-experimentatio/

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant conducts tests to release treated radioactive wastewater into sea

Fox News The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant began tests on Monday of newly constructed facilities for discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, a plan strongly opposed by local fishing communities and neighboring countries. The tests at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant use fresh water instead of the treated water, operator…

Stoltenberg positively assesses Ukraine’s initial days of counteroffensive

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/13/7163597/

Israel’s Law Committee approves draft judge-led probe into NSO spyware

Jerusalem Post The meetings came in response to revelations that evidence obtained using spyware was used in a Haifa double murder case. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-746164

Gas price in Europe surpasses $400 per 1,000 cubic meters

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In Europe, gas prices have nearly halved this spring to about $282 per 1,000 cubic meters due to high storage levels, record LNG supplies and mild weather https://tass.com/economy/1631495

Italy passes ‘right to be forgotten’ law for cancer survivors

Fox News Italy will pass a law on the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) for cancer survivors, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pledged on Tuesday, in a move designed to shield recovering patients from discrimination by banks or insurance companies. According to campaigners, there are more than 900,000 cancer survivors in Italy who may face difficulties…