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[1/2] Legislators vote for the third reading of the District Councils (Amendment) Bill, which pertains to electoral overhaul, at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China July 6, 2023. Under the amendment bill, only 88 seats would be directly elected by the public, down from 452 seats in an election that saw a landslide victory by the democracy camp in 2019. For the remaining seats not contested, 40 percent would be appointed by the city leader and 27 ex-officio seats would remain. China had promised universal suffrage as an ultimate goal for Hong Kong in its mini-constitution, the Basic Law. Pro-democracy politicians won 388 out of 452 district council seats during the last district council election in 2019, taking almost ninety percent of the seats and humiliating the pro-Beijing camp.

Persons: Tyrone Siu, Lemon Wong, Wong, John Lee, Jessie Pang, Joyce Zhou, James Pomfret, Michael Perry Organizations: Legislative, REUTERS, Hong Kong's, Civic Party, Tuen Mun District Council, Reuters, Hong, Thomson Locations: Hong Kong, China, Tyrone Siu HONG KONG, Hong, Tuen Mun, Beijing

☆ China's northern cities brace for more torrid heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] A man pulls a cart carrying jugs of water amid the orange alert for heatwave, at a hutong alley in Beijing, China July 5, 2023. The torrid heat has gripped China for several weeks, pushing local governments to ask residents and businesses to curb the usage of electricity. It is expected that the maximum temperature in most areas of the city will rise above 40 degrees Celsius, according to the state-backed Beijing Daily. The meteorological observatory in northern Hebei province also issued a red alert, with temperatures in some areas expected to reach 40-43 Celsius on Thursday. China's Meteorological bureau issued orange alerts, the second highest alert, in mostly northern China with temperatures expected to hit 40 degree Celsius and above.

Persons: Tingshu Wang, Bernard Orr, Ella Cao, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, Beijing Daily, China's Meteorological, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Tingshu Wang BEIJING, Hebei province, North China, Mongolia, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Chongqing

☆ Opinion: Trump’s enthusiasm for bringing back Michael Flynn is a revealing sign
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Opinion Peter Bergen | Erik German | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Which raises the question: Who would Trump bring back into his orbit should there be a second Trump term? Flynn was handsomely repaid by Trump when he won the 2016 presidential election, gaining the critical position of national security adviser. That is, they agree or strongly agree with statements such as “the federal government should declare the US a ‘Christian nation….’”The “ReAwaken America Tour”The ReAwaken America crowd looks to be a highly energized vanguard within this population. For an Audible podcast that we produced about Flynn and his role in ReAwaken America, Clark told us he considers Flynn “to be kind of like a father figure to [him],” and he hopes that Flynn will be Trump’s vice-presidential candidate. On tour, Flynn is dubbed, without irony, “America’s general,” and, at the event we attended in May, America’s general was the unquestionable star of the show.

Persons: Peter Bergen, Peter Bergen ”, Erik German, “, Donald Trump, can’t, Trump, Michael Flynn, Flynn, We’re, Flynn wouldn’t, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, ”, Andrew Whitehead, Samuel Perry, Paul Djupe, Jacob Dennen, Donald, ’, Clay Clark, Clark, Flynn “, America’s, …, Klaus Schwab, Schwab, I’m, ” Flynn, he’s Organizations: New, Arizona State University, Apple, Spotify, CNN, White House, Trump, Peter Bergen CNN, Trump National Doral Hotel, Republican, FBI, White, Denison University, Economic, America, Twitter, Facebook, Miami Locations: New America, Miami, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russian, America, Oklahoma, ReAwaken America, Davos, Switzerland

☆ Russian missile strikes apartment block in Lviv, kills at least three
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A general view of damage to an apartment building from a Russian rocket strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released July 6, 2023. Maksym Kozytskiy via Telegram/via REUTERSJuly 6 (Reuters) - A Russian missile attack killed at least three people in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, and rescuers were searching through the debris of an apartment building for survivors and casualties, the local mayor said. "Three people have been killed," Mayor Andriy Sadovy said in a post on his Telegram channel. Regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyi posted a 13-second video showing a wide, curving, four-storey apartment building with parts of the upper floors missing or in rubble. The posts from the officials followed widespread air alerts across Ukraine and reports of cruise missiles entering Ukrainian airspace.

Persons: Maksym, Andriy Sadovy, Sadovy, Maksym Kozytskyi, Elaine Monaghan, Sandra Maler, Michael Perry, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Regional, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Lviv, Maksym Kozytskiy, Ukrainian

☆ Putin says Russian economy faring better than expected
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Lidia Kelly | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 5 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said late on Tuesday that the Russian economy was performing better than expected after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin reported to him that gross domestic product growth and inflation have been surprisingly positive. GDP growth may exceed 2% this year and consumer price inflation may not rise above 5% in annual terms, Mishustin told Putin at a meeting at the Kremlin. The International Monetary Fund expects the Russian economy to grow 0.7% this year. "Our results, at least for the time being, let's say, cautiously, are better than previously expected, better than predicted," Putin said, according to a transcript on the Kremlin's website. On Tuesday, Mishustin told Putin that he had confidence that if there was no force majeure circumstances, the economy would perform well this year.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Mishustin, Mishustin, Putin, Kyiv's, Russia's technocrats, Vladimir Vladimirovich, Anton Siluanov, Lidia Kelly, David Gregorio, Michael Perry Organizations: Kremlin, Monetary Fund, Reuters, Moscow, Monetary, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Melbourne

☆ The Republican Not Heading to a July 4 Parade? Trump.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Both Mr. DeSantis and Mr. Scott will be at the July 4 parade in Merrimack, N.H., as will several other Republican presidential hopefuls: Mr. Burgum, former Representative Will Hurd of Texas, the entrepreneur and author Vivek Ramaswamy, and Perry Johnson, a Michigan businessman. Mr. Trump’s campaign evinces no concern that his absence from the stage will give his rivals any room to make up ground in the Republican primaries. Republican veterans don’t see much of an opening for Mr. Trump’s rivals either. “He definitely plays by a different set of rules,” said David Kochel, a longtime Republican adviser and strategist in Iowa. field at the Republican Party of Iowa’s biggest fund-raiser, the Lincoln Dinner, on July 28.

Persons: DeSantis, Scott, Burgum, Will Hurd, Vivek Ramaswamy, Perry Johnson, Marianne Williamson, Biden, don’t, ”, David Kochel, Trump, Miami’s, ” Mr, Kochel, “ Organizations: Democratic, White, National Education Association, Mr, Republican, New Hampshire —, Cuban, Republican Party of Iowa’s Locations: Merrimack, N.H, Will Hurd of Texas, Michigan, —, Iowa, New Hampshire, Versailles

[1/4] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a briefing near the Salem military post between Israel and the West Bank, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Marshoud was named by the militant Islamic Jihad group as one of four of its members killed on Monday during Israel's assault in Jenin refugee camp. At least 11 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's operation that began on Monday, one of its biggest in the West Bank in years. The Israeli military has said it had confirmation of nine Palestinians killed by its forces, saying all were combatants. U.N. aid agencies voiced alarm at the scale of the Israeli operation.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Shir, Marshoud, Marshoud's, Hussam, Israel, Jamal Hamdan, Jihad Hassan, Hassan, Ali Sawafta, Nidal, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh, James Mackenzie, Tom Perry, Gareth Jones Organizations: West Bank, Islamic, Palestinian, Residents, Thomson Locations: Israel, JENIN, West, Jenin, Iran, Gaza, Palestinian, Jerusalem

☆ Moscow says 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones now in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Pavel Klimov/File PhotoJuly 3 (Reuters) - Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, said late on Sunday. "In recent years, 700,000 children have found refuge with us, fleeing the bombing and shelling from the conflict areas in Ukraine," Karasin wrote on his Telegram messaging channel. Moscow says its progranme of bring children from Ukraine into Russian territory is to protect orphans and children abandoned in the conflict zone. However, Ukraine says many children have been illegally deported and the United States says thousands of children have been forcibly removed from their homes. In July 2022, the United States estimated that Russia "forcibly deported" 260,000 children, while Ukraine's Ministry of Integration of Occupied Territories, says 19,492 Ukrainian children are currently considered illegally deported.

Persons: Pavel Klimov, Grigory Karasin, Karasin, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry Organizations: Federation Council, Ukraine, United, Ukraine's Ministry, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Mariupol, Moscow, United States, Melbourne

☆ 'Swiftie' moms are passing down their passion — and parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift — to their kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"People pull their kids from school for way stupider reasons than to go to a Taylor Swift concert," Vladek says to CNBC Make It. "That's the part Taylor Swift has done so brilliantly," she says. Taylor Swift doesn't." "When I was pregnant, I would hold my phone to my belly and play Taylor Swift," she says. "Honestly, I'd be crushed [if my daughter didn't like Taylor Swift].

Persons: Karen Vladek didn't, Taylor Swift, Taylor, Vladek, Maddie …, Swift, Tim McGraw, Michael Jackson, isn't, Kate Kurtin, Kurtin, Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Katy Perry's, —, Sally A, Theran, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Sawyer, Sawyer, Jessica Dinney, Swift's, Dinney, wouldn't, didn't, Harry Potter, I've Organizations: CNBC, California State University , Los, Wellesley College, Disney, Twitter Locations: Houston, Austin , Texas, California State University , Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Jacksonville , Florida, Tampa , Florida, Tampa

☆ Analysis: Canada pressured by allies to up military spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Steve Scherer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The 2022 average spending for all of NATO was 2.58% of GDP. "We say nice things but do not invest," said the former defense official, and allies now say: "Show us the money." And you don’t get elected in Canada by promising to increase defense spending." The move is allies telling Canada: "We don't want to hear the words anymore. David Perry, President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, also said it was time for Canada to step up.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Jens Stoltenberg, Adam Scotti, I'd, Daniel Minden, Anita Anand, Roland Paris, Trudeau, don’t, Christyn, David Perry, Steve Scherer, Denny Thomas, Grant McCool Organizations: Canada's, NATO, Canadian Forces CF, Minister's, REUTERS, Canada, OTTAWA, Canadian, Atlantic Treaty Organization, Forces, University of Ottawa, Trudeau's Liberal, Lockheed Martin Corp, North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, Washington Post, HIGH, Canadian Association of Defence, Security Industries, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Thomson Locations: CFB Cold Lake, Cold Lake , Alberta, Canada, China, Russia, Ukraine, NATO, Lithuania, Pacific, Australia

☆ Meta oversight board urges Cambodia PM's suspension from Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Katie Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a celebrations marking the 66th anniversary of the country's independence from France, in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 9, 2019. The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said the company had been wrong not to remove the video after it was published in January. Meta, in a written statement, agreed to take down the video but said it would respond to the board's recommendation to suspend Hun Sen after a review. Any suspension would silence the prime minister's Facebook page less than a month before an election in Cambodia. Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said Hun Sen had finally been called out for inciting violence.

Persons: Hun Sen, Samrang, Hun, Meta's, Donald Trump, Meta, Phil Robertson, Katie Paul, Michael Perry, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Cambodia's, REUTERS, Meta, Cambodian, Facebook, United States, Cambodian People's Party, Human Rights, Big Tech, Thomson Locations: France, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, United, U.S, Asia

☆ Meta oversight board urges Cambodia prime minister's suspension from Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Katie Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a celebrations marking the 66th anniversary of the country's independence from France, in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 9, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring/NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' (META.O) Oversight Board on Thursday called for the suspension of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for six months, saying a video posted on his Facebook page had violated Meta's rules against violent threats. The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said the company erred in leaving up the video and ordered its removal from Facebook. Meta, in a written statement, agreed to take down the video but said it would respond to the recommendation to suspend Hun Sen after a review. A suspension would silence the prime minister's Facebook page less than a month before an election in Cambodia, although critics say the poll will be a sham due to Hun Sen's autocratic rule.

Persons: Hun Sen, Samrang, Hun, Meta's, Donald Trump, Meta, Katie Paul, Michael Perry Organizations: Cambodia's, REUTERS, Cambodian, Meta, Facebook, United States, Thomson Locations: France, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, United

☆ Australia, NZ consider joint bid for 2029 Club World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, June 28 (Reuters) - Football Australia (FA) chief James Johnson believes FIFA's expanded Club World Cup is going to be a big success and is mulling a joint bid with New Zealand to host the second edition in 2029. Australia and New Zealand will co-host the Women's World Cup in July and August this year and Johnson has already said that could be a springboard for a joint bid for the men's version, possibly in 2034. "That's something we could look at, as well as the men's World Cup – but that's (after) we've delivered the best ever Women's World Cup." The last edition of the Club World Cup featuring seven teams will be hosted by Saudi Arabia later this year. The ninth Women's World Cup kicks off in Auckland and Sydney on July 20.

Persons: James Johnson, FIFA's, Johnson, Gianni Infantino, Infantino, Gianni, we've, Nick Mulvenney, Michael Perry Organizations: SYDNEY, Football Australia, New, New Zealand, FIFA, Sydney Morning Herald, League, UEFA, Club, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Australia, New, United States, Saudi Arabia, Auckland, Sydney

☆ Russia says US supply of depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine is 'criminal'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 7 (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that the US supply of depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine was "a criminal act", state media reported. The Pentagon on Wednesday announced a new security assistance package worth up to $175 million for Ukraine, including depleted uranium ammunition for U.S. Abrams tanks. A by-product of uranium enrichment, depleted uranium is used for ammunition because its extreme density gives rounds the ability to easily penetrate armor plating. Critics say there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects. Russia has long accused the West of using Ukraine to wage a proxy war aimed at inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Moscow.

Persons: Kacper, Sergei Ryabkov, Ryabkov, Michael Perry Organizations: U.S . 2nd Armored Brigade, REUTERS, Pentagon, U.S, Abrams, TASS, The, West, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, Gdynia, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, The United States, Belarus

☆ China's growth to be higher in Q2, projected to hit annual 5% target - Premier Li
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TIANJIN, China, June 27 (Reuters) - China's economic growth in the second quarter will be higher than the first and was projected to reach the annual economic growth target of around 5%, China's Premier Li Qiang told delegates at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin on Tuesday. However, analysts are now downgrading their economic growth forecasts for China for the rest of the year. The pandemic is unlikely to be the last public health crisis the world faces, Li said, adding that it will be over and visible and invisible barriers will disappear. The trend of globalisation remains intact despite some setbacks, said the Chinese premier, reiterating a key theme of his since taking up his post that China remains open for business and welcomes foreign investors. Reporting by Kevin Yao; Writing by Joe Cash; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Li Qiang, Li, Kevin Yao, Joe Cash, Michael Perry Organizations: China's, Economic, Thomson Locations: TIANJIN, China, Tianjin, Beijing

SYDNEY, June 27 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said on Tuesday she had a "very robust" discussion during an earlier meeting with her Chinese counterpart, as the leaders of the two countries prepare to meet. A report by the Australian newspaper said Mahuta received an "epic haranguing" and an "almighty dressing down" during a March meeting with China's foreign minister Qin Gang, in a potential sign of tensions in the relationship between New Zealand and its largest trading partner. "I would say that China is very assertive in the way that it conveys its interests," Mahuta told reporters on Tuesday, characterising the March meeting as "very robust". Mahuta did not elaborate further on the topics discussed in the meeting. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is currently leading a delegation to Beijing that arrived on Monday and includes some of New Zealand's biggest companies.

Persons: Nanaia Mahuta, Mahuta, Qin Gang, Chris Hipkins, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Alasdair Pal, Michael Perry Organizations: SYDNEY, Zealand's, National People's Congress, Australia, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, China, Beijing, New, Sydney

☆ The prime minister of New Zealand flies in a 30-year-old plane and prepared a spare plane for his trip to China in case the old one breaks down
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has readied a spare aircraft for an official visit to China — just in case the 30-year-old plane he's traveling in breaks down. Hipkins traveled to Beijing on Sunday in a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 with a business and trade delegation, as well as media. A New Zealand Air Force plane sits on the tarmac at Auckland Airport on May 21, 2023, preparing to take New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to Papua New Guinea. The prime minister's spokesperson said using the air force plane is "far cheaper" than a commercial charter. In August, Defense Minister Peeni Henare and a 30-person delegation got stuck in the Solomon Islands after their plane broke down.

Persons: Chris Hipkins, Hipkins, China —, Nick Perry, David Seymour, Jacinda Ardern, Peeni Henare, John Key Organizations: Morning, Zealand's, Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing, Air Force, New Zealand Air Force, Auckland Airport, New Zealand, Associated, ACT, Boeing Locations: China, Beijing, Royal, Manila, Philippines, Darwin, Australia, Shanghai, Papua New Guinea, Zealand, Antarctica, Solomon Islands, India

☆ Toronto elects Olivia Chow as first Chinese-Canadian mayor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Sam Jabri-Pickett | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TORONTO, June 26 (Reuters) - Olivia Chow became the first Chinese-Canadian to be elected as mayor of Toronto, Canada's biggest city, on Monday, pledging to support renters, champion social causes, and reduce the sweeping powers of her office. Chow secured 37.2% vote, according to preliminary results, ahead of her nearest rival Ana Bailao, former deputy mayor. Chow, 66, will be the first woman to serve as mayor since Barbara Hall in 1997. Chow takes over as mayor after the resignation of John Tory, conservative-leaning mayor who won his third election last October. Tory had endorsed his former deputy Bailao, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford had endorsed former Toronto Chief of Police Mark Saunders.

Persons: Olivia Chow, Chow, Ana Bailao, Jack Layton, Barbara Hall, John Tory, Tory, Bailao, Doug Ford, Police Mark Saunders, Ford, Sam Jabri, Rosalba O'Brien, Michael Perry Organizations: TORONTO, New Democratic Party, University of Guelph, Tory, Ontario, Toronto, Police, Thomson Locations: Toronto, Canada's, Ottawa, Hong Kong, Canada

☆ Opinion | Republicans Serve Up Red Meat for a Reason
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There are, as of Saturday, at least 13 people running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination: former President Donald Trump; his U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, his vice president, Mike Pence; Gov. Instead, Republicans are studiously focused on the fever dreams and preoccupations of right-wing media swamps while showing an almost total indifference to the real world. In the worst-hit areas, such as New York City, public health officials urged residents to either stay inside or use masks when venturing outdoors. And this is on top of emissions produced by cars and other vehicles in an economy that still runs on fossil fuels. For many Americans, in other words, it takes little more than a glance outside the window to see a major problem of national consequence.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson of, Tim Scott of, Will Hurd, Francis Suarez of, Vivek Ramaswamy, Perry Johnson, Larry Elder Organizations: Francis Suarez of Miami Locations: Florida, North Dakota, New Jersey, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Will Hurd of Texas, U.S, New York City

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried shot a MasterClass video about crypto trading months before FTX collapsed, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried shot a MasterClass video on crypto last year, per The New York Times. He recorded the video last summer, months before FTX collapsed, according to the report. FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried is thought to have shot a video for MasterClass, which offers classes taught by celebrity experts, just months before his crypto exchange collapsed. The existence of Bankman-Fried's MasterClass had only been a social media rumor around the time FTX collapsed prior to The Times' report. MasterClass, Bankman-Fried and Kives did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: Sam Bankman, FTX, MasterClass, SBF's, Fried, Michael Kives, Kives, Crypto, Changpeng Zhao, Emilie Choi, Paul Krugman, Chris Dixon, Coinbase, Gordon Ramsay, Garry Kasparov, Margaret Atwood, Fried's MasterClass, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ron DeSantis Organizations: New York Times, Morning, Hollywood, Bankman, MasterClass, Times, Alameda Research Locations: MasterClass, Alameda

☆ The Super Connector Who Built Sam Bankman-Fried’s Celebrity World
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( David Yaffe-Bellany | Erin Griffith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As they built K5, Mr. Kives and Mr. Baum touted their connections, including with the billionaire financier Warren E. Buffett. In an interview, Mr. Buffett said Mr. Kives was a “name-dropper” who “might pitch that he has a connection to me, but he doesn’t.” Mr. Buffett said he had known Mr. Kives from his time at Creative Artists Agency. Since then, he said, Mr. Kives has contacted him about a few investment opportunities, which he declined. In late 2021, Mr. Kives used his network to forge a relationship with Mr. Bankman-Fried, who was rising in prominence as cryptocurrencies boomed. They got in touch over email, the lawsuit said, and Mr. Kives introduced Mr. Bankman-Fried to the musician Sia.

Persons: Kives, Baum, Warren E, Buffett, dropper, ” Mr, Sia, Fried, Kives’s, Perry, Bloom, FTX Organizations: Creative Artists Agency, Super, K5 Locations: Beverly Hills, Calif, Bahamas

☆ Trump gets first GOP endorsements since his indictment in classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Trump, the clear frontrunner in the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, was also endorsed by North Carolina Lt. Gov. As if to drive home that point, the same crowd that cheered Robinson also loudly booed another GOP presidential candidate, former New Jersey Gov. Reschenthaler, the House Republican chief deputy whip, is the second member of the chamber's GOP leadership to endorse Trump after House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York. Ron DeSantis, Trump's nearest Republican primary competitor, has so far amassed five congressional endorsements. Polls of the GOP primary field showed Trump widening his lead after his first indictment.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Mark Robinson, Robinson, William Barr, Chris Christie, Christie, Mike Kelly, Dan Meuser, Scott Perry, Guy Reschenthaler, John Joyce, Reschenthaler, Elise Stefanik, Ron DeSantis, Fred Keller, Carla Sands, It's, Sen, Cindy Hyde, Smith, Andrew Clyde, Mike Pence, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Asa Hutchinson, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Roe, Wade, Scott, Pence, Trump's Organizations: U.S, GOP, Columbus Convention, Trade Center, White, Republicans, North, Gov, Trump, White House, Republican, Republican Party, New, New Jersey Gov, Pennsylvania Federal Leadership Team, Keystone State, House Republican, NBC, Florida Gov, CNN, South, Former United Nations, Arkansas Gov, Miami Mayor, Democratic Locations: Georgia, Columbus , Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Jersey, Trump's, Washington ,, New York, Pennsylvania's, Denmark, Manhattan, Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas

☆ Beijing braces for blistering hot weather as heatwaves return
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING, June 22 (Reuters) - Beijing on Thursday issued its second-most severe warning for high temperatures that are expected to persist through the weekend as northern China battled another round of heatwaves in a week. The Chinese capital raised an orange alert, warning temperatures could rise as high as 39 Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) in most parts of the city from Thursday to Saturday. Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shandong in northern China were hammered by heatwaves last week, prompting local authorities to step up efforts to safeguard crops, ensure the safety of tourists, and suspend outdoor work during the hottest part of the day. China has a four-tier, colour-coded weather warning system, with red the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue. An orange alert is issued when the maximum temperature exceeds 40 Celsius in a single day, or the maximum temperature remains above 37 Celsius for two consecutive days.

Persons: Ryan Woo, Michael Perry Organizations: heatwaves, China Meteorological Administration, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, Beijing, China, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang

☆ How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Jason Farago | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

One of the most influential figures in European modern culture never set foot in Europe. But a few years after his death in 1849, when the “black ships” of Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into what’s now Tokyo Bay, Japan’s markets were forcibly opened, and Hokusai’s woodblocks started to flutter over the ocean. In France, in Britain, and soon in America, a whole new kind of art would emerge: born in Tokyo, spanning the whole world. Beautiful and bloated by turns (but well worth the trip), it makes ample use of the MFA’s unparalleled collection of Japanese art. Here you will see more than 100 of Hokusai’s prints, paintings and manga — literally “whimsical sketches” of bathers and courtesans and birds and beasts, which Hokusai published in 15 best-selling volumes.

Persons: Katsushika, Matthew Perry, Hokusai’s woodblocks, Hokusai Organizations: Mount Fuji, Museum of Fine Arts, Mount, Fuji Locations: Europe, Edo Japan, what’s, Tokyo, France, Britain, America, Boston, American

NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX on Thursday sued a former aide to Hilary Clinton and the former aide's investment firm, seeking to claw back $700 million in investments allegedly made with misappropriated FTX funds. Bankman-Fried authorized investments in K5 projects that enriched Kives and Baum with no payoff for FTX or its customers, who were footing the bill, FTX alleged. FTX has also filed lawsuits over its pre-bankruptcy investment in the stock platform Embed and its payments toGenesis Global Capital, the bankrupt lending arm of crypto firm Genesis. FTX on Wednesday announced a settlement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in which the museum agreed to return $550 million in donations that it received from FTX companies in 2022. Reporting by Dietrich Knauth in New York Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Hilary Clinton, misappropriated, FTX, Sam Bankman, Fried, Michael Kives, Bryan Baum, Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Katy Perry, I've, Baum, Kendall Jenner's, SBF, Elizabeth Ashford, Kives, Dietrich Knauth, Alexia Garamfalvi, Matthew Lewis Organizations: YORK, K5 Global, Democratic, Republican, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, K5, Genesis Global Capital, Wednesday, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomson Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, Democratic U.S, New York, Republican California, FTX

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