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| | | | | Rice Fried | More Wins Than Losses for Trump Candidates in Tuesday Primaries Rep. Tom Rice, the South Carolina Republican who cast a “conservative vote” to impeach former President Donald Trump, lost his primary to Trump-endorsed candidate Russell Fry. But Trump’s other S.C. candidate, Katie Arrington, lost to Rep. Nancy Mace, who famously crossed the president as he struggled to maintain power after the Jan. 6 attack. Trump had a much simpler time of it in Nevada, where all of his main picks — including election denialists Jim Marchant and Adam Laxalt — won their primaries. Come November the Silver State is expected to host several toss-up contests, with incumbent Dems coming under pressure. (Sources: NYT, CNN) |
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| | | Calm Before the Storm | Asian Stocks Mixed Ahead of Landmark Fed Decision Markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong advanced slightly in early trading while those in Tokyo and Sydney declined. But there was a distinct feeling among analysts that all of this was just treading water ahead of today’s Federal Reserve decision on how sharply to raise U.S. interest rates. Many expect the Fed to hike inflation by 0.75%, the biggest jump since 1994, in a bid to curb inflation. Analysts at Deutsche Bank said they’d welcome such a move, citing a “need for speed” when combating inflation. But others worried that aggressive action might trigger a global recession. (Sources: AP, CBS) |
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| | | Missiles not Missives | NATO Echoes Zelenskyy’s Call for More Weapons As the battle for the Donbas drags on, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated his pleas for more anti-missile systems from the West, saying delays “cannot be justified.” This time NATO was singing from the same hymn sheet. Speaking before an important NATO meeting in Brussels today, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on members to send Ukraine “more heavy weapons” to help it battle Russia’s “brutal invasion.” Moscow, meanwhile, urged Ukrainian fighters sheltering in the Sievierodonetsk Azot chemical plant to surrender and claimed it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the plant. Déjà vu, anyone? (Sources: Al Jazeera, DW) |
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| | | Amazon Arrests | Second Arrest in Brazilian Disappearance, But Still no Bodies Brazilian police arrested a second suspect in connection with the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Oseney da Costa de Oliveira “did not resist arrest on suspicion of homicide, based on witness accounts that placed the two suspects at the supposed scene of the crime,” said a police investigator. This follows the arrest last week of his brother Amarildo after traces of blood were found in his boat. Meanwhile, Brazil’s Ambassador to the U.K. Fred Arruda “wholeheartedly apologize[d]” after the Embassy prematurely told Phillips’ brother-in-law that two bodies had been found. (Source: BBC) |
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| | | Briefly | Here are some things you should know about today: Grounded. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda was dealt a major blow when an 11th-hour European Court of Human Rights ruling stopped the first plane from taking off. (Source: The Guardian) “Life Goes On.” Global superstars BTS announced they’re taking time off to focus on solo projects. The word “hiatus” was used in English subtitles of the press conference, but the South Korean entertainment company behind the group insisted that “BTS are not taking a hiatus.” (Source: AP) Monkey business. The World Health Organization is working with experts to come up with a new name for monkeypox, citing an “urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing” name. (Source: BBC) |
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| | | Not So Fast | During Lockdown Air Pollution Actually Got Worse in Many Countries There goes another pandemic silver lining. Researchers at the University of Chicago have announced that COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 led to “virtually no change” in global average particulate pollution levels. Worse still, air pollution actually increased in several of the world’s most populous countries. South Asia, already the most polluted corner of the planet, was hardest hit with Cambodia seeing a 25.9% increase in levels and Thailand a 10.8% jump. Singapore and Indonesia saw large year-on-year reductions, but researchers think that’s simply because the fire season on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo was less severe in 2020. (Source: The Guardian) |
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| | | | | Fringe Benefits | Chewing Catnip Releases Natural Mosquito Repellents Cats chew catnip and silver vine because it feels gooood. But researchers in Japan have found that chewing and spitting out the leaves also releases large quantities of iridoids — a family of natural insect repellents that ward off mosquitoes, flies and roaches — into the atmosphere. Damaged catnip produces higher concentrations of iridoids, but silver vine leaves release a wider variety of the compounds, offsetting the difference. Both plants effectively repelled mosquitoes in the lab — and researcher Masao Miyazaki of Iwate University said he got no bites after rubbing his arms with damaged leaves. (Source: New Scientist) |
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| | | House-Ton | Texas’ Largest City Has Lots to Teach Us About Affordable Housing Would you look at that: Since 2012 Houston has moved more than 25,000 homeless people off the streets — and almost all of them remained housed after two years. When it comes to homelessness, America’s fourth-biggest city has drastically outperformed the rest of the nation. The secret to its success is “housing first” — a practice that prioritizes getting folks off the streets and into their own homes: No need for shelters, clean drug tests, 12-step programs or religious conversions. Mayor Sylvester Turner said, “Before I leave office, I want Houston to be the first big city to end chronic homelessness.” (Source: NYT) |
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| | | Binley Mega Chippy | Unassuming British Fish and Chips Restaurant Goes Viral No one’s quite sure why — least of all owner Kamal Gandhi — but Binley Mega Chippy’s fish, pies and fries are suddenly attracting customers from all over the U.K. and beyond, with lines routinely stretching around the block and the parking lot in constant logjam. It all started on TikTok on May 18 when an account called binleymegachippyfan53 made a couple of posts about the restaurant. Soon other TikTokkers got involved, with many referencing the fast food joint in their usernames. And then came the song. As one tweeter lamented, “That stupid binley mega chippy song on tiktok is ruining my day.” (Source: Sky News) |
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| | | Full Circle | Saving the Massachusetts ‘House That Built Golf’ In 1913, a 20-year-old self-taught amateur named Francis Ouimet walked across the street from his modest family home to the golf club where he worked as a caddie and defeated the world’s most accomplished pros to claim the U.S. Open. Suddenly the first-generation working-class American was on the front page of every paper, and within a decade the number of golfers in the country had swelled sixfold. Now that modest family home has been bought by members of the Brookline Country Club and restored to its former glory — in the hopes of inspiring a golfing hero of the future. (Source: NYT) |
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