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| | | Hot Water | Cabinet Members, Party Leadership Abandon Johnson’s Sinking Ship Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government within minutes of each other Tuesday. They were followed out the door by junior staffers and the dramatic exit of Conservative Party Vice Chair Bim Afolami, who resigned on live TV. He said the handling of a sexual misconduct investigation into MP Chris Pincher was “really appalling.” Johnson has won many battles before, but he may soon lose the war. Snap polling conducted by the government Tuesday night found 54% of Conservative voters and two-thirds of the country overall want him out. (Sources: BBC, The Independent) |
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| | | Target Acquired | Chicago July 4 Suspect Charged in Gun Violence Horror Weekend Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said the seven counts of first-degree murder are only the start in the investigation into Robert E. Crimo III after the Highland Park parade massacre. “These are just the first of many charges that will be filed against Mr. Crimo, I want to emphasize that,” Rinehart said. Authorities confirmed Crimo had legally purchased five guns despite prior threats and incidents with police. The Gun Violence Archive reported that the Highland Park tragedy was part of a surge in gun violence over the holiday weekend, as at least 220 Americans were killed, including in 11 mass shootings. (Sources: CNN, CBS) |
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| | | The Big Lie | Trump Allies to Face Atlanta Grand Jury Over 2020 Claims Former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Lindsey Graham have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in Georgia’s Fulton County, along with a handful of Trump’s legal advisers. The jury has been hearing testimony on the campaign’s efforts to win the state, including Trump’s infamous call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger demanding he “find 11,780 votes.” Graham is alleged to have contacted Raffensperger and his staff twice “about reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome,” according to the subpoena. (Sources: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WaPo) |
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| | | | | Bubbling Up | Oil Stabilizes, but Americans Still Feel Pinch of Inflation Crude oil has firmed around $100 a barrel as China’s post-lockdown consumption ramps up and uncertainty around a potential U.S. recession balances out. “While the odds of a recession are indeed rising, it is premature for the oil market to be succumbing to such concerns,” one Goldman Sachs analyst said. It’s a relief for consumers struggling with the highest prices in decades. Americans are turning to their savings to make up the difference. The personal saving rate, which shows how much money people are squirreling away, dropped to 5.4% in May, down from a record high of 34% in April 2020. (Sources: Bloomberg, WSJ) |
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| | | Briefly | Here are some things you should know about today: Minted. Zimbabwe is preparing gold coins to enter circulation amid a raft of interventions as inflation hits 190%. The country, which experienced hyperinflation throughout the 2000s, also announced plans to make the U.S. dollar legal tender for the next five years. (Source: BBC) Wavering. Japan is warily eyeing the rise in COVID-19 cases ahead of plans to launch a nationwide travel subsidy program to boost tourism. (Source: Japan Times) Smoke up. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration temporarily suspended its ban on Juul’s vaping products, saying “there are scientific issues unique” to Juul that require further review. (Source: The Hill) |
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| | | Numbers Game | Ukrainian Mathematician Celebrated for Work — and Resilience Maryna Viazovska is also only the second woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal, an award handed out by the International Mathematical Union to four exceptional mathematicians under 40 every four years. Viazovska’s award-winning work involves calculating optimal ways to densely pack identical spheres, a project that’s been praised by her math peers. She dedicated a recent lecture to Yulia Zdanovksa, a young mathematician killed in a Russian missile attack, noting the toll of the violence in her home country on others in her field. “Right now, Ukrainians are giving the highest price for our beliefs and for our freedom,” Viazovska said. (Sources: Quanta, AP) |
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| | | Cultural Divide | Show’s Over for Rare Art Collaboration Between West and China The Times Art Center Berlin, an offshoot of the Guangdong Times Museum in Guangzhou, is closing its doors after just four years, but hinted at a possible future reopening. It had been one of a dwindling few Chinese museums in the West, championing works from China and around the world. A statement said the museum had fallen prey to a “historic moment of global crises, when socio-political turbulences have already, or will soon, affect every aspect of our lives.” The statement didn’t spell out specific issues, but noted that “growing hostility between nations and cultures” had made the partnership difficult. (Sources: Art News, Art Review) |
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| | | Let It Rip | Japan Bets Artificial Intelligence Can Calm Choppy Waters Vacationers in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo, can head to the beach safe in the knowledge that AI is hard at work protecting them. Lifeguards will be alerted to any rip currents, known to cause 60% of drowning deaths, along Yuigahama beach. The popular surfing spot reopened this month for the first time since the pandemic began, and researchers from the Japan Lifesaving Association and Tokyo’s Chuo University have used much of that shutdown time to perfect the technology. A web camera monitors the water and identifies rip currents and swimmers near them, sending real-time data to lifeguards. (Source: The Guardian) |
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| | | | | Rare Roar | Welcome Your Very Own Fossilized Dinosaur Skeleton Home Looking for some home decor inspiration? Sotheby’s has an idea. The auction house’s natural history auction later this month is offering a 76 million-year-old Gorgosaurus skeleton, an early relative of Tyrannosaurus rex. It roamed what is now the west of the U.S. and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period, 10 million years before the first T. rex hatched. Gorgosaurus skeletons can be found in museum collections, but this 10-foot-tall, 22-foot-long beast is the only one available for private purchase. It was unearthed in Montana in 2018 and is expected to sell for up to $8 million. (Source: AP) |
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| | | Courting History | Ons Jabeur Heads to Wimbledon Semifinals The 27-year-old Tunisian is the first Arab tennis player to make the semis of a Grand Slam and is pushing to be the first African woman to win. Third-seed Jabeur downed Czech Marie Bouzkova 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 in London Tuesday, setting up a semifinal matchup against her “great friend” Tatjana Maria of Germany. Maria is also eyeing history, hoping to be the second mother to win Wimbledon after Australian player Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980. If the high stakes are getting to Jabeur, she isn’t showing it. “I love Tatjana so much and her family is really amazing,” she said ahead of Saturday’s match. (Sources: Yahoo Sports, Al Jazeera) |
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