London Fire: At Least 6 Dead After Blaze Engulfs Apartment Tower

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London Fire: At Least 6 Dead After Blaze Engulfs Apartment Tower

New York Times
LONDON – A fire transformed a high-rise apartment tower in West London into an inferno early Wednesday morning, sending at least 50 people to hospitals and raising fears that others might have been trapped inside.

University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, said to be in a coma, released from North Korea

Washington Post
CINCINNATI – A plane carrying University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who had been detained in North Korea for 17 months and was in a coma for most of it, touched down in Cincinnati on Tuesday night.

The Memo: Five takeaways from Jeff Sessions’s testimony

The Hill
Attorney General Jeff Sessions · Jeff SessionsThe Memo: Five takeaways from Jeff Sessions’s testimony Gingrich: Sessions ‘didn’t back down’ during Senate testimony White House: Trump ‘has no intention’ to fire Mueller MORE went before the Senate …

Why is Turkey standing up for Qatar?

BBC News
“Thank you Turkey for the milk!” posted one Twitter user from Qatar, along with a picture taken in a supermarket whose shelves were full of Turkish-brand bottles.

Siblings accuse Singapore PM of eroding father’s wishes

Washington Post
SINGAPORE – A tussle that began over their father’s will escalated Wednesday when two siblings accused their bother, the prime minister of Singapore, of using “the organs of state” against them and grooming his son to take up a political role in the …
Washington Post
PARIS – She wants to escape the European Union, he wants to embolden it. British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron held talks Tuesday from opposite sides of the Brexit front line and agreed that negotiations for Britain’s …

Raqqa battle: ‘Staggering’ civilian toll from US-led air strikes

BBC News
UN war crimes investigators say US-led coalition air strikes on Islamic State militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa are causing “staggering loss of life”.

Philippines says US troops near besieged Marawi, but not fighting

Reuters
Damaged buildings and houses are seen at Moncado Colony village after intense fighting between government troops against insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over large parts of Marawi city, Philippines, June 13, 2017.

Manhunt continues for two Georgia inmates who killed prison guards, then fled

Los Angeles Times
Two Georgia inmates serving long prison sentences and “dangerous beyond description” overpowered and killed two guards on a prison bus before fleeing in a stolen car, authorities said.

Trump blocks Stephen King on Twitter, but JK Rowling comes to his rescue

Chicago Tribune
It doesn’t take much to provoke President Donald Trump into blocking a follower on Twitter – anything from an insult to an unflattering gif to a mild “covfefe” joke seems enough to do the trick.

Theresa May and DUP deal could be delayed until next week

BBC News
DUP sources have told the BBC an announcement on a deal with Tories has been delayed because of the unfolding tragedy of the Grenfell Tower blaze.

Kennedy bill aims to create Russian response center

Boston Herald
RED SCARE: Bay State U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, above, wants to create a Russian threat response center after a report that Vladimir Putin and the Russians hacked into the voting systems of 39 states – including Illinois, California and Florida.

Trump Gives Mattis Authority to Send More Troops to Afghanistan

New York Times
Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, spoke with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis before his testimony at the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

Australia Must Pay $50 Million to Asylum Seekers Held in ‘Abusive’ Papua New Guinea Camp

Newsweek
Nearly 2,000 asylum seekers held in a remote detention center in Papua New Guinea for more than two years will receive A$70 million ($53 million) in compensation after the Australian government agreed to settle their court case on Wednesday.

Russian parliament adopts bill on demolition in Moscow

Washington Post
MOSCOW – The Russian parliament on Wednesday adopted a much-disputed bill that would allow Moscow’s City Hall to pull down Soviet-era apartment blocks and relocate 1.6 million people.

Trump’s lawyer bragged of getting US attorney fired: report

The Hill
President Trump’s personal lawyer bragged about influencing the president’s decision to fire then-U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, according to a new report.

Symbolic effort to block part of Saudi arms sale falls short in the Senate

Washington Post
A bipartisan group of senators fell short Tuesday in an effort to block part of President Trump’s arms sale to Saudi Arabia but delivered a symbolic rebuke over what senators said is the indiscriminate use of American-made weapons to kill civilians in

Shuttered Russian compounds in US may be re-opened

CBS News
While Washington is laser-focused on allegations about any inappropriate communications between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government, the Russians are focused on a major perk for their diplomats in the U.S.

A Reversal Of Cuba Policy Would Be Undemocratic

HuffPost
This Friday, President Trump is expected to travel to Miami to roll back President Obama’s historic change of American policy towards Cuba.

Death toll from massive mudslides in Bangladesh rises to 140 as rescuers struggle to reach affected areas

Los Angeles Times
Rescuers struggled on Wednesday to reach villages hit by massive landslides that have killed at least 140 people while also burying roads and cutting power in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said.

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