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  • End of an Era in Israel | Wasabi Wins Westminster
    No more Netanyahu. After 12 years in power, a new ragtag Israeli coalition has ousted Benjamin Netanyahu, replacing him with right-wing nationalist Naftali Bennett as Prime Minister. After urging world leaders to get tough on China at the G-7 meeting in England, U.S. President Joe Biden heads to Brussels today for the NATO summit. And he's top dog as well as a hot dog. A Pekingese named Wasabi has won 'best in show' at Westminster.
    8 min
  • All Smiles, No Distance at G-7 | A Whale Spat Him Out
    Pledging to tackle COVID-19’s economic fallout — and prevent the next pandemic — while fighting climate change and other global calamities, the leaders of the seven wealthiest democracies met Friday on England’s Cornish coast. And a whale spat a man out yesterday.
    8 min
  • Xinjiang 'Hellscape' | G-7 Gastronomy
    Dozens of former Uyghur detainees have told Amnesty International of the abuse they suffered in Chinese internment camps, with the rights body calling it "dystopian." Britain and the U.S. have reaffirmed their "special relationship" in a renewed version of the Atlantic Charter. And, world leaders are set to toast marshmallows on the beach at the G-7.
    8 min
  • Billionaire Tax Leaks | Most Livable Cities
    They're not sharing the wealth: Leaked documents appear to show some of America's richest men are paying zero tax dollars. The U.S. is boosting tech and manufacturing spending in an attempt to compete with an ascendant China. And the pandemic has changed which of the world's cities top The Economist's "most livable" ranking, with the Asia-Pacific replacing Europe.
    8 min
  • FBI Sting | Cryogenic Critter
    Hundreds of criminals have been arrested after being fooled by U.S. and Australian law enforcement into thinking they were on a secret messaging app. Four members of a family were killed in Canada after being mowed down by a driver in an Islamophobic attack. And a microscopic creature called a rotifer has been revived after being frozen for 24,000 years.
    8 min
  • Manchin's Blow to Biden | Royal Californian Baby
    Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has said he plans to break with his party and vote against the For the People Act, claiming the voting rights legislation is too partisan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning against a coalition to oust him, alleging election fraud. And California-born royalty: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have had a girl!
    8 min
  • Hong Kong Tiananmen Tension | Texas Teen Talks Abortion
    One country two systems? Not anymore, there was a heavy police presence in Hong Kong today to prevent any activists from marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. A detained Belarusian journalist wept during a "confession" on state TV last night, with his parents saying he had been tortured. And a Texan teen is making waves after she changed her prepared valedictorian speech at the last minute to focus on the state's strict abortion laws.
    8 min

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