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Trump blasts reporter for asking about Epstein
TIME
President Donald Trump blasted a reporter who asked questions related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, suggesting that continuing to discuss the disgraced billionaire financier was a “waste” of time.
Death toll from Kenya’s latest anti-government protest surges to 31
ABC NEWS
NAIROBI, Kenya- The death toll from Kenya’s anti-government protests on Monday has surged to 31, marking the highest single-day toll since the demonstrations began earlier this year, the state-funded human rights commission said Tuesday.
Russia responsible for downing flight MH17 and violating international law, court rules
POLITICO
STRASBOURG, France- The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday ruled Russia is responsible for downing flight MH17 in 2014 and human rights violations during its war in Ukraine.
At least 70 dead in Texas flash floods
FORBES
At least 70 deaths—including the deaths of 21 children—have now been confirmed in the central Texas flash floods, according to the latest update from officials, though several children from a summer camp remain unaccounted for as blame swirls over preparedness and whether residents were properly alerted.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs found guilty on prostitution charges
AXIOS
Sean "Diddy" Combs was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial on Wednesday. He was found not guilty of racketeering conspiracy or two counts of sex trafficking.
Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths
THE GUARDIAN
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA- Barack Obama and George W Bush have criticised the closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), as a study warned it could result in “a staggering number” of avoidable deaths – more than 14 million over five years.
Qantas says 6 million airline customers' data impacted by cyberattack
UPI
MASCOT, New, Australia- Australian airline Qantas announced Wednesday that it was targeted by a cyberattack that led to the data of six million customers being exposed.
Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians
BBC NEWS
British colonists committed genocide against Australia's Indigenous population in Victoria, a landmark Aboriginal-led inquiry has found.
Florida to detain migrants in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
BBC NEWS
Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – because Mother Nature will provide much of the security.
British man charged over mock Disneyland wedding to child had been investigated by BBC
BBC
PARIS, France- The British paedophile charged in connection with organising a "mock wedding" to a child in Disneyland Paris is Jacky Jhaj, who was found guilty of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds in 2016, the BBC understands.

