1/2: #SOUTH AFRICA: ANC struggles to find a unity government or even a partner to form a government by Sunday 16 June. Ronan Wordsworth, Geopolitical Futures, @GPFutures. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/south-african-opposition-parties-holding-crunch-talks-on-the-ancs-unity-plan-but-deep-rifts-remain/ar-BB1nNUVw 1770 MAP

#RUSSIA: Turning away from the US and the West. Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Nation Magazine, Washington Post. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-gears-up-for-song-sports-contests-as-it-pushes-west-vs-rest-message-5c2f543e?st=ov5o66hz2doc1e7&reflink=article_gmail_share 1961 EAST GERMANY

#Nuclear Weapons: Small Modular Reactors for sale and the risk of bomb-making HALEU. Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8693 1953 ATOMIC CANNON TRANSPORT

2/2:  #LEBANON: Hezbollah provocations continue & What is to be done? Bill Roggio, FDD, Long War Journal.  David Daoud, FDD. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/06/israels-new-normal-with-hezbollah.php 1950 BEIRUT

1/2:  #LEBANON: Hezbollah provocations continue & What is to be done? Bill Roggio, FDD, Long War Journal.  David Daoud, FDD. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/06/israels-new-normal-with-hezbollah.php https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=HEZBOLLAH&FORM=HDRSC7 UNDATED BEIRUT

#ISRAEL: Hostages rescued  from the private apartment of a Hamas journalist and his family. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-operatives-said-to-have-standing-orders-to-kill-hostages-if-idf-approaches/ 1898 GAZA

#RUSSIA: Putin mentionS nukes in order to intimidate not to deter. Peter Huessy, president of Geostrategic Analysis and a fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-says-russia-does-not-need-to-use-nuclear-weapons-for-victory-in-ukraine/ar-BB1nP8Sl https://www.businessinsider.com/us-considering-bigger-nuclear-arsenal-deter-russia-china-n-korea-2024-6 1953 ATOMIC CANNON NEVADA TEST RANGE

#PRC: EU searching for other suppliers and Beijing. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism.  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.ft.com/content/fb448978-e4ff-4f3e-b650-13fda73f58a9?accessToken=zwAGGokrkSRwkdP7RIl45P9PPtO2UBP9pz9YqQ.MEUCIH0cLH1Hi52NhA6wdKxw6zJIEZR-iyJXzY_UrIJAGaBnAiEAqckDrgebqMfwuxxCEwT9mk3lr5vEuLZG-yOKYbXaAg8&sharetype=gift&token=2001b733-6fac-4fd6-a33c-0324ca5970a2 1914 BRUSSELS AT WAR START

#INDIA: #PAKISTAN: What PM Modi's qualified re-election means to South Asia. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute, Bill Roggio, FDD #LWJ https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4705280-indias-voters-want-modi-to-change/ https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/indias-modi-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-for-historic-third-term/ar-BB1nU5w8 1909 BOMBAY

#AFGHANISTAN; Al Qaeda distributes a pamphlet inviting global jihadists to training camps in Afghanistan. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/06/al-qaeda-leader-calls-foreign-fighters-to-afghanistan.php 1872 KHYBER PASS

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EDINBURG, Texas - Growth, growth, and more growth. That was the message Carlos Garza, project manager for Edinburg Economic Development Organization, made a pitch to investors from India. The event was hosted by the Council for South Texas Economic Progress and was held at the Casa De Palmas in McAllen.“One of the things that we boast here is that we are the fifth fastest growing city in Texas. That’s Edinburg. We are actually ranked 12th in the United States. Why is that? Because we hav...

MCALLEN, Texas - Belén Guerrero, Mission Economic Development Corporation’s chief operating officer, recently spoke to investors that are keen to bring manufacturing and high-tech companies from India to the Rio Grande Valley.The event was hosted by the Council for South Texas Economic Progress and was held at the Casa De Palmas in McAllen.Guerrero said there were great opportunities for Indian companies to expand into Mission.“We focus on four major functions: corporate attraction, business ...

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GOOD EVENING. The show begins in Cambria and Beaver counties in Pennsylvania, where the 2024 election will be decided along with other rural counties in the #Keystone State. To Nashville, to Philadelphia, to Alabama, to Chicago, Baltimore, Boca Chica, Troy, Athens, Sparta. To Sacramento, to Campania Italy, to SCOTUS.1778 Rome

#SCOTUS: Trump appeals can be sped to SCOTUS if there is an immediate jail sentence imposed. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-30-24/h_a432c7f808f5062649a91e1b1e5c490e 1905 SCOTUS

#SCOTUS: The pestering of justice & what is to be done? Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-gifts-thomas/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert 1886 SCOTUS

#ITALY: The Comarro of Campania and human trafficking. Lorenzo Fiori https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italys-meloni-blames-organised-crime-alarming-migrant-visa-fraud-2024-06-04/ 1902 Rome