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A fleet of Russian warships left Havana’s port after a five-day visit to Cuba

A fleet of Russian warships left Havana’s port after a five-day visit to Cuba

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A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, left Havana’s port after a five-day visit to Cuba following planned military drills in the Atlantic Ocean. Some view the exercise as Moscow’s show of strength amid tensions with the U.S. and Western nations supporting Kyiv in Russia’s war on Ukraine. The submarine, a frigate, an oil tanker, and a rescue tug slowly departed from the port on Monday morning. — For the first time in 20 years, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to North Korea on Tuesday and met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. This marks their second meeting in nine months as the two nations bolster military ties amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The Kremlin announced Putin will spend two days in Pyongyang before heading to Communist-governed Vietnam on Wednesday. — A U.S. Secret Service employee was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, while President Biden was in the state for a glitzy Los Angeles fundraiser. The Secret Service member, returning from a work assignment, fired his service weapon during the robbery, according to Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. The employee was not injured. The Secret Service stated the criminal investigation remains open and active. Scripps News first reported the robbery. — German investigators seized 39 tons of cocaine worth more than $2.78 billion hidden among vegetables and fruits in several container ships, officials announced. Seven people have been arrested in what investigators called the country’s biggest cocaine bust. Prosecutors in the western city of Dusseldorf said they confiscated the drug last year following a tip from Colombian authorities. They said about 27.5 tons of cocaine was found in the port of the northern city of Hamburg. — A man drowned in a lake in upstate New York after his keys fell into the water and he tried to retrieve them, police said. Anthony Davis, 44, was fishing with two other men in Oneida Lake in the town of Hastings just before 10 a.m. Sunday when his keys fell in the water, Lt. Andrew Bucher, of the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, said in a news release. Davis entered the water to retrieve his keys but could not make it back to land, Bucher said. — Firefighters were battling about a dozen blazes throughout California, including a fast-moving wildfire that has forced evacuations north of Los Angeles. The Post Fire in Gorman ignited shortly before 2 p.m. local time Saturday and has since burned more than 15,610 acres with about 8% containment, according to an update from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire. A total of 1,148 personnel, 114 engines, seven helicopters, and 14 water tenders have been deployed to fight the blaze as it spreads. — A small plane crashed in upstate New York near Albany, killing the pilot, who was the only person aboard, authorities said. The twin-engine Piper PA-31 crashed near the end of the runway at Albany International Airport around 8:15 a.m., the Federal Aviation Authority said. Police in the Albany suburb of Colonie say the pilot was headed to Montreal when she experienced engine trouble and crashed. She was pronounced dead at the scene, Deputy Chief Robert Winn said. — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state. A federal judge ordered the payment after finding the company intentionally trespassed by repeatedly running 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled last year that the railway deliberately violated the terms of a 1991 easement with the Swinomish Tribe.

A family of six, including three children, were killed by gunmen in the southern Mexico border state

A family of six, including three children, were killed by gunmen in the southern Mexico border state

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Leaders of other nations criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s peace offer as “propaganda” during a two-day peace summit in Switzerland this weekend. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated Saturday that Putin’s peace offer is mere propaganda, essentially asking Ukraine to “withdraw from Ukraine.” “It looks more like a propaganda move than a real one,” Meloni said. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak told the BBC his nation won’t “compromise on independence, sovereignty or territorial integrity.” — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is alerting Americans about a potential shortage of Adderall, a crucial treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The CDC issued the Health Alert Network advisory earlier this week “to inform public health officials, clinicians, and affected patients, their families, and caregivers about potential disrupted access to care among individuals taking prescription stimulant medications and possible increased risks for injury and overdose.” — The U.S. State Department has designated the Nordic Resistance Movement and three of its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. “NRM is the largest neo-Nazi group in Sweden, with branches in Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland, where it has been banned since 2020,” the State Department said in a statement. “NRM’s violent activity is based on its openly racist, anti-immigrant, antisemitic, and anti-LGBTQI+ platform.” — A family of six, including three children, were killed by gunmen in the southern Mexico border state of Chiapas, a region plagued by cartel-backed militia violence. Julio Pérez, the mayor of Pantelho in Chiapas, said the killings occurred there last Friday, calling it “a massacre.” Two warring militia groups, suspected of cartel backing, have been fighting for control of the town. It is the latest in a series of mass killings where entire families have been wiped out in Mexico. — An American tourist was found dead Sunday on a beach on the Greek Island of Mathraki. This incident is the latest in a series of cases where foreign tourists have been found dead or reported missing in the scenic vacation spot over the past week, authorities said. The remains of the missing American were discovered around 1:30 p.m. local time on a beach near the old port of Mathraki Island, according to the president of the community of Mathraki Island. — Two people were shot and killed during a Juneteenth celebration on Saturday at a park in Round Rock, Texas, according to police. A fight erupted between two groups at Old Settlers Park around 11 p.m., Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks told reporters early Sunday. At about the same time, someone produced a gun and started firing, Banks said, adding that multiple people were struck by the gunfire. — Police are continuing their search for a suspect who fled after opening fire at a Maryland high school football game. The incident occurred on Saturday morning, resulting in the death of a man in the bleachers and the wounding of a child. It took place outside Potomac High School in Oxon Hill around 11:20 a.m., Prince George’s County Police said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter. — Rap mogul Sean Combs, known as “Diddy,” has returned a ceremonial key to New York City after recently revealed video footage showed him assaulting singer Cassie Ventura, his former girlfriend. The key was returned at the request of Mayor Eric Adams, who sent two copies of a June 4 letter to Combs’ offices in New York and Los Angeles, obtained by TMZ and other news outlets. It was returned on June 10, a day after Howard University in Washington, D.C., severed ties with him.

U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is shutting down INFOwars

U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is shutting down INFOwars

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A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes for repeatedly calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax. Alex Jones expect Infowars to cease operating at some point because of the huge debt. “Today is a good day. Alex Jones has lost ownership of Infowars, the corrupt business he has used for years to attack the Connecticut families and so many others,” said Chris Mattei, an attorney for the families. “The Court authorized us to move immediately to collect against all Infowars assets, and we intend to do exactly that.”