News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Hundreds of people gathered in Taipei on Sunday to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy movement in China, which was crushed by the Chinese military. https://t.co/SGurXKdX9M
— Axios (@axios) June 4, 2023
China’s defense minister defends sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait. https://t.co/3XZHnRvqPb
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 4, 2023
“The upcoming offensive, they’re ready for; they’re trained for; they’re equipped for. And Russia is not,” House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said. https://t.co/EkAh2rKvW2
— The Hill (@thehill) June 4, 2023
Fifteen months after Russian missiles first roared toward Kyiv, residents of the Russian border region of Belgorod are starting to understand the horror of having war on their doorstep. https://t.co/IL9BCcKaoT
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 4, 2023
On the upcoming NATO summit in July, Ukraine's Amb. to the U.S. @OMarkarova tells @margbrennan that Ukraine believes "it's time to start discussing some specifics" of Ukraine's aspirations of joining the alliance.
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) June 4, 2023
"We need to be members of NATO, as much as NATO needs Ukraine." pic.twitter.com/xae6htgdmh
During his first week as a 2024 presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly attacked his chief Republican primary rival, Donald Trump, from the right. The former president, meanwhile, is already pivoting to the general election. https://t.co/2djJipYrow
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) June 4, 2023
Aderrien Murry, the 11-year-old child who was shot by a Mississippi police officer after he called for help, said the moment he was struck by the bullet felt like "a big punch to the chest." https://t.co/JFOJJOYupS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 4, 2023
UPDATE: Officials in India said on Sunday that an electronic signaling system failure likely caused Friday's deadly train crash in the eastern part of the country, AP reported. https://t.co/9qgqmKaJTv
— Axios (@axios) June 4, 2023
The body of one of the people who remained unaccounted for after Iowa building collapse has been found, officials tell @ABC News. https://t.co/2IC7gsS7Ru
— ABC News (@ABC) June 4, 2023
Four construction workers remain hospitalized, including one in serious condition, after a building collapse in New Haven, Connecticut, according to a hospital official. https://t.co/W68UeTFIBq
— CNN (@CNN) June 4, 2023
While cases of COVID-19 and RSV were decreasing across the U.S. this spring, infections linked to another lesser-known respiratory virus were increasing. https://t.co/KZKEI4quAQ
— ABC News (@ABC) June 4, 2023
A Florida woman’s car caught fire with her children inside while she allegedly shoplifted in a mall, police say https://t.co/RjU2upbmDx
— CNN (@CNN) June 4, 2023
