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What to watch for today
Updates on Iran’s nuclear program. Tehran is expected to announce that its uranium stockpiles have exceeded the limit set by the 2015 nuclear deal. Its Atomic Energy Organization said earlier it would press ahead with uranium enrichment once the deadline given to European countries to prevent it from happening lapses today.
A ruling on Indonesia’s election challenge. Prabowo Subianto, who failed in his bid to unseat Joko Widodo as president last month, challenged the vote tally. Today a court will rule on the dispute, with tens of thousands of security personnel standing by in Jakarta in case of unrest.
Xi Jinping makes his first visit to Japan as president. Ahead of the G20 summit in Osaka this weekend, the Chinese leader will meet prime minister Shinzo Abe, with whom he shared a famously icy handshake in 2014. Bilateral relations have since improved, thanks partly to Trump’s “America first” policies.
The US Supreme Court’s last session. On the last day of its current term, the bench is set to issue rulings on contentious issues including partisan gerrymandering, and the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
While you were sleeping
US Democrats duked it out on prime-time TV. At the first of two 10-person debates in Miami, senator Elizabeth Warren, currently enjoying a surge in popularity, and New York mayor Bill de Blasio were the only candidates who said they supported government-run health care. The candidates even dueled in Spanish.
An Australian student’s whereabouts in North Korea remained unknown. Media reports have said Alek Sigley—who was studying in Pyongyang and who also founded a tour company specializing in North Korea—had been detained. Australia’s foreign ministry said it was providing assistance to his family, but could not confirm details of his situation.
Huawei lost a trade secrets case in the US. The Chinese electronics giant had sued CNEX Labs, a semiconductor designer based in California, of stealing trade secrets and poaching employees. A CNEX attorney described the lawsuit as “bullying and intimidation.”
US regulators spotted a new potential risk with the 737 MAX. Boeing’s software fix was delayed again after the Federal Aviation Administration said it spotted a “potential risk” that the company needed to address in order for the prohibition order on the aircraft to be lifted.
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Morocco is the next country in line for a revolution. Almost half of the population in the monarchy want radical political change.
Ban all e-cigarettes. Vape companies have created a new generation of nicotine users and must be stopped.
Big Tech is as persuasive as a cult leader. But users don’t seem to care until they’re shown exactly how they’re being manipulated.
Surprising discoveries
Toy Story 4 was beat by a 20-year-old anime film at the Chinese box office. Cult classic Spirited Away made double what the Pixar blockbuster did.
Germany imposed speed limits on the Autobahn. Authorities worry that a blistering heatwave will create dangerous cracks on the normally free-wheeling highway.
Ancient Europeans may have lived alongside a 12-feet-tall bird. A fossilized femur that once belonged to a gigantic bird was recently found on the Black Sea coast.
The world has a Candy Crush addiction problem. An executive from the company that created the smartphone game said more than 9 million people play it for at least three hours a day.
Russia made an owl-shaped drone. The disguise is meant to fool enemy troops while the aircraft guides artillery strikes down onto their heads.
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