The French Interior Ministry announced the preliminary results of voting in the first round of the French parliamentary elections:

The National Rally party is in the lead with 34.2% of the vote, the New Popular Front coalition of the left is in 2nd place with 29.1%, Macron's coalition is 3rd with 21.5%

Based on the preliminary results of the first round of elections, the National Rally party will receive from 240 to 270 seats in parliament - a relative majority but short of an absolute majority, according to calculations by national TV. Macron's coalition is losing more than 160 seats in the National Assembly, and may win only 60 to 90.

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Bill Gates won't profit from Warren Buffett’s death

Even though the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has benefited from billions of dollars in donations from US investor and the world's tenth-richest person Warren Buffett, it appears that this gravy train will not last forever.

Upon his death, whenever it might occur, all of Buffett’s considerable wealth will go to a charitable trust overseen by his children whereas Gates’ organization won’t get a dime, Buffett himself has revealed in an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal.

“The Gates Foundation has no money coming after my death,” he said. The billionaire argued that his estate “should be used to help the people that haven’t been as lucky as we have been,” with Buffett noting that he and his children are “in the luckiest 100th of 1% or something.”

“There’s lots of ways to help people,” he added.

Meanwhile, Buffett’s children reportedly said that they haven’t yet decided how exactly to disburse this sizeable fortune, the newspaper points out.

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Police cars are gathering at Place de la Republique in Paris, France, where unrest is possible following the announcement of the first parliamentary election results, reports a Sputnik correspondent.

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Thousands of NATO troops on Belarus border, heightening tensions – Belarusian Military

Ten NATO battalion tactical groups remain stationed near Belarus's border with European Union member states, Belarusian Chief of the General Staff Pavel Muraveiko said Sunday.

"Today we have 10 NATO battalion tactical groups with a total strength of over 20,000 people located near our border," the First Deputy Defense Minister told All-National Television. "Six of these groups are American. Why fly here from overseas and deploy a contingent here? They said it was temporary."

Muraveiko recalled there is an adage that goes, "nothing is more permanent than something temporary," adding that such proximity is "bothering and straining."

The official added that the situation encourages Belarus to carefully evaluate every action taken by NATO troops, claiming the country is "studying the techniques and methods" they employ.

The Union State country has closely allied with Moscow in its military operation in the Donbass, with President Alexander Lukashenko offering strong political support.

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Near miss: potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 MK passes Earth at 300,000 km

Last night, the potentially hazardous asteroid "2024 MK" passed by Earth at a distance of approximately 300,000 km, according to the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The asteroid 2024 MK, a relatively large Apollo group space rock, was tracked by telescope networks as it missed Earth by about 300,000 km, the institute reported.

According to the European Space Agency, asteroid 2024 MK was first detected on June 16, 2024, and is estimated to be between 120 and 260 meters in size.

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