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FACTBOX: Biggest deals in SPIEF’s history

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In 2022, Russian Railways and VTB entered into a five-year loan agreement for up to 630 bln rubles (about $11.5 bln) https://tass.com/economy/1631537

It makes little difference whether Trump declassified documents at heart of federal indictment: legal scholars

Fox News FIRST ON FOX: Legal experts tell Fox News Digital it makes little difference whether former President Trump declassified the documents at the heart of his federal indictment. Under the Espionage Act, the crime would be improper retention or disclosure of sensitive defense information, not classified documents, according to former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy…

As Egypt Faces Crisis, President el-Sisi Tries Talks With Opposition

New York Times The rare — and tightly constrained — outreach is a sign that President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi may be feeling the pressure of rising discontent and a sinking economy. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/world/middleeast/egypt-opposition-talks.html

DOD Plans Return to ‘Defense Travel System’

Defense.gov The Defense Department announced that previous directions to begin using the new MyTravel system have been repealed and agencies should return to using the existing Defense Travel System. https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3426240/dod-plans-return-to-defense-travel-system/

German curator’s mission is to return 111 heirlooms to families of Holocaust victims by the end of the year

Fox News Matthias Weniger put on a pair of white cloth gloves and carefully lifted a tarnished silver candleholder, looking for a yellowed sticker on the bottom of it. The candlestick is one of 111 silver objects at the Bavarian National Museum that the Nazis stole from Jews during the Third Reich in 1939. That’s…

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-a1c49ff4

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

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…