25: Sri Lanka’s new President Ranil Wickremesinghe will reveal a 25-year road map that he says will cut public debt and bring his country back from the economic brink. Wickremesinghe will present the plan to the International Monetary Fund as Sri Lanka tries to renegotiate some of the $51 billion in foreign debt it owes.
140,000: At least 140,000 homes and residential buildings have been destroyed in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began on Feb. 24, according to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. Kyiv now estimates that around 3.5 million Ukrainians have been left homeless as it braces for more evacuations from the east as Russia’s onslaught continues.
3: The Spanish government's attempt at body-positive summer messaging has …. not gone well. Three British women say their images were used in the campaign – which focuses on encouraging women of different shapes and sizes to strip down at the beach – without their consent. Spain’s government said that “at no point was it aware that the women in the images were actual real people.” Okay.
16: In a journey meticulously planned by conservationists, 16 cheetahs will be flown from South Africa to India in a bid to reintroduce the species in the South Asian country more than 50 years after they became extinct there. Critics say the relocation is risky for the big cats, but conservationists say it is crucial to expanding the global cheetah population.The Regime's viral banger "Special Military Operation" is NOW STREAMING on most platforms, including those TWO BIG ONES. #PUPPETREGIME
What is President Trump trying to achieve in Iran, and how does his strategy compare to past US interventions in the Middle East?
The US has paused Russian oil sanctions in a bid to stabilize energy markets rocked by the war with Iran. Administration officials stress that it’s a “tailored” measure, applying only to oil already loaded onto tankers, but it’s still a gift to Russia, which has already been clocking an extra $150 million daily in oil revenues since the war began.
4: The number of crew members aboard a US refuelling plane – out of six total – who died after the aircraft crashed in neighboring Iraq on Thursday, US Central Command said this morning.