🇺🇸🇨🇴 Biden’s adviser admits to coups in Latin America, but says US policy has changed

Speaking at the Colombian Business Congress in the city of Cartagena, Juan González spoke about the changes in US foreign policy regarding Latin America.

“Forty years ago, the United States would have done everything possible to prevent the election of Gustavo Petro [at present the president of Colombia] and, once elected, would have done everything possible to sabotage his project," he said.

Today, the US prefers to seek ways to cooperate with any democratic government, González added.

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Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's interview with the Wall Street Journal about Russia, Ukraine and China:

▪The US is at the edge of war with Russia and China over issues that Washington helped to create;

▪Previously, the model role for Ukraine would be Finland (when it wasn't in NATO), now it must be treated as a member of the alliance;

▪The settlement on Ukraine will include the preservation of Crimea and part of the Donbass for Russia;

▪The best that can be done now is not to escalate tensions and to create opportunities to settle the conflict

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❓🇺🇸 How many Americans know where Ukraine and Russia are?

A video of a geography quiz filmed in Los Angeles, California has emerged online.

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📊 A study has found that from 1776 to 2019, the US has undertaken almost 400 military interventions, roughly 200 of which took place between 1950 and 2019. Of those 200, more than 100 have taken place during the post-Cold War era between 1991 and 2019.

"The post-Cold War era has produced fewer great power conflicts and instances in which to defend vital US interests, yet US military interventions continue at high rates and higher hostilities," the report concluded.

The study has found that US military interventions "increasingly" target the Middle East and Africa: more than a quarter of the country's campaigns throughout its history

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◾️Teddy Ray, a rebellious voice in the comedy scene, died two weeks after turning 32. Fans of the funny man took to social media to mourn the comic, including “Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson, who commented on Ray’s final Instagram post, “Heartbroken. Gonna miss you teddy.”

Stand-up and Emmy winner Katt Williams called the comic “brilliant.” At the same time, “Insecure” creator and television exec Issa Rae shared an image of a white heart emoji placed over a snap of Ray smiling to her Instagram Stories.

“Rest in Power to our longtime creative collaborator and friend, Teddy Ray. Grateful for the energy you always brought to our projects and sets!” read a Twitter post from Rae’s media company.

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🌪🌊💨Experts say that many Californians are alarmed about the announcement that the "Big One," a catastrophic megaflood, is coming to California.

A new study by Science Advances shows climate change has already doubled California's chances of a disastrous flood in the next four decades. And experts say it would be unlike anything anyone alive today has ever experienced.

"A megaflood is similar to the 1,000-year flash flood events seen this summer in the St. Louis area and Kentucky, but across a much wider area, such as the entire state of California, Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA and a researcher involved in the study,

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😱🌊Las Vegas was hit with another wave of flash floods. Iconic casinos and hotels on the Vegas Strip were overtaken by water as people took to social media to share the footage.

The department of FireRescue had the following responses yesterday evening as a result of the heavy monsoon rainfall:

There were three total responses for stalled vehicles in flood waters. All occupants were evacuated safely, with no medical or patient transport required.

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Honolulu, Hawai, celebrated this Saturday’s primary election to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. David Ige, including a former first lady, a retired mixed martial arts champion, and a congressman who moonlights as a Hawaiian Airlines pilot.

Hawaii is a vote-by-mail state, so voters have been mailing their ballots and placing them in drop boxes across the islands since last month. Election clerks in each county have made a few voter service centers available for people registering to vote at the last minute or voting in person.

In the governor’s race, the leading Democratic candidates are Kahele, former Hawaii first lady Vicki Cayetano, and Lt. Gov. Josh Green. On the Republican side, former Lt. Gov. James R. “Duke” Aiona, retired MMA fighter BJ Penn, and Honolulu City Councilperson Heidi Tsuneyoshi are in the running.

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🔻In Spain, one person was killed and at least 40 others injured when high winds caused parts of the main stage to collapse at the Medusa dance music festival on Saturday.

Violent gusts of wind tore off parts of the stage, sending Medusa festival goers running in panic. A 22-year-old man was killed when he was struck by part of the stage. "It was a tense few minutes. I've never experienced anything like it before," DJ Miguel Serna, who was performing at the time, wrote on Instagram.

"The tragedy happened just at the end of my session on the main stage, just below it, which was the most affected (area). It was a few moments of horror; I am still in shock."

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🦠The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.

The presence of the poliovirus in the city’s wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the virus, health authorities from the city, New York state, and the federal government said.

The authorities urged parents to vaccinate their children against the potentially deadly disease. “The risk to New Yorkers is real, but the defense is so simple — get vaccinated against polio,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said. “With polio circulating in our communities, there is simply nothing more essential than vaccinating our children to protect them from this virus."

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⛈🌤❄️Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are enduring severe droughts this summer. Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country’s largest, to near its lowest level ever recorded and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea.

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre warned this week that drought conditions would worsen and potentially affect 47 percent of the continent.

Current conditions result from long periods of dry weather caused by changes in world weather systems, said meteorologist Peter Hoffmann of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research near Berlin.

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⚡️Zaporozhye nuclear power plant working as usual after more shelling by Ukrainian troops, regional authorities told Sputnik

⚡️ According to Australian media, police have arrested a suspect in a shooting at Canberra Airport. Planes have been grounded and the terminal has been locked down