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The leaders of the Group of 7 countries will share the stage on Friday with leaders from India, Brazil, Turkey and other non-Western countries, showcasing a shifting global landscape on the second day of their summit meeting. Among the thorny questions on the agenda: migration, which has helped fuel a recent resurgence of populism and far-right parties in Europe and the United States. The leaders will also discuss economic competition with China, security in the Indo-Pacific and relations between the West and the countries known collectively as the Global South, which broadly includes Latin America, Africa and much of the Middle East and Asia. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, who is hosting the meeting, said the goal of her expanded guest list was to “strengthen dialogue with the nations of the Global South.” She insisted that the Group of 7 was “not a fortress closed in itself,” but “an offer of values that we open to the world.”Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of japan also emphasized the importance of strengthening relations with partners beyond the group, in particular the Global South, as the world faces challenges like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas, which threatens to spread to Lebanon.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Fumio Kishida Organizations: ” Locations: India, Brazil, Turkey, Europe, United States, China, America, Africa, East, Asia, Italy, japan, Ukraine, Israel, Lebanon

☆ ‘ISIS isn’t done with us’: Arrested Tajiks highlight US fears of terror attack on US
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Katie Bo Lillis | Josh Campbell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

By the time intelligence collected on overseas ISIS targets connected the men to the terror group, they had already been vetted by immigration authorities and allowed into the country, officials said. The men remain in federal custody on immigration charges and will eventually be deported following the counterterror investigation into them. US officials and analysts who closely track Islamist terror groups do know that ISIS-K has dramatically ramped up its online propaganda machine. But that’s not necessarily a reliable gauge of the number of actual terrorists who may be trying to enter the United States, US officials argue. Or they could belong to a legacy terror group — like the FARC — that isn’t known for conducting attacks on US soil.

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☆ Harris to shine light on horrific sexual violence perpetrated during Hamas’ October attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to host a White House event focused in part on the Israel-Hamas war on Monday as part of an effort to highlight conflict-related sexual violence and amid fraught negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement. Harris will deliver remarks on conflict-related sexual violence at the White House, followed by a panel discussion of survivors and experts from around the world, and a partial screening of documentary film, “Screams Before Silence,” on Hamas’ sexual violence on October 7, according to a White House official. “The Vice President spent her career as a prosecutor working to protect women and girls from violence, and as Vice President, she has continued this leadership globally. A United Nations report also found “clear and convincing” information that hostages in Gaza were sexually abused and there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the sexual violence is ongoing. Biden on Thursday called on the Hamas terror group to step up.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, –, “, ”, Sheryl Sandberg, Sandberg, Sandberg Goldberg, Joe Biden, he’s, ” Biden, Biden Organizations: Washington CNN —, White, Association, Nova, United Nations Locations: Israel, Gaza, Selma , Alabama, ”, Italy

☆ Opinion | Mississippi Opens the Playbook for Dismantling a Free Press
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Adam Ganucheau | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Slow-moving lawsuits intended to drain newsrooms of their limited financial resources and editorial bandwidth. Threats of jail time for journalists who expose political corruption and refuse to give up their sources and turn over their notes. If you think these things sound outlandish in America, take a close look at what’s happening here in Mississippi. Breaching the confidentiality of sources violates one of the most sacred trusts — and breaks one of the most vital tools — in investigative journalism. Even if we were to prevail in our defense of this suit, we will probably have lost in many other ways.

Persons: —, Ron DeSantis, Sullivan Organizations: Mississippi, Gov, New York Times Company Locations: America, Mississippi, Florida

☆ A Tense Debate Erupts at the G7, This Time Over Abortion Rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Erica L. Green | Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The leaders of the G7 had plenty to discuss — and disagree about — at their annual meeting in Italy. And then there was abortion rights. Several officials say the debate centered on a request by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy not to include the words “abortion” and “reproductive rights” in the statement. The Italian government has denied that it intended to backtrack on the commitment to protecting access to safe abortions. When told of Ms. Meloni’s position, American officials say, President Biden pushed back, wanting an explicit reference to reproductive rights and at least a reaffirmation of support for abortion rights from last year’s communiqué.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Meloni’s, Biden Organizations: Ukraine, Mr Locations: Italy, Gaza, Ukraine, United States

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☆ In CEO meeting, Trump promised more tax cuts
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

During his meeting on Thursday with CEOs in Washington, Trump told the executives he wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 20%, down from 21% currently, the source said. Trump has previously said that one of his core issues for a second term would be extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, one of his signature achievements in office. Those tax cuts, widely criticized by Democrats, are set to expire at the end of 2025 and extending them could cost $4.6 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. An even deeper cut to the corporate rate could add to the cost. Trump’s comments on tax cuts were previously reported by The New York Times and other outlets.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, Congressional, Trump, Business Roundtable, The New York Times Locations: New York, Washington, United States

☆ Investors wonder if tech can keep lifting S&P 500 to new records this summer as some cracks emerge
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Wall Street is wondering whether the tech rally that's pushed the S & P 500 through record after record this year can continue, even as some cracks emerge in the market outlook. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500 near record highs A peek inside the major indexes also reveals a similar pattern. Information technology is the best-performing sector in the S & P 500 this week, gaining 6.2%. As it is, the S & P 500 is already above 5,400, having advanced more than 13% this year. Winners and losers market David Miller, investment chief at Catalyst Funds, also said the S & P 500 could end 2024 with a 17% or 18% gain.

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☆ Friday's trading could trigger a $10 billion rush of demand for Nvidia shares. Here's how
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

At stake is one of the top two spots in the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) , whose June rebalance is based on market cap values as of Friday's close. The market caps of Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia were all within $100 billion of each other as of Thursday's close, according to a FactSet calculation. This type of big shift in an index fund is unusual, but not unprecedented. The fund tracks an index from S & P Dow Jones Indices that uses weighting caps to keep the index in bounds. Depending on how many shares of Nvidia are required, it might cause a short-term spike in the name," Bajaj said.

Persons: Dow, Dow Jones, Matthew Bartolini, Bartolini, Mohit Bajaj, SPDR, Bajaj, Todd Sohn, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Nvidia, Technology, Apple, Microsoft, Dow Jones, Dow Jones Indices, UBS, SPDR, Amazon, Trading, WallachBeth, Bajaj, Street Global Advisors, NYSE Technology Locations: U.S, SPDR Americas, rebalancing

☆ Russian ally ditching Putin's rival to NATO damages the image Putin wants to project of himself, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewArmenia's announcement that it's going to leave a Russia-led alliance that was set up to rival NATO is a blow to the image Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to project, experts told Business Insider. In fact, experts say it's the opposite of what Putin hoped to achieve with the alliance. But leading it is still important to Putin as, in Putin's mind, "great powers lead alliances and organizations." Armenia snubbing RussiaPashinyan's announcement came after months of snubs against Putin, and criticism of the CSTO in general.

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☆ Trump got the perfect birthday present: complete capitulation by the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Donald Trump got his 78th birthday present a day early — a handshake from his longtime bitter critic, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, encapsulating the Republican Party’s complete submission to its presumptive presidential nominee. They were provoked by the president.” He said Trump was morally and practically responsible for the assault on his beloved Capitol. “There’s tremendous unity in the Republican Party,” the ex-president said. Vance, was asked how some senior Republicans who had condemned Trump after January 6 could meet and applaud him now. “I think it’s a good thing and the Republican Party is in a good place.”Vance is not wrong.

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I believe it is profoundly wrong, in difficult times like these, to campaign using a precious forum like the G7,” Meloni told reporters Thursday. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomes US President Joe Biden to the G7 summit, June 13, 2024. The 2023 G7 communique, released after the last summit in Hiroshima, Japan, called for “access to safe and legal abortion and post abortion care.” Previous summits’ communiques had stopped short of using the word “abortion,” calling instead for access to sexual and reproductive health services. The spat between Meloni and Macron comes after France in March became the world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution, the culmination of an effort which began in direct response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to roll back abortion rights in America. The same sensibility is not shared in your country today,” Macron told an Italian journalist at the summit.

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☆ US designates Nordic neo-Nazi group as terrorists
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The US State Department on Friday designated a Nordic neo-Nazi group and three of its top officials as terrorists. It’s the second time in history that the US has designated a foreign White supremacist organization and its leaders as terrorists. The department designated the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) and three of its top officials – Tor Fredrik Vejdeland, Pär Öberg, and Leif Robert Eklund – as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Friday, according to a statement from spokesperson Matthew Miller. The Trump administration in 2020 designated the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) and its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. NRM is a transnational neo-Nazi organization founded in Sweden in 1997, with branches in Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland, according to the State Department.

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☆ Summer Fridays are on the decline—companies may be replacing them with work-from-home days
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The share of workers who say they get Summer Fridays has dropped dramatically in recent years. Just 11% of North American workers say they have access to Summer Fridays, according to a November 2023 survey from Gartner of more than 1,100 people. Some companies have made headlines for scaling back on workplace flexibility that emerged during the pandemic. Duffy says organizations should consider how reducing workplace flexibility will impact their employees before imitating what their competitors are doing. "But we have heard HR leaders still say they're concerned about the impact of return-to-office on their ability to attract and retain talent."

Persons: Caitlin Duffy, Duffy, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase Organizations: Gartner, CNBC, Boeing, UPS, Fortune

☆ If you always use these 6 phrases, you're mentally stronger than most
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Scott Mautz | In Scottmautz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

I've spent 30 years researching what makes people, and especially leaders, mentally strong. If you say these six phrases to yourself or others on a regular basis, you're mentally stronger than most:It's all too easy to feel the opposite. Mentally strong people remind themselves of this to bolster their confidence muscle. It's a cornerstone of being mentally strong. Mentally strong people focus on what they still have in the face of adversity, and what possibilities now present themselves.

Persons: I've, we've, It's

☆ G7 leaders accuse China of ‘enabling’ Russia war on Ukraine in stark warning
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —China’s support for Russia is “enabling” its war in Ukraine, leaders of the world’s most advanced economies warned Friday in a hardening of tone against Beijing, while threatening further sanctions against actors that materially support Moscow’s war machine. “China’s ongoing support for Russia’s defense industrial base is enabling Russia to maintain its illegal war in Ukraine and has significant and broad-based security implications,” the G7 leaders said in the communique Friday. The US and European Union have already slapped sanctions on Chinese companies, and this week, the US imposed fresh sanctions on China-based firms supplying semiconductors to Russia. “So it is, in fact, helping Russia.”Leaders of the G7 nations gathered in southern Italy this week, with boosting support for Ukraine top of the agenda. “We express serious concern about the increasing use of dangerous maneuvers and water cannons against Philippine vessels.”

Persons: “, Joe Biden, Filippo Monteforte Organizations: CNN, Beijing, of, European Union, ”, Ukraine, Getty, EU Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Italy, United States, Europe, China, Western, Moscow, Beijing, “ China, AFP, European, East, South China, South

☆ Live Updates: U.S. to Sign 10-Year Pact With Ukraine as G7 Leaders Meet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( David E. Sanger | Steven Erlanger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Mr. Biden and Mr. Zelensky will meet on Thursday and sign a security agreement, said Jake Sullivan, Mr. Biden’s national security adviser. Mr. Biden faces the hurdle of convincing his allies, starting with Mr. Zelensky, that the United States plans to stay in the fight with Ukraine, no matter what happens in November. Mr. Biden told Mr. Zelensky last week, in France, that “I apologize for the weeks of not knowing what was going to pass,” and put the onus on Republicans in Congress. During a trip to Normandy last week, Mr. Biden appeared to have persuaded France, one of the last holdouts, to support the deal. “The administration has been quick to get aid to Ukraine once Congress moved, and that’s to its credit,” he said.

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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at Sunset Park on June 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Donald Trump on Thursday brought up the idea of imposing an "all tariff policy" that would ultimately enable the U.S. to get rid of the income tax, sources in a private meeting with the Republican presidential candidate told CNBC. Trump in a Truth Social post later Thursday morning said there was "lots discussed, all positive" in the meeting, without providing any more details. Trump's remark about replacing income taxes with tariffs quickly drew critics. Trump was later impeached in the House for inciting the violent mob that stormed the Capitol and temporarily halted the peaceful transfer of presidential power.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Spokespeople, David Kamin, Catherine Rampell Organizations: Republican, CNBC, Trump, GOP, Capitol Hill Club, Washington , D.C, New York University School of Law, Washington Post, Capitol, U.S, Biden Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, Washington ,

☆ Hezbollah says it attacked 9 Israeli military sites with rockets, drones
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An artillery unit moves near the Israeli northern border with Lebanon on November 8, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hezbollah said it had launched rockets and weaponized drones at nine Israeli military sites in a coordinated attack on Thursday, ramping up hostilities on Lebanon's southern border for the second consecutive day. The attacks were carried out in retaliation for an Israeli strike on Tuesday that killed a senior Hezbollah field commander. Hezbollah said in a statement it had fired volleys of Katyusha and Falaq rockets at six Israeli military locations. Its Al-Manar television reported more than 100 rockets fired at once.

Persons: Kan, David Mencer Organizations: Reuters, Seven Locations: Lebanon, Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaza, Iran, Safed, Italy

☆ Yellen: More Ukraine aid can be backed by frozen Russian assets after initial $50 billion loan
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the $50 billion loan to Ukraine that President Joe Biden and other leaders of Group of Seven highly developed nations have agreed to could be the first of multiple loans backed by frozen Russian assets. The $50 billion loan will be backed with at least $260 billion worth of frozen Russian central bank assets as collateral. "While we're trying to move quickly on this, I can't give any type of timeline as to when money would actually start flowing to Ukraine," Yellen said. If necessary, the U.S. will commit the entire $50 billion, a senior administration official told reporters Thursday on a press call. "I think it's important for Putin to realize that we remain completely united in support of Ukraine," Yellen said.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Joe Biden, Yellen, We're, Biden, Putin Organizations: Treasury, Economic, of New, Union, Washington, Russia Locations: of New York, New York City, U.S, Ukraine

☆ Opinion: The G7 ‘family photo’ of world leaders tells a bigger story
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —The annual G7 summit, a gathering of leaders of some of the world’s wealthiest democracies, used to be a staid, predictable affair. Tensions were about to explode in 2018, when G7 leaders met in Canada. Behind the smiles and waves, a fraught 2018 G7 summit in Canada. German Chancellor Angela Merkel deliberates with US president Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 2018 G7 summit in Canada. German Chancellor Angela Merkel chats with a relaxed US President Barack Obama outside during the 2015 G7 summit in southern Germany.

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☆ France, With Elections, Is in Danger - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Cole Stangler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly and hold snap legislative elections on June 30 and July 7 has given the far right its best shot at governing France for the first time since the Vichy regime of World War II. The move stunned the country’s political class, including high-ranking Macronists from whom the president’s plans were reportedly heavily guarded. And for much of France, the decision remains perplexing. But make no mistake: France is in danger. Since the 2022 legislative elections denied his electoral alliance a majority in the National Assembly, his coalition has been forced to seek support from other parties, namely the right-wing Republicans.

Persons: it’ll, Emmanuel Macron’s, Macronists, Macron Organizations: National Assembly, France, Republicans, Republican Locations: Vichy, France

☆ New Party in South Africa to Boycott Opening of Parliament
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( John Eligon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The official results from national elections last month just don’t add up for Mbalenhle Mthethwa, a loyal adherent of a new political party led by Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former president. “The elections were not free and fair,” she said, echoing the stolen-election narrative advanced by Mr. Zuma. Ms. Mthethwa, a 38-year-old chef, lives in a township near the coastal city of Durban and has been out of work for the past four years. Mr. Zuma, 82, whose nine years as president were marred by allegations of corruption and looting of state coffers, has taken a page from the playbook of populist leaders of recent years — notably in the United States and Brazil. Vote-rigging claims in other nations have resulted in chaos, and South Africans will get a first look at how things might unfold on Friday, with Mr. Zuma’s party, uMkhonto weSizwe, known as M.K., vowing to boycott the first sitting of the newly elected Parliament.

Persons: Mbalenhle Mthethwa, Jacob Zuma, South, “, ”, Zuma, Mthethwa, Mr, uMkhonto weSizwe Organizations: Mr Locations: Durban, United States, Brazil

☆ G7 leaders agree to loan Ukraine money backed by profits from frozen Russian investments
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Betsy Klein | Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Group of Seven leaders have reached an agreement to loan money to Ukraine backed by the profits from frozen Russian investments, a senior administration official confirmed Thursday. While Ukraine is not a G7 member, its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, attended the summit and participated in a Thursday evening joint news conference with Biden. “Would we stand with Ukraine?” Biden said at the news conference. The United States, the G7 and countries around the world have consistently answered that question by saying yes we will. The loan will be drawn from funds frozen by Western leaders in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Biden, “, ” Biden, … we’re, ”, Jake Sullivan, Donald Trump, Trump, Vladimir Putin, Zelensky, ” Zelensky, … Organizations: CNN — Group, Seven, Ukraine, House, Republican Locations: Ukraine, United States, Italy, Puglia, Russia, Ukrainian, Europe, November’s, Israel, Taiwan

☆ What Trump told CEOs in their private meeting
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Trump also mentioned to the CEOs a recent proposal he rolled out in Nevada, to eliminate taxes on worker tips. Trump then told the CEOs a story about how excited tipped workers were about his proposal, prompting laughter from the corporate leaders, according to multiple sources. Trump spoke for about an hour at the Business Roundtable's quarterly meeting. For Trump and the CEOs who attended, the meeting represented an effort to mend relations after some have distanced themselves from the former president. Trump told a meeting full of House Republicans earlier in the day about the idea of imposing an "all tariff policy" that would ultimately enable the U.S. to get rid of the income tax.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Tim Cook, Jamie Dimon, Jane Fraser, Brian Moynihan, Joe Biden's, Jeff Zients, Cook Organizations: National Republican, Committee, Business, Apple, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America, CNBC, Representatives, Trump, Capitol Hill, Biden, Republicans Locations: Washington , DC, Washington, Nevada, Charlottesville, Va

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