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Biden: 'I screwed up'

BBC News (UK) 

The US president admits he 'had a bad night' in his debate against Donald Trump.

Groenewegen sprints to Tour de France sixth stage win

France24.com (en) 

Overnight leader Tadej Pogacar retains the yellow jersey by 45sec from Belgian Remco Evenepoel while defending champion Jonas Vingegaard is third. Rounding out the top five are Spaniard Juan Ayuso and Pogacar's Slovenian compatriot Primoz Roglic. Jasper Philipsen was second in Dijon after being well set up by Mathieu van der Poel while green sprinters' jersey wearer Biniam Girmay was third. The two previous sprints on the Tour were record breakers with the 39-year-old Mark Cavendish winning his... Читать дальше...

Swedish diplomat recalls darkest moments in Iran prison

France24.com (en) 

Released in mid-June, Floderus and another Swedish citizen were part of a prisoner exchange that saw a former prison official return to Iran. When asked how he has been since gaining his freedom, Floderus smiled while choosing his words carefully. "I'm doing well. My family has done everything to give me the sort of soft landing that I think I really needed upon my return," he told AFP. Floderus was arrested in Iran as he was about to return home from a holiday with his friends in April 2022. "I was about to text my friends and tell them... Читать дальше...

Switzerland tries to flatten out peaks of Alpine visitors

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

Switzerland's tourism agency said Thursday that it was trying to even out the flow of holidaymakers throughout the year to protect the Alpine country from the risks of excessive tourism. Switzerland Tourism nonetheless wants to be proactive in protecting a sector that generates 43 billion francs ($48 billion) a year and 4.5 percent of the country's GDP, according to Nydegger.

Nate Cohn Explains How Bad the Latest Polling Is for Joe Biden

The New Yorker 

The Times’ chief political analyst reflects on the unique challenges facing the President, whether it’s still possible for him to launch a comeback, and what the polls can tell us, if anything, about the electability of other Democratic Presidential candidates.

US citizen Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by Moscow court. He's sentenced to 12.5 years

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, has been convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in a maximum security prison. He was found guilty Thursday of attempted trafficking of large amounts of illegal drugs as part of an organized group. Russian media reported that his name matches a U.S. citizen interviewed in 2020 who said he was born in the Perm region in 1991 and adopted by an American couple at age 2. He said he traveled to Russia to find his mother. Читать дальше...

(SP)AUSTRALIA-MELBOURNE-BASKETBALL-MEN-CHN VS AUS

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

(240704) -- MELBOURNE, July 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liao Sanning (R) of China goes for a lay-up during men's basketball match of the Ford Ballin' 24 between China and Australia in Melbourne, Australia, July 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)