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France24.com (en) 

Trump trials & tribulations: Mar-a-Lago espionage, Jan 6 insurrection cases 'should've ended by now'

Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justice system as a whole. Speaking from his namesake tower in Manhattan in a symbolic return to the campaign trail, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee delivered a message aimed squarely at his most loyal supporters. Defiant as ever, he insisted without... Читать дальше...

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The Bengal election story that bothers no one

The real story is why political violence is so rampant and, more importantly, normalised in a state that advertises its ‘bhadralok’ credentials, admittedly with increasingly waning credibility outside its own navel-gaze.

France24.com (en) 

D-day veteran shares memories of storming Normandy beaches, liberating camp

Irving Locker was only 19 when he was called up to fight in World War II. He'd never even left his village in New Jersey. So when he stormed the Normandy beaches with 150,000 of his fellow soldiers, June 6, 1944 became the most important day of his life. The young Jewish American landed at Utah Beach and went on to play a part in the liberation of the Gardelegen Concentration Camp, about 100 miles west of Berlin. Locker will shortly turn 100 and is making what might be his last trip to France to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Читать дальше...

NewsWeek.com 

Top Baby Names in Texas

Texans seem to favor familiar names for baby boys, with Liam taking the top spot for the fifth year in a row.

CBC 

Auto insurance overhaul likely for Alberta. How far will UCP go?

Premier Danielle Smith’s government has capped rate increases for good drivers, but Finance Minister Nate Horner acknowledges that’s a lid on a boiling cauldron of rising repair costs, higher claim values and an outsized car-theft problem.