Even as India's Narendra Modi is sworn in as PM for third time, he is diminished
Narendra Modi has been sworn in as prime minister for a third consecutive term by India's President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony in New Delhi.
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HuffPostConfused Trump Forgets Names Again And Again And Again In Brutal Supercut Video
The former president's cognition is under the microscope after a series of alarming reports.
- HuffPost
Dr. Anthony Fauci Recalls Surprising Aftermath Of Correcting Donald Trump On Live TV
The infectious disease expert said the then-president was fixated on one thing during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trump's Attempt To Mock Biden's Cognition Backfires When He Gets The Term Wrong
OOPS! The former president botched a key phrase as he tried to attack his rival.
- Sky News
Filipino soldiers fight off 'armed' Chinese coastguard with 'bare hands' in disputed South China Sea
Filipino soldiers used their "bare hands" to fight off armed Chinese coastguard in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine military chief has said. General Romeo Brawner Jr, head of the Philippine armed forces, accused Chinese personnel of boarding more than eight motorboats and repeatedly ramming, then boarding, two inflatable vessels on Monday. Comparing the act to piracy, he said the Chinese had bladed weapons and tried to prevent the transfer of food, firearms and other supplies to a Philippine territorial outpost in the disputed area of the Second Thomas Shoal.
- The Independent
Trump left red-faced in Virginia after MAGA candidate fails to grab decisive win
Bob Good shows some Republicans can still take on Donald Trump and have a fighting chance
- South China Morning Post
Will China make the Philippines 'pay a price' for its latest South China Sea claim?
A bid by the Philippines to have the United Nations formally recognise the extent of its continental seabed in parts of the disputed South China Sea could encourage similar claims from rival claimant states, observers said. The UN might not give what Manila wants, but the action will add layers of complexity to the already tangled regional disputes and possibly induce tougher countermeasures from Beijing, they added. The Philippines last week filed a submission to the UN Commission on the Limits
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Trump still believed he had foreign policy powers after leaving White House, author claims
Ramin Setoodeh says former president ‘deflated, conflicted and angry’ during post-presidency interviews and told him at one point he ‘needed to go upstairs to deal with Afghanistan’
- CNN
What could happen if the Supreme Court sides with the January 6 rioters
If the Supreme Court undermines the prosecution of hundreds of people accused of joining the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, former President Donald Trump and his allies are poised to promote that ruling as a rebuke of the Justice Department’s efforts to prosecute members of the pro-Trump mob.
- CNN
World’s nuclear powers strengthening arsenals as geopolitical tensions grow, report finds
The nine nuclear states are modernizing their stockpiles with China, for the first time, possibly deploying “a small number of warheads on missiles during peacetime,” according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
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US blasts ‘aggressive’ China over South China Sea collision with Philippine ship
The United States on Monday condemned China over a collision with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, the latest in a series of increasingly fraught confrontations that have raised the potential of a flashpoint for global conflict in the vital waterway.
- The Independent
Russia-Ukraine war – live: F-16 fighter jets expected on the battlefield this summer as Putin lands in Vietnam
Russian leader Vladimir Putin arrives in Vietnam for the second leg of his overseas tour
- Entertainment Weekly
Donald Trump 'obsession' with Debra Messing revealed in new book: 'I always thought [she] was quite attractive'
“I watch her today, and it’s like she’s a raving mess,” he said.
- The Daily Beast
New York’s High Court Keeps Trump’s Muzzle In Place
Donald Trump will have to keep holding his tongue until his criminal sentencing next month in New York, now that the state’s highest court has rejected his attempts to remove a gag order that has kept him from attacking government employees, prosecutors, and witnesses during his recent criminal trial.The New York Court of Appeals, the awkwardly named institution that serves as the ultimate legal authority in the state, made its decision clear in a document published Tuesday.In March, New York St
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Donald Trump's Cognitive Goof Gets A Musical Spoof — And It's Viciously Catchy
The former president's doctor mix-up got rightfully roasted by a pop classic.
- The Daily Beast
Kremlin Joy as Trump Sucks Up to Controversial Russian ‘Tough Guys’
The Russian media is shouting it from the rooftops. Not only did former President Donald Trump publicly meet with two of the country’s toughest men, pro-Kremlin outlets report he pledged to help Russia end the war in Ukraine.The claim emerged from Trump’s unexpected meeting with notorious Russian UFC stars—and “Putin’s friends”—Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev. The controversial MMA fighters took the opportunity to talk international diplomacy with the former—and possibly future—leader of
- The Hill
Hezbollah says it has surveillance footage of key Israeli ports
The Lebanese military and political group Hezbollah on Tuesday released what it said was aerial surveillance footage of sensitive Israeli military sites. The footage appears to have been taken in Israel’s northern port city of Haifa, and includes video of a military site operated by Rafael, an Israeli defense technology company. Hezbollah claimed in a…
- Euronews
EU agrees new sanctions on Russia, targeting LNG for the first time
Belgium, France and Spain are the main entry points for Russian LNG.
- The Hill
Wayne Johnson defeats man convicted in Jan. 6 riot in Georgia House primary runoff
Republican Wayne Johnson, a former Trump administration official, has won the GOP primary runoff for a House seat in Georgia, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating a candidate convicted of a misdemeanor related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Johnson beat out Chuck Hand for the GOP nod in the race for Democratic…
- The Daily Beast
Jimmy Kimmel Exposes Fox News Plan to Spin a Biden Debate Victory
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel thinks Fox News is scared of how Donald Trump will perform when he takes to the stage at the first presidential debate of the 2024 election, scheduled for June 27.“The gang at Fox News is hard at work coming up with an excuse for if Biden does well at the debate,” Kimmel said. “After spending the past two nights peddling a very misleading clip that claims to show Biden freezing up, Sean Hannity’s now back to the ‘if Trump loses the debate, it’s because Biden’s on dru
- Storyful
Rafah Crossing 'Destroyed', Says Israeli Military Media
Footage published on June 19 by Israeli military media shows damaged and destroyed buildings at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza.The footage was captured by Galatz Radio reporter Doron Kadosh and shows the damage to buildings at the crossing. Galatz Radio is operated by the Israel Defense Forces.Kadosh said the crossing was “destroyed, and unfit for reuse as a passage.”“The Rafah Crossing was … in no shape to be used again to deliver much-needed aid to the Strip. Many of the buildings are damaged, including the crossing’s main terminal building which was also burnt in recent days,” the Times of Israel said.Al Jazeera reported, citing Hamas, that the building was burned on June 17 by Israeli forces.Recent footage showed soldiers preparing food inside the crossing’s mosque.Israeli forces captured the Palestinian side of the Gaza-Egypt border on May 7.The IDF reported continued operations in Rafah on June 19. It said soldiers had destroyed “terrorist infrastructures that pose a threat to our forces.” Credit: Doron Kadosh/Galatz Radio via Storyful