by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 9.
- Climate scientist Susan Solomon: ‘Let’s not give up now – we’re right on the cusp of success’
- EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them (“An electric car capable of running for 1 million miles is within reach.”)
- Ukraine says it hit latest-generation Russian fighter jet for first time
- Putin’s daughters and anti-western hawks rule at this year’s ‘Russian Davos’ (“St Petersburg summit hails good news on the economy as children of elite step into spotlight”)
- Biden To Visit WWI Cemetery Five Years After Trump Refused To Honor ‘Suckers’ And ‘Losers’ (“Trump skipped a visit to Aisne-Marne American Cemetery outside Paris in 2018 because it was raining and instead stayed indoors and tweeted all afternoon.”)
- Israel’s Euphoria Over Hostage Rescue May Be Fleeting (“The rescue killed scores of Palestinians, Gazan officials say, and Israelis acknowledge that such operations will never reach all of the remaining hostages.”)
- Americans are being held hostage in Gaza. We cannot forget them.
- Palestinians describe chaos and carnage in hostage rescue operation
- Israel’s operation to rescue 4 hostages took weeks of preparation (“The mission involved hundreds of personnel, Israel said. Gazan officials said more than 200 Palestinians were killed.”)
- Saudis Said to Hand About 60% of Aramco Offer to Foreigners
- Europeans seem to grasp the threat to U.S. democracy better than we do
- Polls open in 20 EU countries as voting for the European Parliament enters its final day
- Far right in focus as European voters head to the polls on final day of EU election
- European Parliament poised for rightward shift after final voting (“Opinion polls predict the pro-European liberals and Greens will lose seats, reducing the majority of the centre-right and centre-left and complicating efforts to push through new EU laws or increase European integration.”)
- World leaders neglected this crisis. Now genocide looms. (“Already the world’s worst displacement crisis, new battlefronts in Sudan could unleash ethnic violence and genocide.”)
- Narendra Modi, Striking a Modest Tone, to Be Sworn In for a Third Term (“Forced into a coalition government, the prime minister faces the challenge of governing differently than he has so far in two decades in elected office.”)
- Jared Kushner Is Building a Monument to “Victims” of U.S. Military Action Against, Uh, Slobodan Milosevic (“Kushner’s company will apparently be honoring troops who carried out ethnic cleansing while it builds a luxury hotel in Belgrade.”)
- In Mexico heat wave monkeys still dying, birds are getting air-conditioning, lions get popsicles
- Haiti’s new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country
- In Brazil’s Semi-Arid Region, Small Farmers Work Exhausted Lands, Hoping a New Government Will Revive the War on Desertification
- Trump immunity, abortion weigh on Supreme Court before summer recess
- Far-right fossil fuel company allies pressure US supreme court to shield firms in unprecedented campaign (“Groups linked to billionaire Leonard Leo, who seems to have ties to Chevron, are pressing the court to intervene in lawsuits that could cost billions”)
- Supreme Court’s Strains Intensify as Term’s End Approaches
- Trump’s Bizarre Moments With Dr. Phil and Hannity Should Alarm Us All
- Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-constitutional’ vision for second term (Really, REALLY disturbing!)
- Trump Doubles Down on Plan for Huge Spending Power Grab (“His radical advisor plans to revive a scheme to override congressional spending decisions and gut domestic programs.” Horrifying.)
- ‘That 10 percent is important’: Trump forgoes moderates to juice the base after his conviction
- Harris escalates criticism of Trump, calling conviction ‘disqualifying’
- Trump’s Appeal Could Deliver Him a Huge October Surprise
- The Republican National Convention Kicks Off Next Month, and It’s Looking A Little Messy (“The GOP is poised to nominate Donald Trump as their presidential candidate, but the party is wrestling with safety concerns, organizing snafus, and the criminal sentencing of their nominee.”)
- Apollo 8 astronaut Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ photo, reported dead in plane crash
- Morale plummets inside The Washington Post as staffers express alarm over publisher’s attempts to squash story
- Right-wing media reckoning: Some outlets pay a price after spreading 2020 election misinformation
- GOP hopefuls for Spanberger seat trade fraud, defamation charges over ad (“In Virginia’s 7th Congressional district, Derrick Anderson and Cameron Hamilton have accused the other of lying amid an exchange of fiery campaign ads.”)
- 5 Virginia Republicans run for Senate; Trump looms over race
- Officials: MVP gas could fuel industrial expansion in Franklin County, region
- Commentary: Richmond School Board needs real change. Here’s the plan
- Editorial: Chasing shiny objects, VCU and city leaders lose their way
- CASEY: Election denier won’t oversee Roanoke city ballot-counting in 2024
- Schapiro: Rao row — or tale of the faulty tower
- Editorial: Crime statistics are useful, but public safety is hard to quantify (“Crime statistics can provide illuminating insight but aren’t a definitive measure of public safety in Hampton Roads.”)
- Norfolk has an affordable housing crisis. Advocates say a new city funding program could help.
- Hundreds gather at Fort Monroe to honor enslaved African people who died crossing the Atlantic
- D.C.-area forecast: Passing shower today, and quite pleasant early week
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