💽 CIA engineer is convicted in a massive theft of secrets released by WikiLeaks

A former CIA software engineer was convicted on Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of causing the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history. Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, had told jurors in closing arguments that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat for an embarrassing public release of a trove of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017. Schulte watched without visibly reacting as US District Judge Jesse M. Furman announced the guilty verdict on nine counts, which was reached in mid-afternoon by a jury that has deliberated since Friday.

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In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Twitter used Elon Musk's posts, one of which was a turd emoji, as evidence that he neglected the company in violation of the contractual obligations by which he was bound when he agreed to buy it for $44Bln.

The tweet was widely seen as mocking statements by chief executive Parag Agrawal while trying to explain the way Twitter detects its bot accounts - the main reason Musk's legal team gave for pulling out of the deal

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⚡️ President of the BRICS forum, India's Purnima Anand, said that Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia may soon join the group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Expanding the group was discussed by China, Russia and India during the BRICS leaders' summit which was held virtually from 23 to 24 June

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UPDATE | Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton said that those people who pretended to be shocked by his admission that he had helped plan coups d'etat in other countries, were "snowflakes"

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LIVE | Sri Lanka after president flees country amid economic crisis

⚡️ The US provided intelligence information to Ukraine to shell Donbass with the help of HIMARS systems, Russia's MoD says

In an interview with Israel's Channel 12, US President Joe Biden said that he would use military force against Iran as a "last resort" to stop the country acquiring nuclear weapon

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LIVE UPDATES | Next round of ‘grain issue’ talks likely to be held on 20-21 July, says source

🇲🇽In Eagle Pass, Texas, hundreds of migrants who have continued to cross the US-Mexico border illegally have been caught on video.

The video went viral, and was commented on by a number of US officials. For example, Republican senator for Texas, Ted Cruz, said: “What the American people see: lawless open borders. What cynical Democrat politicians see: potential Democrat voters."

LIVE | Joe Biden, Israeli PM Lapid hold joint press conference after talks in Jerusalem

⚡️⚡️ Biden, Lapid sign joint declaration pledging to 'never allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapon'

Actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of sexually assaulting three men a decade or more ago. The Oscar-winning star previously denied four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.

The judge set a trial start date of 6 June 2023 and said it would last from three to four weeks

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⚡️ Hundreds of Twitter users worldwide report problems accessing the social media platform

❗Twitter is back up and running after an outage

Ukrainian forces have shelled Donetsk. According to preliminary data, two people were killed. Those killed are the driver and passenger of a bus, while several people are also seen injured in the video.

📝Ukraine proposes creating commission to control weapons supplied by West

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💬"My abortion was an act of self-love"

The House Oversight Committee held a hearing on access to abortions. Sarah Lopez, an "abortion storyteller" from the pro-abortion organization, We Testify, was giving evidence in a hearing about the overturning of Roe v Wade and her testimony sure exploded onto social media.

"My abortion was the best decision I ever made. It was an act of self love."

Lopez used to work as a youth program manager for the abortion provider connecting service, Jane’s Due Process, but the organization suspended all services after a Supreme Court decision.

❗Brent crude dips below $96 per barrel first time since February 23

🎬Amazon has unveiled its main teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The series will premiere on September 2, 2022