🪂 A US Army veteran from Utah, Joseph Dale Jaramillo, has finally achieved his dream by making his first skydiving jump on Saturday – right on his 90th birthday.
"I want to do it all over again!" he shouted after landing from a 14,000-foot height.
Jaramillo reportedly promised to make a second jump when he turns 95.
"I want to do it all over again!" he shouted after landing from a 14,000-foot height.
Jaramillo reportedly promised to make a second jump when he turns 95.
🤔 Leave no man behind?
Joe Biden confirmed this year that Washington would be wrapping up its almost 20-year-long war in Afghanistan.
While the opponents of foreign wars welcomed the decision, this was hardly good news for the thousands of Afghans who have worked as interpreters, translators, drivers, cooks, and advisers to US personnel over the years.
These people and their families are either receiving death threats or being killed without any warning from Taliban fighters, NPR reports, citing the accounts of several locals.
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Joe Biden confirmed this year that Washington would be wrapping up its almost 20-year-long war in Afghanistan.
While the opponents of foreign wars welcomed the decision, this was hardly good news for the thousands of Afghans who have worked as interpreters, translators, drivers, cooks, and advisers to US personnel over the years.
These people and their families are either receiving death threats or being killed without any warning from Taliban fighters, NPR reports, citing the accounts of several locals.
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🇷🇺 Russian diplomats in the United States are ready to mend the ties between the two countries, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said on Sunday.
Touching upon the problem with visas between the United States and Russia, Antonov said that this matter requires a dialogue, which can be conducted only on an equal basis.
Reacting to the news about potential new sanctions, the diplomat said that such measures are not the way to stabilise the relations between Russia and the United States and they contradict the tone Washington set after the summit in Geneva.
Touching upon the problem with visas between the United States and Russia, Antonov said that this matter requires a dialogue, which can be conducted only on an equal basis.
Reacting to the news about potential new sanctions, the diplomat said that such measures are not the way to stabilise the relations between Russia and the United States and they contradict the tone Washington set after the summit in Geneva.
🇰🇵 Not getting the hints?
The US is waiting for a 'clearer signal' from North Korea to start denuclearization talks, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that his country should be equally ready for dialogue or confrontation with the new US administration.
The US official stressed that "there is no substitute for diplomacy" to make progress towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
The US is waiting for a 'clearer signal' from North Korea to start denuclearization talks, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that his country should be equally ready for dialogue or confrontation with the new US administration.
The US official stressed that "there is no substitute for diplomacy" to make progress towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
🇦🇫 Joe Biden will receive his Afghan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, and the chief of Afghan reconciliation process, Abdullah Abdullah, on June 25, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Sunday.
Spy Kids?
Former CIA agents, a married couple, explained how espionage techniques help them to raise their kids effectively.
In their book “License to Parent: How My Career As a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids,” share some CIA tactics they claim helped them to be better parents, including the 'soft skills' of communication, writing and analysis", and improved 'situational awareness.'
Former CIA agents, a married couple, explained how espionage techniques help them to raise their kids effectively.
In their book “License to Parent: How My Career As a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids,” share some CIA tactics they claim helped them to be better parents, including the 'soft skills' of communication, writing and analysis", and improved 'situational awareness.'
❗️ 🇷🇺 Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has arrived at the Embassy of Russia in Washington, DC.
🇨🇳 Comply and you won't be isolated?
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that China will face "isolation in the international community" if it does not cooperate with an investigation into the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He did not explain, however, how Beijing prevented the previous investigation from being conducted with transparency,
Beijing has repeatedly denied allegations of obscuring information about the origins of the coronavirus, while WHO experts that visited Wuhan institute to conduct their probe reported that the published genomic sequence proves the natural origins of the virus.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that China will face "isolation in the international community" if it does not cooperate with an investigation into the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He did not explain, however, how Beijing prevented the previous investigation from being conducted with transparency,
Beijing has repeatedly denied allegations of obscuring information about the origins of the coronavirus, while WHO experts that visited Wuhan institute to conduct their probe reported that the published genomic sequence proves the natural origins of the virus.
🇮🇱 "They need to wake up”
The new Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, slammed US President Joe Biden for working to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal.
🗣 “This may be the last signal a moment before returning to the Iran deal. They must understand who they’re doing business with and what kind of regime they are choosing to strengthen," the new Israeli PM said on Sunday.
The new Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, slammed US President Joe Biden for working to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal.
🗣 “This may be the last signal a moment before returning to the Iran deal. They must understand who they’re doing business with and what kind of regime they are choosing to strengthen," the new Israeli PM said on Sunday.
🇷🇺Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has resumed his work in Washington, DC, after returning to the United States from Moscow, the Russian diplomatic mission has announced.
⛳️ Jon Rahm wins his first major golf noscript at the US Open at Torrey Pines on Sunday.
📊 Highway to the White House?
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis edged Trump in an early 2024 GOP presidential approval straw poll, according to organizers of the Western Conservative Summit.
DeSantis scored a 74% approval, followed by the former president at 71% and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at 43%.
People attending the summit could choose between 30 Republicans and Democrats.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis edged Trump in an early 2024 GOP presidential approval straw poll, according to organizers of the Western Conservative Summit.
DeSantis scored a 74% approval, followed by the former president at 71% and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at 43%.
People attending the summit could choose between 30 Republicans and Democrats.
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The Kremlin is aware of possible new US sanctions on Russia and is currently considering various options, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
He noted that the introduction of restrictions does not depend on the will of Joe Biden.
🗣 "The point is, some sanctions have been codified and their introduction does not even depend on the will of the US president", Peskov told reporters.
He noted that the introduction of restrictions does not depend on the will of Joe Biden.
🗣 "The point is, some sanctions have been codified and their introduction does not even depend on the will of the US president", Peskov told reporters.
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🇺🇸The US Navy has released videos showing a powerful bomb being detonated near the new aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, as part of so-called full ship shock trials (FSST) off the coast of Florida.
😳 A naked man reportedly broke into the home of a local resident in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, and killed the householder's two parakeets.
"First he smiled at them like a serial killer," the grieving owner, Mat Sabz, says. "He put his hands near them, dropped them, and stomped on them. The other bird knew what was going on. You can hear the bird screaming and he did the same thing with the second bird. And that kind of changed everything when we saw that he killed these two defenceless animals."
Unwilling to engage with him, Sabz jumped off the balcony and telephoned 911.
The police arrived and arrested the man, who was identified as 34-year-old Paul Kiyan. He is now facing charges of burglary and animal cruelty.
"First he smiled at them like a serial killer," the grieving owner, Mat Sabz, says. "He put his hands near them, dropped them, and stomped on them. The other bird knew what was going on. You can hear the bird screaming and he did the same thing with the second bird. And that kind of changed everything when we saw that he killed these two defenceless animals."
Unwilling to engage with him, Sabz jumped off the balcony and telephoned 911.
The police arrived and arrested the man, who was identified as 34-year-old Paul Kiyan. He is now facing charges of burglary and animal cruelty.
#URGENT | Washington 'looking forward' to seeing direction of Iran nuclear deal talks
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#URGENT | Washington 'looking forward' to seeing direction of Iran nuclear deal talks
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday that the Biden administration is "looking forward" to seeing the direction of the ongoing talks with Iran for the US to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a multilateral 2015 deal the US withdrew from in 2018.
Meanwhile, both US President Joe Biden and Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi have shrugged off suggestions they have any plans to meet at present.
Meanwhile, both US President Joe Biden and Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi have shrugged off suggestions they have any plans to meet at present.