😱 Twitter shares have tumbled as much as 7.8% in pre-market trading after Elon Musk walked away from his $44 billion deal to buy the company, setting the scene for a disruptive legal battle.

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🔥 A Bill Gates Foundation supermarket in the Netherlands that focuses on new-age foods like plant protein meat spontaneously caught fire in the middle of the night.

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❗️Kremlin: Putin and Lukashenko have discussed response to Lithuania's imposed transit restrictions to Kaliningrad

📹 Locals only: sea lions chase away beachgoers in San Diego, US

The creatures were reportedly awoken from their nap by a person who got too close in order to take a photo.
Lifeguards were on standby and ensured that no one was injured. They also helped the sea lions leave the beach safely.

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📹 Russia's MoD has published footage of missile strikes against ammunition depots of ammo delivered from the US for the HIMARS, as well as against stationing points of Ukrainian nationalists.

🌌 US President Joe Biden will reveal the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope of deep space today at 5PM ET.

NASA has announced the event via Twitter, saying: "We can't contain the excitement for Webb's first full-color images."

The eagerly-anticipated picture will offer a sneak peek ahead of tomorrow's full reveal of images from the most powerful telescope ever launched into space.

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😏 Liz Truss registered her official website to become the next Tory leader almost a month before Boris Johnson resigned, according to Oliver Wright.

▪️ The website lizforleader.co.uk went live at the weekend as part of the foreign secretary’s campaign to succeed Johnson as prime minister.

▪️ But a search for the domain name, first carried out by Sky News, shows that it was registered on June 8, 2022.

▪️ This was two days after Boris Johnson narrowly won the 1922 Committee vote of confidence, during which Truss publicly supported him.

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🤨 US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, slated for later this month, has been delayed apparently due to fears related to POTUS’ age, according to The Telegraph.

▪️ The newspaper reported that while White House aides cited “diplomatic” reasons for postponing Biden’s trip, it seems the real explanation is that officials are concerned that extended travel would be “crazy” for a 79-year-old POTUS.

▪️ This was preceded by a piece by New York Times correspondent Peter Baker, who pointed out that “managing the schedule of the oldest president in American history presents distinct challenges.”

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📹 Thousands have marched through the streets of Uvalde demanding answers from Texas authorities over May's tragic school shooting.

▪️ Families, friends and locals walked together silently from Robb Elementary to the town square in the 100F (37.77C) heat Sunday to honor the 19 children and two teachers shot dead at the school.

▪️ The Unheard Voices March and Rally then saw victims' family members make speeches in which they demanded justice from local and state law enforcement over their handling of the May 24 killings.

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⬇️ The euro has slumped to within a cent of parity with the US dollar as a deepening energy crisis and wider economic fears take their toll.

▪️ Inflation in the eurozone is at record levels and forecasters expect a recession this year amid fears that Russia could choke off gas supplies.

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🇱🇰 Sri Lankan president is in 'neighboring country', will return on Wednesday, reports suggest

⚖️ Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been charged with fraud for failing to declare overseas assets worth more than £400 million

😬 A legendary video game developer has threatened to sue over hoax posts portraying him as Shinzo Abe's killer.

▪️ Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima was linked to the shooting of Japan's former prime minister in pictures on the website 4chan.

▪️ The images were shared by a French politician and reportedly broadcast by Greek and Iranian news outlets.

▪️ Kojima Productions said it "strongly condemns the spread of fake news and rumors that convey false information".

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🇺🇸 🇸🇦 The Biden administration is considering lifting a ban on US sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, Reuters has cited unnamed sources as saying.

▪️ The sources added that any final decision would depend on whether Riyadh makes progress toward ending the armed conflict in neighboring Yemen.

▪️ In February 2021, Joe Biden, who as a presidential candidate vowed to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah” state, declared a halt to US support for the Kingdom’s offensive operations in Yemen, including “relevant arms sales” to Riyadh.

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❌ The majority of US Democrats do not want President Joe Biden to run for reelection in 2024, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll out Monday.

▪️ A total of 64% Democratic voters say they prefer a new candidate in the upcoming presidential campaign, the survey said. Only 13% of US voters believe that the country is on the right track, according to the poll.

▪️ In June, the White House confirmed that Biden will seek reelection in 2024, denying claims that his age could pose a problem. The administration said it is not focused on the age issue and the president’s priority is to work to the benefit of American people and improve their lives.

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China and Pakistan launched their four-day Sea Guardian-2 naval drills near the waters of Shanghai on Sunday, China's Ministry of National Defense stated

While the official statement said that the drill “has nothing to do with the regional situation and is not targeted at any third party”, the exercises coincides with the ongoing US-led RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) Exercises which kicked off near Hawaii in the last week of June and will continue until August.

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⚡️ 📹 Another example of a lynching in Ukraine: two men are tied to a pole for breaking into a car

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🇨🇦🇺🇦 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has summoned Canada's charge d'affaires over Ottawa's decision to return a repaired turbine for Nord Stream to Germany

❗️ EU plans to introduce a new batch of sanctions against Russia in coming weeks, reports say

⚡️ Iran to become member of Shanghai cooperation organization this year - Uzbekistan's foreign ministry