News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Video shows severe travel disruptions following what authorities are calling a "massive attack to destabilize the railway system" in France, hours before the Olympics opening ceremony.
— ABC News (@ABC) July 26, 2024
Read more: https://t.co/eP6SKzqyoq pic.twitter.com/CbKEfpIENV
French officials have restricted airspace in an 80 nautical mile radius above Paris on the evening of the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony. Air traffic in the skies around Paris will completely cease for security reasons.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 26, 2024
📷 : Flightradar24https://t.co/88TGb8hOcL pic.twitter.com/KQ5vrYzZZJ
Ukrainian canoeist and Olympic silver medalist Anastasiia Rybachok aims to honor the troops fighting Russian forces on her own 'frontline': the water in Paris's nautical stadium https://t.co/700hTg3QxS pic.twitter.com/Eq7ZJlyfvr
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 26, 2024
Russian central bank hikes rates by 200 bps to 18%, highest in more than two years https://t.co/TxvEQaMhzE pic.twitter.com/OubWdWtsfz
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 26, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his new Labour government will not continue with his predecessor’s objection to the International Criminal Court’s right to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza. https://t.co/xDCOsW2sol
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 26, 2024
Former US President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats. pic.twitter.com/gan8EbSBec
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 26, 2024
JD Vance says he’s not a hater of ‘childless cat ladies’ https://t.co/AN2ntPB3L1
— POLITICO (@politico) July 26, 2024
Justice Kagan becomes the first member of the Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it. https://t.co/BpgNGBMTmH
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 26, 2024
The Federal Reserve's favored inflation measure remained low last month, bolstering evidence that price pressures are steadily cooling and setting the stage for the Fed to begin cutting interest rates this fall. https://t.co/PSVIWnwcgA
— ABC News (@ABC) July 26, 2024
36-year-old Sonya Massey died from a gunshot wound to the head after she was shot by a Sangamon County deputy, according to an autopsy report. https://t.co/9uXR5Qbsuq
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 26, 2024
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, co-founder and alleged current leader of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel, is in US custody, a source says https://t.co/cm4rYRDkUh
— CNN (@CNN) July 26, 2024
Northern California’s Park Fire, which is believed to have started after a man pushed a burning car into a gully, has now burned 256 square miles and is at 0% containment. https://t.co/OdI8cVITgr
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 26, 2024
