El Niño ocean currents, not avian flu, blamed for mass bird deaths along Mexico’s Pacific coast
Fox News When hundreds of birds were found dead along Mexico’s Pacific coast earlier this year, experts immediately suspected avian flu. But the government said Thursday that the warming Pacific ocean currents associated with El Niño, not bird flu, were responsible for the mass die-off. Mexico’s Agriculture Department said Thursday that tests on the dead…
Read MoreNew format of Ukraine-NATO relations may begin from Vilnius summit – Ukraine’s Defence Minister
Pravda Ukraine NATO and Ukraine will replace their current format of formal meetings in the form of a Commission with a new Council format at or after the Vilnius Summit in July. Source: Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defence, during a conversation with Ukrainian journalists on Thursday 15 June, after meeting of the Ukraine Defence…
Read MoreThe Indictment Can Only Hurt Trump
Wall Street Journal Even his loyal supporters will understand that his mishandling of documents endangered U.S. security. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-indictment-can-only-hurt-trump-mar-a-lago-arrest-election-maga-voters-national-security-43159f31
Read MoreAdam Smith’s Solution to Poverty
Wall Street Journal Even in the 18th century he understood that only economic growth would improve living standards. https://www.wsj.com/articles/adam-smiths-solution-to-poverty-economic-growth-300-years-wages-8274f904
Read MoreWhat to Make of the Fed’s Interest-Rate Pause
Wall Street Journal Milton Friedman’s famous monetary policy ‘lags’ for GDP and inflation are looking longer and more powerful than usual. https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-reserve-interest-rate-pause-inflation-powell-lags-auto-sales-rates-fomc-23624a48
Read MoreNew Jersey Gov. Murphy appoints 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans to election watchdog posts
Fox News Exercising his power under a new campaign finance law, New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has appointed four new commissioners to the state’s campaign finance watchdog agency. The bipartisan slate of new Election Law Enforcement Commission members include a former state bar association president — who was the group’s first openly gay leader…
Read MoreJudge Orders Lawyers in Trump Case to Start Getting Security Clearances
New York Times Judge Aileen Cannon gave the defense team until Tuesday to begin the process, underscoring how classified information will be fundamental to the trial. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/us/politics/judge-trump-documents-security-clearances.html
Read MoreNotable & Quotable: ‘Non-Man’ at Hopkins
Wall Street Journal ‘While past definitions refer to ‘lesbian’ . . . this updated definition includes non-binary people who may also identify with the label.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-non-man-at-hopkins-gay-lesbian-college-johns-hopkins-6eb13180
Read More‘Ridley’ and ‘Endeavour’ Review: Eccentric Sleuths of the British Isles
Wall Street Journal Though they differ in scale, PBS’s American premiere of ‘Ridley’ and its last season of ‘Endeavour’ continue the border-crossing tradition of quirky detectives. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ridley-and-endeavour-review-eccentric-sleuths-of-the-british-isles-3fa37969
Read MoreNew Ports Contract Would Raise Pay 32%, Bring Dockworkers $70 Million in Bonuses
Wall Street Journal This week’s tentative agreement at West Coast ports is the latest union deal to bring sizable wage increases to transport workers. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-ports-contract-would-raise-pay-32-bring-dockworkers-70-million-in-bonuses-22be80a9
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