Norway’s Crown Princess Placed on Listed for Lung Transplant, Palace Says

OSLO, June 5 (Reuters) – ⁠Norway’s ⁠Crown Princess ⁠Mette-Marit has been placed ​on a waiting list ‌for a lung ‌transplant after ⁠a ⁠further deterioration of her health, the royal ​household said in a statement on Friday. The ​52-year-old wife of Crown Prince ⁠Haakon, the ⁠heir to ⁠the ​Norwegian throne, was diagnosed with pulmonary ​fibrosis ⁠in …

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Russian-Run Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Says Ukraine Launched Drone Attacks

June 4 (Reuters) – The Russian-installed management at ⁠Ukraine’s ⁠Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant accused ⁠Ukraine on Thursday of deploying more than 20 ​drones to attack a nearby thermal plant vital to supplying the facility with ‌external power. Russian forces seized ‌the plant, Europe’s largest with six reactors, in the weeks following ⁠the February ⁠2022 invasion …

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Trump Says Pulte Won’t Be His Nominee for Director of National Intelligence

The Republican president’s disclosure that he was ruling out installing Pulte in the position full-time came after bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill in recent days over Pulte’s lack of national security experience. The position requires Senate confirmation, something that lawmakers indicated was unlikely if Pulte were the nominee. “He’s not going to be permanent because, …

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Ex-FirstEnergy Executives Reindicted in Ohio in $60 Million Corruption Scheme

Yost, a Republican, joined Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich in detailing a combined 22 new criminal counts against Charles “Chuck” Jones, the Akron-based energy giant’s former CEO, and Michael Dowling, its one-time top lobbyist. “The roots of this complex case haven’t changed — FirstEnergy was hijacked by two scheming executives who sought to control the …

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US Says It Is Ramping up Emergency Assistance in Bolivia Amid Protests

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – ⁠U.S. ⁠Secretary ⁠of State Marco Rubio ​told Bolivian President Rodrigo ‌Paz in a ‌call on ⁠Thursday ⁠that the Trump administration was ramping ​up emergency assistance and support to help ​with food and medical ⁠shortages amid ⁠weeks of ⁠social unrest ​and mass protests in the ​South ⁠American country, the department said. …

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Fewer Chinese Teenagers Register for Tough University Entry Exam

BEIJING, June 5 (Reuters) – The number of Chinese students ⁠sitting ⁠the country’s national university entrance ⁠exam, due to begin on Sunday, has dropped sharply by ​450,000 to 12.9 million from a year earlier, as more teenagers opt out of pursuing academic ‌degrees. The figures, released by the Ministry ‌of Education on Wednesday, come amid …

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