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2021-06-10 18:02:18 Johnson and Biden to Draft New Atlantic Charter to "Defend Democracy"

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden on Thursday in Cornwall, England, will hold their first face-to-face meeting ahead of the G7 summit scheduled for June 11-13 in the town of Carbis Bay.

As a result of negotiations between Johnson and Biden, the parties should adopt a new Atlantic Charter to "protect democracy", the British Prime Minister's Office said.

It is noted that the document being prepared will be similar in spirit to the 1941 Atlantic Charter, signed by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and 32nd US President Franklin Roosevelt, which laid the foundations for the future post-war world.

The document will list eight areas in which the UK and the US will agree to cooperate "for the benefit of humanity."

Among the priorities:

Protection of democracy;
Ensuring collective security;
Building a fair and reliable trading system;
Fight against cyber attacks;
Climate change;
Restoration of the economy after the coronavirus pandemic. Open / Comment

2021-06-10 16:02:19 EU to support US proposal to conduct an independent investigation into the origin of the pandemic in China - head of the Council of the European Union Open / Comment

2021-06-10 14:02:35 More than 1,100 people have been arrested in China for using cryptocurrency to launder money. The police detained more than 170 criminal groups involved in this. Open / Comment

2021-06-10 12:02:21 Biden Administration Forms Working Groups With Canada, Mexico, EU And UK To Explore Possibility Of Restoring Air Service - White House

The task of the groups is to determine how it is safer to resume international traffic after restrictions due to COVID-19.

The teams will be led by White House COVID-19 Specialists and the National Security Council, and will include representatives from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other US agencies. Open / Comment

2021-06-10 08:20:50 This is the beauty of 12 tons of old disks, telephones, monitors and system units built in Cornwall for the upcoming meeting of the heads of the G7.

According to author Joe Rush, the sculpture should draw attention to the problem of e-waste. And the problem is serious - the equipment is constantly becoming obsolete, therefore more than 50 million (!) Tons of this good are accumulated per year.

The monument should be visible from the window of the hotel, where the G7 summit will be held from June 11 to 13.

Macron or Trudeau looks out of the window in the morning - and there is his own portrait, like a mute reproach. Open / Comment

2021-06-09 22:02:38 Putin spoke about Ukraine's entry into NATO.

He made it clear that for Russia it is a "red line".

“Imagine that Ukraine will become a NATO member. The flight time of the rocket from Kharkov or Dnepropetrovsk to Moscow will decrease to 7-10 minutes. Is this a red line for us or not? ”Putin asked.

He believes that such a prospect should be taken seriously.

“I don’t share the position of those who laugh at this, perhaps Kiev just prematurely announced it. There are no guarantees that Ukraine will not join NATO, ”the Russian president said.

And he added that those 50% of the Ukrainian population who do not want to join NATO are "smart people, they do not want to become a bargaining chip and cannon fodder." Open / Comment

2021-06-09 20:38:05 It is ridiculous and stupid to call Russians the non-indigenous people of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said.

He noted that attempts to divide the peoples of Ukraine into indigenous and non-indigenous are similar to the ideas of Nazi Germany. Open / Comment

2021-06-09 08:01:32 https://news.yahoo.com/netanyahu-look-trump-republicans-routes-164112074.html Open / Comment

2021-06-09 07:01:15 The flag is lowered. The Italian contingent of the coalition forces is leaving Afghanistan after the American troops. Open / Comment

2021-06-09 05:00:43 The richest people in the United States (25 people from the list of billionaires) paid only $ 13.6 billion in federal income taxes from 2014 to 2018, although their total fortune increased by $ 401 billion during the same time, the media found out.

According to the independent organization of investigative journalism ProPublica, which cites data from the tax service, the real rate for these individuals was only 3.4%. At the same time, for a number of reporting periods in previous years, some billionaires generally managed to avoid paying federal taxes.

The article mentions Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, Karl Icahn, George Soros. Open / Comment